The vise that got away

[bluebolt]

About three years ago a buddy asked me to keep an eye out for a vise for him at the garage sales I frequent. This was before I was on Garage Journal and you guys gave me a vise addiction. Picked up a decent size USA vise for $20, let him have it for $25. Stopped by his place today and wanted to look at it since I had no idea what I had sold him. Turned out is was a nice Yost 31C combination vise. Offered him $50 for it and another vise but no go . Now he's looked it up and see that they are about $400 new too LOL.

 

[davesnothere]

That is truly a bummer.

 

[Weps]

time for a new friend!

 

[autopts]

Turned out is was a nice Yost 31C combination vise. Offered him $50 for it and another vise but no go . Now he's looked it up and see that they are about $400 new too LOL.[/QUOTE]

Yost vises are certainly well made but for some reason they just don't command alot of money and I don't know why. This one I picked up for $35 and sold it on Ebay for $75. A Wilton equalivent would have gone for 2-3 times that.

 

[Brad54]

No good deed goes unpunished.

-Brad

 

[Catalyze]

It is time for you to let loose with your inner vise finding karma. Go forth again
Jedi....feel the vise force.....and stay away from the dark Chinese force...
Craig

 

[Borrego]

Is this vice "vice" different from a Vise Grip "vice" or are they all part of one big "Vice" family?

 

[Catalyze]

My adVice is that it really isn't a vice until it grips you like mental Vise Grips.
Craig

 

[bluebolt]

Well I feel a little a better now LOL. The reason I stopped by his place yesterday was he was giving me a Weider home gym he no longer wanted. Put it on Craigslist at 9 AM this morning and had two guys interested within hours, sold it for $110 by 3 PM.