Pricing some used tools

"P©WÉ®T©©LMAN ²ºº4" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hmmmmm Just Bob.....a genuine innocent or a case of trolling for
> suckers....you tell me???
>
>

Well thanks for nothing guys. Not one of you gave me any advice and you
think I'm just trolling. What a bunch of narrow minded peckerheads.

We had the garage sale today and sold everything. The saw brought $400 and
the joiner sold for $375. Not bad for some old tools. One of the guys that
bought stuff was very honest. We had an old plane marked $5. He insisted it
was worth double and paid $10 for it. The family sure appreciated it.
Bob

Just Bob wrote:
> Well thanks for nothing guys. Not one of you gave me any advice and you
> think I'm just trolling. What a bunch of narrow minded peckerheads.
> We had the garage sale today and sold everything. The saw brought $400 and
> the joiner sold for $375. Not bad for some old tools. One of the guys that
> bought stuff was very honest. We had an old plane marked $5. He insisted it
> was worth double and paid $10 for it. The family sure appreciated it.

As I rememeber, You were told to check eBay and Google. A minimal
amount of work on your part would have answered the questions you
raised. The fact that people wondered if your description was a
troll or not should have told you that you had equipment that was
worth more than you thought. You still need to see what it was
worth on eBay so that you can figure out how far over you got
bent. See what being lazy and nasty gets you.
Just the opinion of one of the locals.
Dave in Fairfax
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On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 03:27:56 GMT, "Just Bob" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Some months ago my neighbor passed away and now my wife offered my services
>to help clear out the garage. There are some tools to be sold at an
>upcoming yard sale, but I have no idea of where to find some prices. Most
>of the stuff is old and I've never heard of the brands.
>
>The big saw is Rockwell. Don't they make airplanes? Did they used to make
>tools? Given the age, it is probably not worth much but it sure weighs a lot
>so even at scrap metal prices it would bring $25. I see in the classified
>ads that some of the Craftsman saws go for $100 to $200 used. Is this as
>good as a Craftsman? My thought is to price it at about $150 and go down if
>it does not move as the day wears on. The top wood guide does not match the
>saw (its newer) but I'd probably just throw it in anyway. I looked around
>for the original figuring it would maybe bring a higher price.
>
>Another tool, I have no idea what it is or how to use it. She called it a
>jointer. It is a long flat thing about 9" wide but about 5 feet long, made
>of cast iron. Kind of an ugly mustard color, made by Powermatic. It is
>something that would be useful for a woodworker? Can it bring as much money
>as a saw?
>
>A nephew took some of the other stuff, drill press, some hand tools but
>there are still more to sort out. I just tossed all the screw drivers,
>chisels, wrenches in a box. We will tag it like "any tool for a buck" He
>also took a half dozen good boards.
>
>I spent half the day cutting up the old wood for firewood (my reward for
>the day's work). I don't know why he even kept it as it was all rough,
>nothing you could really use except maybe for a garage shelf. I kept one
>just for that as it is about 14" wide.
>
>Is there anything like a Kelly Blue Book for tools instead of cars? I'd
>appreciate if you'd be bald to tell me where to look for prices.
>
>Bob


You've gotta be pulling my/our leg.

If not, the tools are valuable and so was the wood. The Craftsman
stuff can go in the dumpster.

Yeah, almost a perfect trolling cast. Was a little bit over the top with
the Powermatic reference, though. I'd give it a solid 9.75
Mark L.

Unisaw A100 wrote:
> "Wzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
>
> 200 yards of 30 lb. monofilament pays out across the still,
> pre-dawn waters of Little Squam Lake. A gentle *plonk* as
> the stainless steel leader disappears below the surface.
>
> The lonesome call of the loon echo's across the foggy valley
> as he flips the bail closed, sets the rod into the twimbel
> then pours himself a cup of coffee from his Stanley (of
> course) thermos."
> John Gunterman (aka Duct Tape/Spokesave/Police Man John),
> 28-Nov-98
>
> UA100, who thinks a good troll is one that's undetectable
> but gives this one high marks onna 'count of there will be
> more than a few people latching onto it full force which in
> itself is a good measure of the depth at the shallow end of
> the gene pool and gives the Nigerians a better target
> audience for their "big money give-aways"...

