Used tools from the tool truck

[mds47588]

My local Snap On Dealer takes used tools regularly in on trade, but I've never seen 'em out on display or even offered. Also, with the trade-in toolboxes, but my question is, has anyone here purchased anything used from a truck?

 

[warmpancakes]

yes, Rarely, One of the local snap on guys has a HUGE barn sale where he sells all the used and trade in items

 

[Mastermind]

and where and when is that? sounds like a barn sale worth going to

 

[383 240z]

I asked my guy about used tools once. After that he told me about every used tool he took in. Got a lot of decent stuff at a pretty fair price. Keith

 

[GSE_Diego]

first place I go to as soon as I walk on the truck. For boxes, he'll usually carry one and you just ask him about whatever else he has stored in his garage.

 

[3baygarage]

I noticed a nice Cornwell impact set on the Snap On dealer's dashboard one day. The thing to me was they didn't look all that bad, but somebody had traded them. I didn't ask if they were for sale but I'm sure for the right price they would be.

 

[MattPersman]

Just have to ask most all of them don't tell about them unless asked I have gotten some stuff for crazy cheap

 

[arms1970]

I visit my snap on dealer on saturdays. He has 2 buildings. 5 trucks. The second building is used boxes, used tools. Discounted tools etc. 50% off in that building.

 

[JoeSnapOn]

I visit my snap on dealer on saturdays. He has 2 buildings. 5 trucks. The second building is used boxes, used tools. Discounted tools etc. 50% off in that building.

And where might this be?

Joe S

 

[jjjrmx5]

My local Snap On Dealer takes used tools regularly in on trade, but I've never seen 'em out on display or even offered. Also, with the trade-in toolboxes, but my question is, has anyone here purchased anything used from a truck?

Hell yes.

All the time.

Heck, some tools don't even make it out of the building before a fellow employee buys them from the driver as he's walking around with the trade-in.

Picked up a set of 1/4" and 3/8" Mac locking extensions (6 pieces each set) for pennies on the dollar from a disgruntled Mac owning fellow employee that I did not even know he was selling items off. Driver only had to walk 100 feet and I snatched them up.

C'man 12 dwr 80's top tool chest for $75 he got as a trade in. He wanted it gone.

I;v e seen driver keep them on a dedicated shelf either in the front or back of the truck, or in a crate/tub on the truck floor in the front or back of the truck.

Used SO tools will get a warranty.
Higher priced non-SO may have a 30 day make-good promise.

Non SO hand tools are as-is.

If your driver has a large route lots of goodies to be had at good prices in my area.

 

[warmpancakes]

and where and when is that? sounds like a barn sale worth going to

fowlerville, Usually late march, as so as i know you will, Im on the way you can pick me up

 

[wafrederick]

A Snap On stubby 3/8 air ratchet off the Mac tool truck,I use it once in a while.A Mac saltus sae wrench set off the Matco tool truck.I have seen a Dale Earnhardt Sr. edition Snap On toolbox my Matco tool dealer took on trade,the customer bought it for $17,000.00 brand new top and bottom boxes and a side box that did not match it.Matco tool dealer sold it for $6,500.00.

 

[Zephyr]

Yeah I picked up a 1/2 Matco torque wrench once nothing else really caught my attention since most of the good stuff had been picked up on his route. Snap On kept used stuff in a box under his bench Matco simply had a 5 gallon bucket which you would dig through and both Cornwell trucks had stuff neatly organized on the bench with prices.

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[DanCo]

I bought my KR637PA off the Matco truck used, a few ratchets. I got my Mountain service cart used off the Snap On truck. My dealers would usually let me know about trade-ins or repo'd items when they visit.

Dan

 

[MackMan]

Asked snap on guy today if he sells used and he said he never gets used tools unless he does a repossession which is rare.

 

[Mastermind]

fowlerville, Usually late march, as so as i know you will, Im on the way you can pick me up

how big of a truck and trailer should i bring? lol

 

[Mastermind]

i love buying off brand stuff from the trucks, like a matco ratchet off the snappy truck. gotten good deals like that. also my old snappy guy had a customer with a gambling problem that would sell off tools quite often, he would walk in with them as i usually bought them.

 

[Taildragger]

Thats how I got most of my SO stuff.
Once the guy knew I bought used stuff he always told me about them.
(Maybe he knew I was too cheap to buy new?)

 

[MJB24]

i love buying off brand stuff from the trucks, like a matco ratchet off the snappy truck. gotten good deals like that. also my old snappy guy had a customer with a gambling problem that would sell off tools quite often, he would walk in with them as i usually bought them.

