selling a US general tool box

[Dusty61]

okay quick question guys, I have a chance to buy a nice snap on KRL 663 for a little under a grand. Which seems to be a smokin deal. My question is I have a US general 44 inch cabinet, top chest, and matching full length locker. If I get this I would sell the US general one. What would be a fair price to askto put this thing up on Craigslist. I'm not really looking to break even so I'm not going to ask a thousand for it but what do you guys think would be a good starting price? Its in pretty decent shape but has a few bumps and bangs. Just a ballpark starting point would be helpful.
Put it this way, if you were going to buy one for your self what would you pay?

 

[jd_1138]

They are $400 new, so $250-$300 or so would be fair. I'd probably pay $250 personally if it has some ouchies on it.

edit: I didn't read where it has the top chest and side cabinet. I'd probably say at least 400-500 then.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Put it this way, if you were going to buy one for your self what would you pay?

What would I Pay? No more then 50% of current HF sale pricing. Deduct for any damage/defects/wear & Tear.
Also depends on your location, how far it would be for me to drive to a HF, or how far I'd have to drive to get the box from you, etc..

If I were over on your side of the equation, I'd probably keep it as it would probably be worth more to me then anybody else.

 

[madison069]

$200-$250 myself

 

[ihasmiata?]

I'm picking up my boss's 44" with side cabinet for 300.00
And even when the 44" one is on sale (atleast in my area) you still can't get it for under 350.00, and the side cabinet is another 199.00 if you bought it new.

So I think 300-350 is fair if you want to sell it quick with everything you listed above.

 

[balane]

you are selling the whole thing right? Cab, top chest and locker? I can't understand why people are just giving you prices for the roll cab by itself.

If you're just selling the roll cab as people in this thread seem to think then I sold mine for $325 on Craig's List and it went within 4 hours of listing it.

 

[dandan111]

Like Dave said it might be painfull to sell if you got $1000 in it. You can post it for $500 and hope for a good offer.

 

[Dusty61]

OK thanks guys. I never have seen all three together on craigslist so I was just trying to get aplace to start. Maybe 600 to start and go 450 min for All three? Or start at five. If I get half of the new one I'll be happy.
I would keep it, but I live in a townhouse and have NO place to store it. Which is a shame, it would make a great home box.

 

[Super Sport]

I think you could get $500 out of it depending on the exact condition. I've seen just the cab go for $300 used in great shape. They don't seem to depreciate much!

You might want to consider putting in your ad that you'll separate them. You could probably end up getting more money that way, and might make it a little easier to sell.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

OK thanks guys. I never have seen all three together on craigslist so I was just trying to get aplace to start. Maybe 600 to start and go 450 min for All three? Or start at five. If I get half of the new one I'll be happy.
I would keep it, but I live in a townhouse and have NO place to store it. Which is a shame, it would make a great home box.

The problem when selling "Combos" is you gotta find the right person who wants exactly what you have. For example, you couldn't GIVE me the side cab or top cab...I don't want either one. Same would be true if you were trying to sell me a Snappy or Macsimizer of similar configuration...When I get a new box it will be a nice wide base and a hutch and the horizontal locker above the hutch.
Look at it from my side...why should I give you 600 for a used box setup I'm not exactly in love with? For 375 or whatever, I can run down to HF and get a brand new base which is all I really want anyways.

 

[cburnscrx]

OK thanks guys. I never have seen all three together on craigslist so I was just trying to get aplace to start. Maybe 600 to start and go 450 min for All three? Or start at five. If I get half of the new one I'll be happy.
I would keep it, but I live in a townhouse and have NO place to store it. Which is a shame, it would make a great home box.

I HAVE seen that setup on craigslist recently...listed it at $800 and was gone within a week or two.

Here's the rundown...

$359+269+199 = $827 so he was listing it for $27 less than coupon price (without tax of course)

If you list it at $600, you won't have to worry about it dropping in price...it will be gone. I'd start at $725 then drop it to $650 if you need to.

Worst case scenario...split it up...

$300 for the cabinet
$200 for the top
$125 for the side

You're at $625 bare minimum with no problem selling at those prices.

 

[mayday0017]

I would start between $700 and $750 and would expect at least $600 out of it but might get an offer for $700ish, I typically try to get top dollar out of the things I sell though and typically do get top dollar.... With that comes more lowballs and more people wasting your time either not showing up or trying to ask for someting free even though you were clear on your negotiations prior to them coming out.

 

[zkling]

Depending on condition and what your local market is like. I would probably list it at ~$650 and take anything >~$500. I personally wouldn't buy that combo together, but if someone was looking for that setup it would be a significant savings over new. Again condition dependent.

Here is the end of it. You really won't know till you try your local market. Remember you can always start high and bring it down. No matter what people are going to make offeres weather the item is $1000 or $1. Depends on how you want to balance the $ gained vs length of time to sell. What were you thinking as a ballpark figure?

