Phoenix Az Area tools???

[sorensen1987]

Is anyone from the phoenix az area? If so where can you buy good quality used tools? Mac, snap on, wright, s-k, cornwell, cman, Matco etc? I stopped by a pawn 1st today and they had one 10mm wrench. Any ideas?

 

[ChevyEFI]

Dup. Post

 

[ChevyEFI]

I dunno but the service station nearest my home has a weekly SnapOn visit.

 

[Bigblue&Goldie]

Ebay. Seriously though, I've never seen a local retail store with a decent deal on high end tools. I've bought a few at garage sales, but those are few and far between.

 

[PugetDude]

Agreed- I'm in PHX for the winter and haven't found a decent pawn shop or swap meet yet... and very few garage sales.

 

[Mr.3-5-7]

hard to say. i would check the weekly flea markets that happen on the weekends though, that would be a good place to start.

 

[Fedwrench]

If you find somewhere, let me know because, I haven't found anything that wasn't waay overpriced Not wanting to inspire competition but here ya go:

Glendale community college has a Just Sell It automotive swap meet the first Sunday of each month (usually, no March event). you might find something there.

There's an automotive swap meet held at the fairgrounds a few times a year, next one being March 28 & 29. Their slogan is bringing Pomona to Arizona but, if Pomona looks like their event, I'm glad I never made the trip.

There's a flea market at a 6 screen drive in at 59th avenue in between Camelback and Bethany home (I think), I haven't been there in awhile but, there's usually something to be found there on Sundays. There used to be a couple of dealers that cleaned out the local pawn shops of their tool brand items.

There's a pawn shop at 7th street and Bell that has a decent selection of mechanics tools but, not so many bargains per se.

As someone else said, Ebay may be your best bet. good luck in your quest.

 

[PugetDude]

Mesa Marketplace is worthless for tools. A couple of vendors have their booths stuffed with Chinese chit rejected by Harbor Freight. "PitBull" and "Crown Tools" seem to be their stock in trade. One old guy has a few bins of greasy sockets, rusty screwdrivers and cheapo combo wrenches that look like they were the floor sweepings from a hundred garage sales. Nothing worth making a trip for.

 

[PFSard]

I pick them up here and there at estate sales, garage sales, etc. Here's a link that may help; recommendation of a pawn shop on Indian School Road that is supposed to be good (I haven't been there). I believe this is the address.

Mo Money Pawn, 1152 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85014

Big pawn shop purchase - lots of Plvmb!
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=252784

 

[straightcut]

Like the other locals that have posted so far, I haven't found a good place for quality tools either. I usually shop eBay when I need something specific.

I was in the Mo Money pawn shop at 1152 E Indian School Rd years ago and haven't been back since. Every Phoenix area pawn shop I've been in seems to start pricing at retail. I guess the strategy is that you've got to dicker them down to reality from there. My time's not worth much, but it's worth more than that...

 

[ATK305]

Have you tried the local Craigslist?

 

[sorensen1987]

Have you tried the local Craigslist?

Yeah, you can find stuff there once and a while. But there isn't much.

 

[1982fxr]

stopped wasting my time looking for a good place for things like that right after i started looking. There is literally nothing I've found.

 

[bonneyman]

Not high end tools, but a TON of useable old American brands. Bins and bins of pliers, sockets, wrenches, etc. And the counter guys are more than reasonable on prices.

http://www.momoneypawn.com/