One man's loss is another man's gain

 

[warmpancakes]

Just bought a used trade in cart from snap on guy, a teal cart from the bel air release

 

[jjjrmx5]

Thats how I got most of my SO stuff.
Once the guy knew I bought used stuff he always told me about them.
(Maybe he knew I was too cheap to buy new?)

LOL.

I don't think it's a "too cheap to buy new" issues as in the fact that if something you can use and not already own comes in at a really good price.

I used to work for an industrial employer with a 12 building mfgr. campus and 2000 workers.

So much got traded in for reasons unknown it made me laugh.

I picked up a nearly new orange hard handled ratcheting SO screwdriver from my driver for $20. PO traded it in for a soft grip. I picked up a green soft grip SO ratcheting screwdriver for $35 because the PO traded it in for the 5 position handle ratcheting units.
I needed a back up 1/2" air impact and he had a trade in S-O IM6500HP that he had just sent out to SO for full rebuild and just got in. $80. Full std. warranty too. With the MG725 I have the IM still sits in the dwr. But it's a hoss.

Again big routes with many customers or big industrial routes always have trade-ins.
And not all tool users are wise when it comes to the value of trading in tools to the trucks.

 

[djwyman]

This is good info to know when I no longer have my student discount i will definitely be asking the trucks about used stuff.

 

[ChevyEFI]

I would assume it's best for him to separate used tool sales from the truck sales as much as reasonably possible.

 

[richfinn]

All my Snap On wrenches (mismatched logos etc) came out of the trade in box on a dealers van.

Some tool polishing ***** traded them for a shiny set with matching logos.

I think I paid £35 for the set back in 1989 I had to buy a 13mm blue point to complete this oddball set as someone had nicked the snap on out of the box. It's not like a modern blue point though, it's exactly like a snappy with a Matt finish and a different stamp and it's been so good I never got around to buying a 13mm snappy even though it's used more than the others.

 

[jmm]

yes, Rarely, One of the local snap on guys has a HUGE barn sale where he sells all the used and trade in items

I'm in the same boat. My guy gets used stuff on trade pretty regularly, but I only get to check it out if I catch him on the same day he gets it (he hauls it home and stores it). He inventories most of it, and will mention it if you're in the market for a particular item, but are balking at the list price. He takes a van load to car shows a couple times a year and seems to do pretty well. The prices are great -- about even with used prices on the classifieds here (lower than eBay). He's a Snap-On driver, but gets lots of other brands; he cuts the best deals on non-SO tools.

 

[jfcasey]

When i get on my snappy guys truck I always take a look in the tub he keeps his trade ins in. I've got a few good scores out of there.

****, oneday I didn't buy them but he had 3 sets of cornwell impacts still in the plastic wrapper! I didn't ask for a price since I didn't need them but somebody could have probably gotten a pretty good deal.

 

[jjjrmx5]

I would assume it's best for him to separate used tool sales from the truck sales as much as reasonably possible.

I'm not sure I follow?

I see weekly tool buyers with the driver refuse to buy anything but new due to tool pretentiousness due to the fact teh wife keep the purse strings and this is their only shopping "outlet." In many cases they often don't have teh means to buy new but it's the way they vent. But they are out there trading in their perfectly capable non SO tools in trade.

Some drivers toss trade-ins in the storage unit. I see that a lot with box trade-ins.
As for hand tools and nothing big, if you've every seen the trade-in value some drivers give for trade -ins (both hand tools and often boxes) the resale of trade-ins on the truck and be as good as selling new tools.

You are a franchaisee It all goes back to the driver and on your truck account. If not a new sale or warranty item or waranty capable item I assume it's not Snap-On corporate's concern nor the bookkeepers.

Sure, a driver wants to sell new tools, but the trade-ins have to go somewhere. Given the abysmal price you often get if trading in, the profit margin for the driver can be quite high.

No muss. No fuss. No warranty unless SO.

Guess you never got the "lemons into lemonade" speech in Business 101 in high school or college.

It's also why most Snap-On drivers sell many more brands of tools than just Snap-On and Blue Point.

It's not like the Apple store where you can only buy Apple branded products and no others. Hell--even they sell other brands albeit not many of them.

A sale is a sale.

 

[ChevyEFI]

I'm not sure I follow?

Some tool buyers with a weekly driver refuse to buy anything but new due to tool pretentiousness due to the fact teh wife keep the purse strings and this is their only shopping "outlet." In many cases they often don't have teh means to buy new but it's the way they vent.

