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Snap-On KR661 value?

Devinarends

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I've looked on eBay, Craigslist, Facebook, etc. I see what people are slling these for but what would you realistically pay for this or what have you seen it go for?? Disregard the top kr-550. Just asking about the bottom kr-661. It has one dent in the top drawer and light scratches from 20+ years of use but the paint is in good condition. Has brand new ball bearing drawers but not lock and roll.
 

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Mr_B

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See the special editions like yours go a lot around 800 to 1100 pending mainly on how clean it is and drawer smoothness .
seen a few rough ones needing slides and external paint for 500 and under .
Nice solid boxes with pretty good drawer layout. and can do a cheap diy power drawer mod if wanted to, formed a trough bar and supplied cable track for a friends few years back .
Only downside is depth is under 22" .
 

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Here in the Philly/NJ/DE area you can price that along with everyone else at around $2,100, but don't expect to sell for more than $1,500.

BTW special editions are somewhat of a detraction. Special to one guy is a determinant to others. Just like selling a car or motorcycle with mods... people want their own, and are not usually a fan of someone elses.
 

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I don't think the form of a special edition hurts it vavle. It'd not a driver nobody under 40 has ever heard of certain brand of car, just some extra chrome. For your area, figure out what classic 78 are going for as there should be a number of them on CL or market place. Price slightly under those.
 

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That box looks extremely nice for its age ! The model with the chrome came out when I was in high school, I have liked them ever since, an old diesel guy here has two of those side by side with the top chests on both. I would pay 1500 in a heartbeat for one that nice.
 

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Yeh looks clean in pics but in person is only way truly judge it and price.
I like the extra chrome looks good if used for decent sticker collage display, seen a few like that back in the day .
I wouldn't pay more than 1K for one mainly due to depth of them. 761 tends be better buy and similar price and matco 7525 can be had cheap money and have the extra depth too .
Still a nice box though plus it got the snappy badge, and good condition retains more value .
 

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around here (boston area), it appears that a nice box like that will go for 700$.

i say appear because, well, there is no sold history on CL like there is on ebay, so we really dont know.

i have a bunch of older snap-on boxes. i tend to buy the kr650/655 sets and kr290 sidecars.

from what i hear, the issue around here is that no one is buying old "small" boxes. they all want 72" wide boxes, not 35 (like i buy) or even, what, 55", like you have.

well, there are buyers, but they are all "bottom feeders", like me, i suppose. i pay 400$ for a 650 or 655 in good shape. less if it isn't in good shape. people list stacks around here for 1500$, but they sit there and sit there and eventually, after touching the ad for a few months to keep it active, it just disappears. did it sell? sure, that is possible, but i dont think it is likely.

i have noticed a lot of kr660's showing up around boston over the last year. i get the impression that "dad doesnt need it anymore". i dont know if that means that dad died, retired, moved to assisted living, or whatever, but i do know that if you are listing that box for more than 1000$, you are wasting your time. . . . . they are trying to sell it on CL because the only people who will buy it are the truck tool sellers, and they will only take it in on a new box. (i dont know what they do with them. if you are out there, sitting on one or more of these boxes, PM me and we can talk. i dont need more, but . . . . .. )

anyway, it is worth what someone in your area will pay. where you start is a combination of how much you think it is worth, and how long you are willing to wait for someone to agree.

and, from the look of it, special editions dont add to the used value. non-red boxes seem to be worth less.

good luck.
 

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I've looked on eBay, Craigslist, Facebook, etc. I see what people are slling these for but what would you realistically pay for this or what have you seen it go for?? Disregard the top kr-550. Just asking about the bottom kr-661. It has one dent in the top drawer and light scratches from 20+ years of use but the paint is in good condition. Has brand new ball bearing drawers but not lock and roll.

What keeps the drawers from flying open if they don't have Lock 'N Roll?
 

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^ detents and the lock mechanism if want be more secure when moving .
 
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Two reasons:
1. Detents are a lot nicer to deal with than Lock 'N Roll
2. The KR series were built heavier with thicker sheet metal
 

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I prefer detents as lock n roll is pathetic implementation of latch concept only beaten by us genaral finger pull latch lol .
From what I seen/owned/sold the KR KRL metal gauge and build much the same .
 

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A box like the one pictured would go for 1000$ or so around here, a beat up needing work box went for about 500$

I like the Lock n roll feature myself, The Masterforce drawer latch works nicer though, IMO, no effort to open the drawer.
 

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I prefer detents as lock n roll is pathetic implementation of latch concept only beaten by us genaral finger pull latch lol .
From what I seen/owned/sold the KR KRL metal gauge and build much the same .

The bottom of the drawers on a KRL box will spring up and down like a trampoline. At some point, when sheet metal is thick enough, it looses it's springiness. Probably 14 gauge for sure.
 
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Devinarends

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I drove to Pennsylvania (from King George, Va) and bought this KR661 as well as a KR550b for a total of $950. A steal of a deal especially for the condition they are in. But, I honestly only wanted the KR550 and wanted to flip the big box. I have it listed for $1,200 with someone supposedly coming to get it Saturday. Its a really nice box and for $1,200......I may just have to keep it for myself!
 

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Hi All,

I JUST tonight bought a SO box set in the Boston area. It was the KR1000A, KR1010, KR1100 set. The chest, top box, and side box. I spent time trying to research price and it was very difficult. I suggest we start a thread for say SO, perhaps MAC, and MATCO. We would put perhaps Box(es) Date, Asking price, selling price, condition of box(es), Location, and perhaps pictures.

If that makes sense, I can start, I can copy over to a new thread, but something like:

Date: 6/2018; Box(es) KR100A, KR1010, KR1100; Asking price $2500, Selling price $2200, condition: good - no rust, no bent or damaged drawers, all slides work and original, Location: Boston MA, pictures later.

Something like this would have been great!

All in one place.

Thoughts?

RAy
 

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I drove to Pennsylvania (from King George, Va) and bought this KR661 as well as a KR550b for a total of $950. A steal of a deal especially for the condition they are in. But, I honestly only wanted the KR550 and wanted to flip the big box. I have it listed for $1,200 with someone supposedly coming to get it Saturday. Its a really nice box and for $1,200......I may just have to keep it for myself!

That a decent deal .
550B decent top box and decent size for top box.
Can be hard letting a decent clean cabinet go but if 661 super clean hold out for right buyer .
pointless keeping them if no real need and if you flip it you got your 550b for free :)
Like I keep saying, nothing beats used truck boxes for value for money quality if put in bit of effort track and view a few .
 
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