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[CutterFarms]

How do you think the 3 indentations in the handle affect the value?

 

[lugnut71]

wanna sell it? pm me if so. thanks

 

[shockwave]

I just swapped the handles on mine but how rare these ratchets are it should not be an issue

 

[martin666]

Handles are easy to replace, don't see it being a major factor. Took me about 6 months of searching till I found one I could afford, the handle wouldn't have stopped me

 

[CutterFarms]

I just swapped the handles on mine but how rare these ratchets are it should not be an issue

I thought about doing the same thing as not to mess up the handle anymore, but if the indentations ruined it I was going to just use it the way it was. Thanks

 

[canuckian]

I thought about doing the same thing as not to mess up the handle anymore, but if the indentations ruined it I was going to just use it the way it was. Thanks

if you're just going to use it, why the concern for value? One of mine had a couple of chunks out of it right where the web of my thumb would press so I just filed/sanded that section smooth. problem solved. I'd like to find a couple with wrecked handles (which would make it cheaper - people that spend big money on these generally want the unblemished factory handle with the model number clearly stamped into it) that I could swap on yellow and red handles for my sons' sets. Maybe I'll just end up making a dual 80 version for myself and put new handles on the 2 I have.

 

[CutterFarms]

if you're just going to use it, why the concern for value? One of mine had a couple of chunks out of it right where the web of my thumb would press so I just filed/sanded that section smooth. problem solved. I'd like to find a couple with wrecked handles (which would make it cheaper - people that spend big money on these generally want the unblemished factory handle with the model number clearly stamped into it) that I could swap on yellow and red handles for my sons' sets. Maybe I'll just end up making a dual 80 version for myself and put new handles on the 2 I have.

The handle is clearly stamped its probably the way the pic came out, I picked it up at a pawn shop for $30.00. I know that it has some value the handle is in very good shape other than the 3 small indentations. I have several snap on ratchets its not like I'll be using it everyday, if there is a situation that I need the small size of it I'd rather risk tearing up a handle off a donor screwdriver than to blemish the factory one anymore. It has sit in my tool box for over a year and I haven't run upon a situation where I have needed it yet, but I wouldn't keep it with the intention of never using it. I was just curious what others thought on how the three indentions affected it.

 

[canuckian]

You got a sweet deal at $30. Congrats! As for the blemishes hurting value, a NOS one would almost definitely go over the $200 mark on eBay. Ones with signs of use and small Knicks, as far as I've observed normally go for $100-125 or so. The only completed auction I can see on eBay shows one with a few Knicks that went for $119.

 

[CutterFarms]

You got a sweet deal at $30. Congrats! As for the blemishes hurting value, a NOS one would almost definitely go over the $200 mark on eBay. Ones with signs of use and small Knicks, as far as I've observed normally go for $100-125 or so. The only completed auction I can see on eBay shows one with a few Knicks that went for $119.

Thanks, I strictly bought it because I liked the way it felt in my hand. I had no idea what it was until I read about on on GJ. And who can pass up a decent snap on ratchet for 30 bucks. I bought all the snap on tools in a big box someone pawned and never came back, got a couple used snap on 80 tooth ratchets with comfort grip handles for 30 each, a 48 piece rethreader kit that was new for 30 and 2 sets of 3/8 extensions still wrapped in plastic for 30 each. Oh yeah and a 32oz red plastic ball pien hammer for 25. I thought that was a really good day!

 

[canuckian]

well done! Not often that deals like that come along...especially in a pawn shop.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

How do you think the 3 indentations in the handle affect the value?

In a way, yes. But those ratchets are so rare people will still pay a lot of you sell it.

I think i have a new one, that i've never used.

Thanks, I strictly bought it because I liked the way it felt in my hand. I had no idea what it was until I read about on on GJ. And who can pass up a decent snap on ratchet for 30 bucks. I bought all the snap on tools in a big box someone pawned and never came back, got a couple used snap on 80 tooth ratchets with comfort grip handles for 30 each, a 48 piece rethreader kit that was new for 30 and 2 sets of 3/8 extensions still wrapped in plastic for 30 each. Oh yeah and a 32oz red plastic ball pien hammer for 25. I thought that was a really good day!

Most definitely a really good day, those prices are unbeatable.

 

[CutterFarms]

In a way, yes. But those ratchets are so rare people will still pay a lot of you sell it.

I think i have a new one, that i've never used.



Most definitely a really good day, those prices are unbeatable.

Thanks Moose, if you have a new one I bet that is worth a mint. How would you know to hold onto something like that and not use it when they first come put with them? I didn't even barter with the guy, I pulled everything out of the toolbox I liked and took it to the counter and he said I had to buy box and all the tools and I kinda dared him to price it separately. I even asked him if he was sure before I paid him and he told me he was making good money off them.

 

[zkling]

I'd guess these were replaced by the 3/8 in 1/4" body ratchets. I made a similar version out of the kobalt fine tooth, back when they were closed out. Handy size.

before I paid him and he told me he was making good money off them.

I often wonder just how little the pawn shops give.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Thanks Moose, if you have a new one I bet that is worth a mint. How would you know to hold onto something like that and not use it when they first come put with them?

I didn't, i paid over the odds for it on eBay years ago.

Just never got around to using it. It's sat in the ratchet drawer for the last 8 or 9 years. It's either new or very good condition, i can't remember which.

I didn't even barter with the guy, I pulled everything out of the toolbox I liked and took it to the counter and he said I had to buy box and all the tools and I kinda dared him to price it separately. I even asked him if he was sure before I paid him and he told me he was making good money off them.

At that price, throw the money at them and run!

I often wonder just how little the pawn shops give.

Watched a tv thing on a chain of pawn shops here in the UK a while ago. It's outrageous what little they give for stuff, then the buy-back cost and mark up.

In a way, preying on vulnerable people and completely screwing them on getting their stuff back. I know it's a business, but damn. They have sales targets too, real cut-throat stuff.

 

[CutterFarms]

I'd guess these were replaced by the 3/8 in 1/4" body ratchets. I made a similar version out of the kobalt fine tooth, back when they were closed out. Handy size.



I often wonder just how little the pawn shops give.

I used to buy alot snap on off of on guy on Craigslist and he finally got comfortable enough to tell me he worked at a pawn shop and they tried to buy all snap on stuff for 10-15% of retail and he was aloud to buy some at cost to sell on Craigslist and he would ask 25-30% of retail. If it is still new in box and you have a receipt you would get around 40%. Not sure if that is how all operate but don't know why he would lie about it, when I was happy at 25%. He is about 100 miles away and I still call him and see what he has whenever I get up that way.

 

[CutterFarms]

I didn't, i paid over the odds for it on eBay years ago.

Just never got around to using it. It's sat in the ratchet drawer for the last 8 or 9 years. It's either new or very good condition, i can't remember which.




At that price, throw the money at them and run!



Watched a tv thing on a chain of pawn shops here in the UK a while ago. It's outrageous what little they give for stuff, then the buy-back cost and mark up.

In a way, preying on vulnerable people and completely screwing them on getting their stuff back. I know it's a business, but damn. They have sales targets too, real cut-throat stuff.

I think people who sell there need money immediately or they would make way more listing on Craigslist or some other local sight

 

[Moose-LandTran]

I think people who sell there need money immediately or they would make way more listing on Craigslist or some other local sight

eBay is easy with a large audience. Less messers, no phone calls and people picking up in person. I've sold loads on eBay and it's so much better.