Hey all, I just want to relate a happy story of working with our friends at Cripe Distributing. If you haven't read about them here before, Cripe is a retailer out of Boise, with merchandise listed on their own website www.cripedistributing.com, and also on eBay. The selection can be hit or miss, but the prices are unbelievable and the service is top notch.
About a month ago, I won an eBay auction (not from Cripe -- actually from a pawn shop in southern California, I believe), a set of lightly-used KD wrenches -- six-point box ends! neat! -- with just one size missing in the middle. I went looking for the missing wrench, and luckily I found it at Cripe. This made me happy. I've read good things about them here, I did an order with them back around Thanksgiving when they had a Black Friday sale, and everything has always been very positive.
The unique thing with Cripe is shipping. Their prices are super low, like frequently lower than you would see on Amazon Warehouse, and they have some large and heavy things, so they don't offer a free shipping threshold. Instead, they are super transparent about their shipping costs, and they will work with you if you want to know exactly what the shipping cost will be in advance.
Honestly it's impressive. It must be a lot of manual work. I know for sure that it was in my case. After they figured out my shipping the first time, I decided to make a bunch of changes and asked them to hold off (and then we had a snow storm here in Boston...), basically it was a lot of back and forth over a long period. Through all of it, they were super accommodating and responsive, and made me feel very well taken care of.
Thanks Ron and Bree for treating small orders like big orders and helping me to stretch my dollar! You guys are the best!
About a month ago, I won an eBay auction (not from Cripe -- actually from a pawn shop in southern California, I believe), a set of lightly-used KD wrenches -- six-point box ends! neat! -- with just one size missing in the middle. I went looking for the missing wrench, and luckily I found it at Cripe. This made me happy. I've read good things about them here, I did an order with them back around Thanksgiving when they had a Black Friday sale, and everything has always been very positive.
The unique thing with Cripe is shipping. Their prices are super low, like frequently lower than you would see on Amazon Warehouse, and they have some large and heavy things, so they don't offer a free shipping threshold. Instead, they are super transparent about their shipping costs, and they will work with you if you want to know exactly what the shipping cost will be in advance.
Honestly it's impressive. It must be a lot of manual work. I know for sure that it was in my case. After they figured out my shipping the first time, I decided to make a bunch of changes and asked them to hold off (and then we had a snow storm here in Boston...), basically it was a lot of back and forth over a long period. Through all of it, they were super accommodating and responsive, and made me feel very well taken care of.
Thanks Ron and Bree for treating small orders like big orders and helping me to stretch my dollar! You guys are the best!
Always liked their quality followed by Proto.