sad day for a few snap on wrenches

[chadster1]

well seeing how they carry no warranty, can you actually do that? someone would have to really want those bad to pay anything for them..
also how do you fmv a broken air tool? I'd have to pay for the repair before i could even sell the thing.
im6500hp im31 ( not the a model ) far7200 at119 all dead. appears to be water damage. lots of rust inside...

I would not assign any value to stuff like that on a repo. I was just wondering what you would do.

 

[arkangel06]

thats a damn shame

I wonder what Merk has to say....????

 

[mrshaun]

I figured he would have taken that type of stuff with him. he took all the other brands of tools.
the dealer had some things on the contracts listed as misc so it is hard to determine what he had. some items were not the right tools that were in the box compared to what he had been sold.
has a full set of hard handle screwdrivers sddx80 and the sddp63 and sdd8 to go with it and extra sddp42 sdd4 and both the stubby's are duplicated.

 

[Furious D]

I see that everyday where I work, Its not Snap-On but the industrial Williams brand. The Mechanics here dont have to pay for there tools so they really dont care.


What I think is a real shame is when someone quits or is layed off for an extended period thier tools and boxes all all scrapped. We just had a group of 12 guys get called back from 7 months off and they bought each one new tools worth around $10k.

I,m betting the local scrapper has a damn nice set of tools in his garage!

 

[chadster1]

I see that everyday where I work, Its not Snap-On but the industrial Williams brand. The Mechanics here dont have to pay for there tools so they really dont care.


What I think is a real shame is when someone quits or is layed off for an extended period thier tools and boxes all all scrapped. We just had a group of 12 guys get called back from 7 months off and they bought each one new tools worth around $10k.

I,m betting the local scrapper has a damn nice set of tools in his garage!

Federal Government job?

 

[Mickey O]

Smooth off the cut ends, grind off the Snap On logo, stamp them Krusty brand, re-chrome, sell 'em and make a fortune.

 

[norry]

What I think is a real shame is when someone quits or is layed off for an extended period thier tools and boxes all all scrapped.

But why? I mean, I can understand replacing stuff that's worn out, but what's the point in just scrapping the entire thing?

When Houston flooded several years ago, one place threw all the mechanics' tool boxes in the dumpster to replace them. Suffice it to say the dumpster wasn't any fuller at the end of the day than it was at the beginning...

 

[comedyman809]

Smooth off the cut ends, grind off the Snap On logo, stamp them Krusty brand, re-chrome, sell 'em and make a fortune.

how would you make a fortune? selling home made tools from other tools?

i dont think that worth much to me.

 

[woody 73]

All I can say is I feel sad to see these tools in that kind of shape...

 

[Furious D]

Federal Government job?

Nope, Its a company that builds big yellow tractors. I was told its an osha regulation that prohibits re-issuing hand tools but I have never looked it up.

It may be some kind of liability issue. I happened to see the scrapper loading up the tool boxes in the back of a semi trailer a few months ago. Usually they just scoop up the scrap steel with a loader but He loaded all the tool boxes with a fork truck an put cardboard in between each one. I have a hard time believing its all going to be scrapped.

 

[mrshaun]

just to clear up a question the FDP wrenches that have been cut in half will not have a warranty on them due to being modified...

 

[Mickey O]

how would you make a fortune? selling home made tools from other tools?

By putting the Krusty Brand on them.

i dont think that worth much to me.

Not with out the Krusty Brand on them they wouldn't be.

 

[sk farmer]

how would you make a fortune? selling home made tools from other tools?

i dont think that worth much to me.

inside joke. hang around long enough and you will understand it..

 

[comedyman809]

someone explain the krusty brand please???

 

[GeorgiaHybrid]

I'm sure Krusty will by in a while to explain everything. I would love to see how the Krusty logo would look on a wrench (stylized clown head???).

Like sk farmer told you, hang around here for a few months and you will start to understand.

 

[Brad54]

i owe 0 dollars on tools.

i will never finace tools. stupid to begin with, why would a deal finace with a guy, he should make the guy get a loan from a bank and not have to deal with chasing money, let the bank chase the crappy customer down and do the repoing.

if i do nto have the cash on hand to buy, then i dont get anything.

What's the interest rate on financing tools through Snap-on?
I'm betting it's pretty stiff. Like any kind of financing deal, you make money on the money, and in the case of tools, you make money on the money and money on the tools.
That should cover the loss from the dead beats. SHOULD.

Telling everyone "Cash only" would make life easier, but wouldn't be as profitable.

I'll never finance tools either. I've got some Snap-on stuff, but only a few things I needed. And it was cash every time.

-Brad

 

[tonydanzah]

what you guys don't understand is Mickey O actually does have a wrench with Krusty stamped on it

 

[ovilla]

How exactly does this work? Do the tool buyers get a line of credit from the guy driving the snapon truck or from SnapOn Corp? Just wondering why the dealer is having to chase down deadbeats. Why not just turn them over to a collection agency and be done with it? I'm sure the dealers already have plenty to do with tracking special orders and making sure their trucks are stocked and ready for their numerous stops each week. Why burden a dealer with having to also do collections?

 

[Vinko]

My mac dealer is alway's tracking the dead beats every week for his coin!!
I feel sorry for him.

Same here. My SO guy is working a heck of a lot more hours M-F, and all day Saturday, a lot of that just trying to collect.

 

[Vinko]

Not trying to be a hater, but I just don't get the whole expensive tool thing.

Don't buy a lot of wrenches (most of my SOEX and OEX were used), but for me it's more a whole quality tool thing not an expensive tool thing. Though they are expensive to be sure, but that's not why any of us who buy them do so, I'd imagine.

 

[Vinko]

I see that everyday where I work, Its not Snap-On but the industrial Williams brand. The Mechanics here dont have to pay for there tools so they really dont care.

Yep, I've seen that with shop tools. Simple things like screwdrivers, different pliers, etc. And they all think their toolmakers. I locked-out the grinder after one ******* used it on a Snappy driver so he could use it as a pry bar/pick.

Nope, Its a company that builds big yellow tractors. I was told its an osha regulation that prohibits re-issuing hand tools but I have never looked it up.

It may be some kind of liability issue. I happened to see the scrapper loading up the tool boxes in the back of a semi trailer a few months ago. Usually they just scoop up the scrap steel with a loader but He loaded all the tool boxes with a fork truck an put cardboard in between each one. I have a hard time believing its all going to be scrapped.

In my experience, nope, it might make it to the yard, but not for scrap.

What's the interest rate on financing tools through Snap-on?
I'm betting it's pretty stiff. Like any kind of financing deal, you make money on the money, and in the case of tools, you make money on the money and money on the tools.
That should cover the loss from the dead beats. SHOULD.

Telling everyone "Cash only" would make life easier, but wouldn't be as profitable.

I'll never finance tools either. I've got some Snap-on stuff, but only a few things I needed. And it was cash every time.

-Brad

You pay the same for cash as you do for truck credit, provided the dealer finances your purchase. SO corporate credit is, I believe, a different thing, but I've got no experience with that.

How exactly does this work? Do the tool buyers get a line of credit from the guy driving the snapon truck or from SnapOn Corp? Just wondering why the dealer is having to chase down deadbeats. Why not just turn them over to a collection agency and be done with it? I'm sure the dealers already have plenty to do with tracking special orders and making sure their trucks are stocked and ready for their numerous stops each week. Why burden a dealer with having to also do collections?

Often the dealer will extend a certain amount of credit w/o interest. How many mechanics nowadays can fork over $500 for a set of wrenches? Maybe some dealers charge interest. Mine doesn't nor do the others' around here, from what I know.