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Used tools from the tool truck

Spudland_Dave

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I've been on both sides...I bought my Cman 40" off the S/O guy... as he was rolling it by in the shop I asked him how much he wanted for the Top & Bottom...Responded: $250 if I don't have to roll it onto my liftgate..Sold...
In the past months I traded in some Cman & Kobalt stuff on my S/O Truck...he always had a cardboard box in the back of the truck full of trade ins....box never got overflowed. Said its rare for a used tool to last more then a week on the truck.
 
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jjjrmx5

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

LOL.

I saw repo's 2 to 3 times a year on a production floor of 300+ folks.

Most buyers that ended up with repo'd boxes were contract workers that just got hired full time and got greedy and then figured out that the weekly pmt. was too much.

After the legal time and paperwork was completed, our driver would come during the shift the worker was not there, on the weekend via mgmt assisatnce , or some other routes, and ****** teh box.

If just the box was delinquent, our driver was nice enough to round up cardboard boxes for the tools in the cab and place them in the boxes and off goes the cab.

If there were major tool pmts. in arears, the driver would grab those tools or tools that equaled that cost.

A few repo's were guys that quit while in arears hoping to sneak in and get their box via a buddy and teh driver had to act fast to grab the box.

With an open industrial accnt. of 10's of thousands of dollars we had with our driver, mgmt. always worked to keep the driver ahead of teh cost liability curve with employees re: tools and boxes.

You find deadbeats in all areas of pmt plans and purchasing.
That's well known. :)

So while you're right about the average GJ member :bounce: 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.

So do you actually have a weekly Snap-On driver that comes to your place of business that serves you, your co-workers and your business's tool buying needs, or are the "anecdotes" of what you read, see and hear here on GJ and in the interwebz the basis of your replies?
 
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NorthCountry

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When I lived downstate my snappy and matco guys always had used tools since we moved upstate it is very rare they have them......


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kts

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I've bought a few used tools from a local dealer I know. Everything has been in great shape and at a good price.

I just need to limit myself to buying the used tool I came there to buy and not a few other things along with it as well. ;)
 

DTB

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My dealer has a tub full of used/trade in tools.Price is 50% off list.Bought a USA stamped FLF80 and FHX80 recently.Had a set of the gold torx bits,should of bought them,but I didn't...
 

BigAl62

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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.

By any chance is one of the trucks driven by Dan Baxa? He's out of Addison too (he was the SO dealer at my last job, real good guy). If so, could you PM me the address, I've lost it (the address, not my mind, that's been gone for years!).
 

ol'Red

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Some guys are looking for cash on trade ins or reserve them for the big on truck accounts.
 

ChevyEFI

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So do you actually have a weekly Snap-On driver that comes to your place of business that serves you, your co-workers and your business's tool buying needs, or are the "anecdotes" of what you read, see and hear here on GJ and in the interwebz the basis of your replies?
Yes, you did miss the etc. part of my reply. And zero is still less than 2. :beer:
 
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