Got new tools, will snap on buy back?

[kevinr92]

Hi,

So I have a new set of snap on tools. Worth $1087 list price.

I have a 3/8" cordless impact, with new sockets. shallow n deep. all in the original packaging still never been touched used or anything. I had a "voucher" from my school for snap on tools. but I don't need any of these sockets nor the impact.

Will the snap on truck at my dealership buy these from me? If so, for how much under list price should I sell them for?

 

[MJB24]

Why not try and sell them here

 

[wise]

Metric or Standard? I'm looking for some Standard 3/8 impact sockets...

 

[smothers33]

id take the metric sockets both shallow and deep. what you looking for pricewise

 

[NHBandit]

I would think it's at the discretion of the dealer since you didn't "buy" them from him. If you're looking to get full retail price for them good luck. He might allow you to trade for tools you do need or give you an offer to buy them for less than retail but why should he give you full price for something he can get wholesale from the company ?

 

[383 240z]

Worst case he will consign them for you for a commission. My SO guy has done it for me a few times. It will depend on how good of a customer you are. Keith

 

[billymade]

Depends on the dealer; I think you would get the most money for them on ebay.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Does 'voucher' mean you got the tools for free?

 

[supra90turbo]

Usually you get some type of discounted truck credit for resaleable items

 

[Murphy4570]

Tool truck will take them as credit towards other purchases. I've done that with some minor stuff that was new, oddball extra socket or screwdriver, stuff like that.

 

[wise]

My SnapOn dealer lets me buy sets on special, return what I don't need, and credit it towards other purchaces. he also lets me look through the upcoming specials and lets me buy them when I need it. We have a pretty good business relationship and I buy quite a from him, so its worth his while.

My point is only, they are really flexable, but only if they think it will pay out in the long run. In theory it costs ten times more to earn a new customer than it is to keep an existing customer. If you go in the truck with a note pad and document prices of what you need and look serious, rather then wasting his time you might have different outcomes.

 

[atwageman]

I agree with what others have said. Just make it worth his while.... spend some money with the dealer.

 

[Gotmayhem]

Wait, so your school gives you a voucher for SO. You then go and get the items you listed for free. Now you want to sell them back to SO for cash? Or for credit? The former seems a bit shady to me.

 

[GarageWrench]

I'm with Gotmayhem, seems shady. Based off the price I'm almost positive he received them for free as thats around the price in tools I got from SO after finishing tech school. Just sell them on here, or ebay/craigslist for below retail if you don't want them.

 

[Wi Fire 10]

Its this OP's first post on Garage Journal... Interesting

 

[rollscanhardly]

sounds like a lynch mob is forming

who cares if he got them for free or whatever

they are his and while he maybe too optimistic (greedy) to expect full retail... it's no different if he sold them on ebay/craigslist or whatever

he doesn't want them, wants the cash and wants to maximize what he gets.... i say good for him... and to be honest, why do you care?

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

snap-on trucks are not snapon.com, they do not work FOR snap-on company.

he can try to sell it for you with his cut.

 

[Skin]

I think you would get the most money for them on ebay.

EBay's cut would be ~15% off the sale price which wouldn't be anywhere near list to begin with. Sockets and a cordless impact wrench pretty much fall in the 60-75% of list category. I think he'd be better off losing 15-20% to a snap-on dealer as trade in. Plus less BS to deal with in the latter scenario too. Now if he's looking for cash, pretty much stuck with ebay.

 

[cundifc]

EBay's cut would be ~15% off the sale price which wouldn't be anywhere near list to begin with. Sockets and a cordless impact wrench pretty much fall in the 60-75% of list category. I think he'd be better off losing 15-20% to a snap-on dealer as trade in. Plus less BS to deal with in the latter scenario too.

Why would a dealer give him 80% of list when he can buy thigh stuff cheaper than that from snap on?

 

[Skin]

Why would a dealer give him 80% of list when he can buy thigh stuff cheaper than that from snap on?

80% of list as credit, not cash out of pocket.

 

[diesel research]

he did not get anything from the school for "free".

they rolled it into his tuition. he was charged between 50-60% of list regardless if he wanted them or not.

 

[OHMS LAW]

I see this all the time at my schools. Jerks get the voucher for 5 grand in tools and as soon as the are delivered they head straight to the pawn shop. Pisses me off to no end.

 

[diesel research]

why would that piss you off and why consider them a jerk?

they paid for it whether they wanted it or not. might as well get something useful/desired with your money.

their tuition would have been thousands of dollars cheaper, had they not had to pay for the "voucher" they obviously didnt want.

this was not some mysterious gift of generosity.

 

[toolstools]

Well evidently its not important, he hasn't posted back...

 

[refried]

I don't need any of these sockets nor the impact.

Who doesn't want or need extra sockets?