 

[rsanter]

I am willing to bet you get $600 and don't have a problem selling it.
Assuming good condition

Bob

 

[Dusty61]

it's not in horrible condition just the few scrapes and scratches that come with the territory of being a mechanic. all the locks work and I have duplicate keys for all three. Appreciate the advice guys at least I have a place to start.

 

[Hiball]

Its easier to come down in price, versus ask for more when the Buyer shows up.

IMO People Price things High on CL knowing that they are gonna get beat up, Just because something is priced high and then is deleted later doesn't mean the asking price was met.

I would price it right below Retail and see what offers roll in.. <-- If Condition is Near New.

 

[zkling]

it's not in horrible condition just the few scrapes and scratches that come with the territory of being a mechanic.

Its in pretty decent shape but has a few bumps and bangs.

Was it used in a pro shop on a daily basis? No offense, but the above line sounds like so many clist ads I have seen. "Not horrible" = beat to heck and back, some drawer problems, needs quite a bit of work. "Few scrapes and scratches" = quite a few battle scars. Again nothing against you, but without pics just going on my own experience. Almost as bad as when people say "light surface rust" and it looks like it has been at the bottom of a ocean for a few decades.

Without seeing it I would probably pay ~$250-$400 for the entire setup. JMHO without further info on it.

 

[firebox40dash5]

Without seeing it I would probably pay ~$250-$400 for the entire setup. JMHO without further info on it.

$250 is serious joo territory, but I wouldn't go too far north of $400 for sure. The top box is about worthless to me, and I prefer half-height lockers to full height, so $350-450 would be my target... basically about the same as buying the roll cab new and getting a free locker to keep, and a free top box to... yeah, I don't know what I'd do with it.

On a side note, I had to google the KRL to see what it was and what it was worth. I was going to say the grand sounds about right, then realized I think I found the one you're looking at on CL.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

$250 is serious joo territory, but I wouldn't go too far north of $400 for sure. The top box is about worthless to me, and I prefer half-height lockers to full height, so $350-450 would be my target... basically about the same as buying the roll cab new and getting a free locker to keep, and a free top box to... yeah, I don't know what I'd do with it.

Purely being a Devils advocate here
So if the Top & locker is useless to you (as it would be to me) and you don't know what to do with em, why not just take that 350-450, grab a coupon and go get a BRAND NEW 44" down at your HF and have one with shiny paint, new slides, new liners, new keys, no scrapes or dents.... plus a few bucks in your pocket spare to buy a couple blue tarps.

What is the story on Service parts for these boxes anyways? Slides easy to come by? Are they Cheap or warranty? etc.. You can buy a used late model Macsimizer or KRL and not really worry too much about slide availability..If you have a good driver, no need to worry about cost either. Just stating it because those are things that I think about when buying something....Even new. I was JUST looking at the 56" and 44" HF Boxes here...they are nice, MUCH nicer then my CMan, on the way home I actually thought about selling my CMan top & bottom setup and "upgrading" to the HF for the time being, but I then thought about future parts availability...having a box with broken and NLA slides isn't any better then my CMan....

 

[Dusty61]

That's the idea. I'm getting ready to buy a used KRL663 (hopefully) and if I do I won't need my us general box. Yes it was used daily in a pro shop, a few bangs are what I call a few small (and I mean small) dents on the bottom of the bottom cabinet. For the price of the KRL I really am not trying to get a lot out of my current box set, the one I was looking at a few days ago was in the 4k range. So if I get 300-500 out of mine I'll be happy since I can buy other stuff. The main reason I would sell is I have no place to keep a second box.

 

[zakmartin]

I saw an older lady fork out $2,000 at Sears the other weekend on some Craftsman red lockers and shelves that were made in China. I so wanted to tell her to go to Harbor Freight, where she could get the same stuff at half price but the salesman was all over her like stink on ... well, you know what. At one point, she told him, "My husband loves Craftsman because it's American." The associate (little jerk) just nodded and said, "Yeah... hey, how about THIS cabinet too?"

The bottom line is, there's a sucker born every minute and a fool and his (or her) money is soon parted. Price high and include the leters OBO in your ad. Be prepared to take half of what you list. Let us know if someone shows up with a 20% off HF coupon. I generally make a 50% offer on anything I see on Craigslist unless it's obviously priced low.

Finally, be sure the toolboxes are empty when you show them, and if possible, let the potential buyer inspect the boxes on your driveway and not in the garage. Close the garage door for that matter. Thieves use Craigslist as a scouting opportunity, and if they see a garage full of toys, they may be back in a few weeks with a box truck that says "Joe's Furniture Delivery" on the side when nobody's home to do a little extra shopping.

 

[firebox40dash5]

Purely being a Devils advocate here
So if the Top & locker is useless to you (as it would be to me) and you don't know what to do with em, why not just take that 350-450, grab a coupon and go get a BRAND NEW 44" down at your HF and have one with shiny paint, new slides, new liners, new keys, no scrapes or dents.... plus a few bucks in your pocket spare to buy a couple blue tarps.

