Tools by the pound?

[That Man's Mustache]

Here's something I don't think I've seen before. Selling tools for $2/lb. Providing you can find quality USA stuff, and you're not buying a 20lb. sledge, how good of a deal would you be getting? Looks like an indoor flea market in Niles, Ohio.

http://youngstown.craigslist.org/tls/4544360035.html

 

[toolmiser]

A few years ago I bought some bigger "morse taper" drill bits by the pound at an estate sale. It was kind of odd, and I have never seen it again. I don't remember the price either. I do remember the other tools had specific prices.

 

[woody 73]

If I was close by I would pick up a few pounds but just the gas for that trip makes it not a great deal for me.

 

[sloppy]

the Junk store In Akron used to do that with drill bits and taps..

Looking back I wish I would have bought many more LBS. of bits there.. It was all US made stuff...

I may have to go check that place out looks like mostly junk from the pics.

 

[byoungblood]

There was a pawn shop around Memphis that closed recently that did the same thing with their sockets, wrenches, and screwdrivers. I went by there once and wasn't that impressed with what they had, but if you dug through the bins enough you could probably put together a set of sockets fairly cheap.

 

[rockinacummins]

I've seen that before. Usually all I saw was el cheapo stuff. Otherwise it could be a pretty good deal I would think