 

[Thumper]

why would that piss you off and why consider them a jerk?

they paid for it whether they wanted it or not. might as well get something useful/desired with your money.

their tuition would have been thousands of dollars cheaper, had they not had to pay for the "voucher" they obviously didnt want.

this was not some mysterious gift of generosity.

If they go to school on a Pell grant.....it is free money to them...they ain't paying for it...WE ARE ..!!

 

[Scott H in Wheaton]

If they go to school on a Pell grant.....it is free money to them...they ain't paying for it...WE ARE ..!!

Yep...I would strongly bet that the tools were expensed by the school as part of the tuition, and the tuition is most likely paid at least in part by taxpayers.

 

[kythri]

How is that any different than any other student in a non-auto program being on the dole and taking tax dollars for their education?

 

[Thumper]

You don't have to pay back a "grant". Student loans through the govt. are different thing...they must be payed back.

 

[SKAutomotive]

You should give the tools to someone who actually has mechanical potential and will work in the industry, because any new technician that is ready to hand in the few tools they have, is going to just be changing oil and rotating tires for 10 bucks an hour for the rest of their life.

 

[SKAutomotive]

Oh, and my 3/8 cordless impact is one of the very few tools that I used daily, multiple times a day on almost every car. There is no way someone wanting to make money in this industry wouldn't need one of them.

 

[rollscanhardly]

i really don't get it why so many people here are making all sorts of assumptions on why and how this person got their tools

really?

kudos to the people who answered his question and didn't try and convict this person, amazing stuff questioning someones motives while yours are so blatant, jeesh

 

[diesel research]

You don't have to pay back a "grant". Student loans through the govt. are different thing...they must be payed back.

are you suggesting that non-auto students dont get pell grants? or that govt subsidized loans arent subsidized? the govt foots part of the bill on those loans, you dont pay the whole thing. they spend millions paying a portion of peoples student loans.

not that it matters, the entire logic concept is really grasping at straws.

they are yours. do as you please. use them, sell them, or keep them and not use them. you bought them at 50-60% msrp, the dealer buys them for not much more, so you are better off trading or selling to 3rd party.

 

[NissanTechWill]

Based on what the poster said, I am guessing that he went to UTI and used his tool voucher, which is included in tuition to get the tools.

-Will

 

[gagreen]

Wow lots of hate mail on here..... Starting mechanics do sometimes get things gifted to them that the gifter does not know they already have or paid for thru part of their tuition... Assuming that he is giving away his only set is dangerous. It was a simplle question that typical forum politicians showed up to smear negative **** all over working other people up and villainized the op with no real reason. It is a good question for those of us putting our tools together for the first time. Duplicates happen and its good to hear people who have experience in dealing with independent distributors on what to expect or what may be an outrageous request to ask the dealer. Being new in a shop makes anyone look noobish enough.... Thanks for the answers with substance.

 

[Haveblue]

I would say unless you really need the cash, keep the tools because you WILL need them.

 

[Thumper]

are you suggesting that non-auto students dont get pell grants? or that govt subsidized loans arent subsidized? the govt foots part of the bill on those loans, you dont pay the whole thing. they spend millions paying a portion of peoples student loans..

All I can tell you is that Pell grants run the gamut of higher education.. My son didn't qualify for a Pell or Hope scholarship because.... He worked full time (Pell) or the course wasn't long enough (Hope).....so instead of looking for a govt. handout...he took out student loans to the tune of 4o grand to fund his education and has to pay it back in full. (which he has no problem doing as he owes the money) A lot of his classmates had Pell grants that HE AS A TAXPAYER was paying for......yet he had to fund his own. His course of study...Aircraft maintenance or A&P. Anymore ****** questions...??

 

[diesel research]

I, as a tax payer am subsidizing (paying) a portion of his student loans, if he took any loans from sallie may.

he too, can feel free to sell which ever of his tools he so desires, choose to or not to work in said career field. i promise i wont judge your son on how he uses MY money either. just as long as he has the opportunity to get educated. if he only took private bank loans, carry on with the soap box.

 

[Thumper]

Sorry man...I didn't mean to come off so strong....it just kinda hit a nerve. All his loans were private. He busted his *** working 3rd shift 40+ hours week and went to school too and foots his own bills.

 

[kevinr92]

Okay y'all. First post doesmt mean anything. I have a 7.2v cordless 3/8 impact which I use for alot pf things. I survived the last year without any 3/8" impact sockets n will further survive. I had a $600 snap on voucher which meant I got the tools free no but will pay them back later in tuition. I don't need any of these things id prefer cash now due to the fact I need to buy parts for my truck. N these are just extra sockets I have in chrome 3/8 so why do I need them? I just want to unload them. If anyone wants them they're 80% of list price.

Edit:
I have been a mechanic for over a year while attending school. I already bought like $16k worth of snap on tools... for right now im all set.