Meh, I figure I could hock the top for about $100, and while I'd prefer a half-height locker to give me more top space, I'm also a cheap ******* who would take a full height for "free".

Then again, I also already have my cheap box. And without the space issue, no doubt my Waterloo-Husky *will* come home with me when I upgrade, probably with my CM sockets and RP wrenches.

 

[zkling]

$250 is serious joo territory, but I wouldn't go too far north of $400 for sure.

If you are going to use a setrotype just go ahead and spell it correctly. The reason I gave that range is because again we have not seen the box yet. No offense to the OP, but so many times have I been told via craigslist, "just a few dings, works great though" to show up to a box that drawers don't work, needs serious sheet metal adjustments, missing paint, extra holes so on and so forth. Not saying that is going to be the case here, but we really can't know for sure without pics. It just seems the more info we get on the box, the worst off it sounds.

Funny, if this was any other brand box people would probably be spitting ~1/3 to 1/4 of retail. In the end the only way to know what the OP will be able to get for his box is if the tries the market. I'd suggest to just put a price on it that he thinks is fair, maybe add a bit to that for wiggle room don't put OBO, because that is just an invitation for time wasters and low ballers. Be patient and see what happens. Time and the market will let him know where the price stands.

His area doesn't seem to have many med size boxes listed on CL for <$1K so it may bring a bit higher than other parts of the country. However it looks like there is one on there, bottom only for $400 right now. In that case you can buy a brand new one CHEAPER. Some people never cease to amaze.

I generally make a 50% offer on anything I see on Craigslist unless it's obviously priced low.

What do you consider low priced?

 

[cburnscrx]

...on the way home I actually thought about selling my CMan top & bottom setup and "upgrading" to the HF for the time being, but I then thought about future parts availability...having a box with broken and NLA slides isn't any better then my CMan....

It's my understanding you can order them from Harbor Freight for $9.99 and get both sides. I guess if it were that big of a thing to me, I'd get a couple extra sets and throw them in a drawer. $10 bucks for a drawer isn't too much and you'll have that piece of mind.

 

[Hiball]

It's my understanding you can order them from Harbor Freight for $9.99 and get both sides. I guess if it were that big of a thing to me, I'd get a couple extra sets and throw them in a drawer. $10 bucks for a drawer isn't too much and you'll have that piece of mind.

I tried to call and get a new set of slides for my roll cart and had Zero luck. I scoured the product manual for the roll cart looking for another number and sure enough right below the illustration in Bold letters it says "No replacement parts available". I checked the 56" box and it says the same thing..

 

[cburnscrx]

I tried to call and get a new set of slides for my roll cart and had Zero luck. I scoured the product manual for the roll cart looking for another number and sure enough right below the illustration in Bold letters it says "No replacement parts available". I checked the 56" box and it says the same thing..

SKU# ...Part# ...Description ............................ Price (plus tax & shipping)

13605 .....02 ....90320 DRAW SLIDE 1 PC .......... $9.99 ea

There's actually a thread about it here...

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=192786&highlight=harbor+slide

 

[Hiball]

SKU# ...Part# ...Description ............................ Price (plus tax & shipping)

13605 .....02 ....90320 DRAW SLIDE 1 PC .......... $9.99 ea

There's actually a thread about it here...

Link?

 

[cburnscrx]

Link?

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=192786&highlight=harbor+slide

 

[CNGsaves]

OP . . . with the strong following of GJer's for those US General toolboxes, all you really had to do was put up a GJ Classified.

There are countless GJers with Husky, Craftsman, etc. tool boxes where yours would be a MASSIVE improvement.

I'd say list on GJ Classified for $500 obo. You WILL sell it easily. Plus it gives you jumpstart on some great feedback !!

In the CL Deals thread I listed one that I found for $600 which had 44" roller, top, and side cabinet. See at:
http://glensfalls.craigslist.org/tls/4063046282.html

 

[Hiball]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=192786&highlight=harbor+slide

Yeah I found it.. looks like maybe I was rejected because it was under $400.

 

[NWphotog]

I sold my Craftsman set for slightly more than I paid for it but I think I bought it at 40% off. I sold my HF tool cart for the price I paid for it. In both cases the buyer was very happy to get them.

 

[cburnscrx]

Reviving from the dead...what was the final selling price?

 

[sparky7]

650 and let them talk you down to 600 if need be. Or 250 for the bottom and 250 for the top. 50 a piece for the side cabinets.

 

[chipper]

I recently sold my top and bottom for 525 but it was in perfect shape. It took about a week I guess it all depends on the part of country your in

 

[cburnscrx]

I recently sold my top and bottom for 525 but it was in perfect shape. It took about a week I guess it all depends on the part of country your in

Lost 18% over the price you likely paid. Not too bad in my opinion.