Some drivers toss trade-ins in the storage unit. I see that a lot with box trade-ins.
As for hand tools and nothing big, if you've every seen the trade-in value some drivers give for trade -ins the resale of trade-ins on the truck and be as good as selling new tools.

Sure, a driver wants to sell new tools, but the trade-ins have to go somewhere. Given the abysmal price you often get if trading in, the profit margin for the driver can be quite high.

Your key word above is "some." The unwashed public has far quicker access to deals (perceived and real,) that make a guy question why he's buying a $50 wrench over a $22 one. So while you're right about the average GJ member and how we perceive a typical truck customer, there's a higher percentage of people overall who are eying deals outside the truck that will be there in a few days shipping; just about as fast as the truck's next visit.

Regarding trade-in value, a high-trade-in is offered to more easily make a deal on a full-price new item. At least that's the case from all the anecdotes here on SO box trade-ins, the Milwaukee drill trade-in deal posted a while back at limited retail outlets etc. etc. So dollars to doughnuts, I'm saying the SO man is better vested by selling a new combo wrench than a used one.

Guess you never got the "lemons into lemonade" speech in Business 101 in high school or college.

It's also why most Snap-On drivers sell many more brands of tools than just Snap-On and Blue Point.

It's not like the Apple store where you can only buy Apple branded products and no others. Hell--even they sell other brands albeit not many of them.

The "no distracting sale items" is from economics, not gen. business. In other words, Tiffany's and Snap-On and other high-end sellers very very selectively have "sale" items. Even discontinued items are handled in a manner so as not to distract from the normal higher-margin goods; sold at a later time typically. In my estimation, Apple will gradually fall off this methodology the longer time goes on as the company is directed by sheeple of a completely different mindset than Jobs was. We'll see. And thanks for the discourse.

 

[ex-x-fire]

I had one of these in 3/8 drive, I didn't care for it & it seemed too bulky. It was collecting dust in my box for 2 years before I traded it in & what do you know, another guy came in from off the truck saying "look what someone traded in, looks brand new!"

 

[offroadford4x4]

I bought my Macsimizer used off the S/O truck.

 

[BigAl62]

My old SO dealer used to put all trade in and repo tools in one of the tool boxes he had on the truck. I bought all kinds of good stuff.from him. I also bought an old SO side cabinet for $75 bucks and still have it today some 17 years later. I also helped him not have an old Craftsman toolbox that another mechanic was trying to trade towards a new SO box. The SO dealer told him all he would give him was $100, but he really didn't want it. I offered the guy $105 and he said OK. I also still have that more than 24 years later. (Picture below)

 

[crewchief888]

hmmm
lemme think

kr 274 side box
kr274b side box
kr272 side box
cebora 135 mig welder
mac side box
2 war production/govt SO 3/8" dr ratchets

all i can think of off the top of my head.....

 

[warmpancakes]

just bought this "used" from snap on guy, never had a tool on it very minor surface rust on chrome (0000 steel wool took it right off)
the card board in the trays was cut from the original shipping carton

 

[ex-x-fire]

Sometimes getting used boxes can be neat, esp. if they have cool old stickers.

 

[Farmall450]

Asked snap on guy today if he sells used and he said he never gets used tools unless he does a repossession which is rare.

What do they kick down the door and go at it with a breaker bar? (the new 3ft one ) ??? I didn't know SO drivers repo'ed their stuff on their own...I guess it makes sense to

 

[redwrench60]

The first thing I do when I climb aboard the Snap-On truck is check the used tool bin. There's good deals in there right now, just not anything I need.

 

[RV77]

What do they kick down the door and go at it with a breaker bar? (the new 3ft one ) ??? I didn't know SO drivers repo'ed their stuff on their own...I guess it makes sense to

Our SO dealer does this.About 2-3 times a year he will get repo'd stuff on his truck and sell it for 1/2 price.He doesnt like to repo it but he gives the mechanic a couple chances to make it right,but obviously he has no choice.

 

[fordbroncodave]

I usually get a better deal on non snap on tools from the snap on truck. doesn't happen often. Once in a while I will spot something used on the truck for cheap like a snap on oil pressure test kit with adapters and metal case for $25

 

[transittech]

I buy used off the truck all the time. Sometimes its a good deal; other times its not, so I let him keep it.

 

[Tinner]

I've bought a lot of used Snap-on off the truck throughout the years. The first box and tools I bought were repos. Always ask your dealer about used. Once he figures out you're a good guy to tell used to, he'll start mentioning things he doesn't have on the truck. Cash is King.

Building a good relationship with your dealer is the key to the Snap-on experience. Treat them right and they'll reciprocate, even the grumpy ones.