Hmmmmm Just Bob.....a genuine innocent or a case of trolling for
suckers....you tell me???


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"Just Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Some months ago my neighbor passed away and now my wife offered my
services
> to help clear out the garage. There are some tools to be sold at an
> upcoming yard sale, but I have no idea of where to find some prices. Most
> of the stuff is old and I've never heard of the brands.
>
> The big saw is Rockwell. Don't they make airplanes? Did they used to
make
> tools? Given the age, it is probably not worth much but it sure weighs a
lot
> so even at scrap metal prices it would bring $25. I see in the classified
> ads that some of the Craftsman saws go for $100 to $200 used. Is this as
> good as a Craftsman? My thought is to price it at about $150 and go down
if
> it does not move as the day wears on. The top wood guide does not match
the
> saw (its newer) but I'd probably just throw it in anyway. I looked
around
> for the original figuring it would maybe bring a higher price.
>
> Another tool, I have no idea what it is or how to use it. She called it a
> jointer. It is a long flat thing about 9" wide but about 5 feet long,
made
> of cast iron. Kind of an ugly mustard color, made by Powermatic. It is
> something that would be useful for a woodworker? Can it bring as much
money
> as a saw?
>
> A nephew took some of the other stuff, drill press, some hand tools but
> there are still more to sort out. I just tossed all the screw drivers,
> chisels, wrenches in a box. We will tag it like "any tool for a buck" He
> also took a half dozen good boards.
>
> I spent half the day cutting up the old wood for firewood (my reward for
> the day's work). I don't know why he even kept it as it was all rough,
> nothing you could really use except maybe for a garage shelf. I kept one
> just for that as it is about 14" wide.
>
> Is there anything like a Kelly Blue Book for tools instead of cars? I'd
> appreciate if you'd be bald to tell me where to look for prices.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>

Stuff that old is all pretty much worthless. New tools have so many
features (like saws that project a laser beam exactly where the cut will
be, etc) that older stuff like that is just begging to be hauled off to
a landfill somewhere.

I feel bad for you being in that situation though. Tell ya what, if
you're anywhere in the SE Texas area, let me know and I'll give you a
hand. If you want I can show up with a trailer and haul all that stuff
off for you.

Is this a troll?

"Just Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Some months ago my neighbor passed away and now my wife offered my
services
> to help clear out the garage. There are some tools to be sold at an
> upcoming yard sale, but I have no idea of where to find some prices. Most
> of the stuff is old and I've never heard of the brands.
>
> The big saw is Rockwell. Don't they make airplanes? Did they used to
make
> tools? Given the age, it is probably not worth much but it sure weighs a
lot
> so even at scrap metal prices it would bring $25. I see in the classified
> ads that some of the Craftsman saws go for $100 to $200 used. Is this as
> good as a Craftsman? My thought is to price it at about $150 and go down
if
> it does not move as the day wears on. The top wood guide does not match
the
> saw (its newer) but I'd probably just throw it in anyway. I looked
around
> for the original figuring it would maybe bring a higher price.
>
> Another tool, I have no idea what it is or how to use it. She called it a
> jointer. It is a long flat thing about 9" wide but about 5 feet long,
made
> of cast iron. Kind of an ugly mustard color, made by Powermatic. It is
> something that would be useful for a woodworker? Can it bring as much
money
> as a saw?
>
> A nephew took some of the other stuff, drill press, some hand tools but
> there are still more to sort out. I just tossed all the screw drivers,
> chisels, wrenches in a box. We will tag it like "any tool for a buck" He
> also took a half dozen good boards.
>
> I spent half the day cutting up the old wood for firewood (my reward for
> the day's work). I don't know why he even kept it as it was all rough,
> nothing you could really use except maybe for a garage shelf. I kept one
> just for that as it is about 14" wide.
>
> Is there anything like a Kelly Blue Book for tools instead of cars? I'd
> appreciate if you'd be bald to tell me where to look for prices.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>

Hey Just Bob, take a pill mate......we were just joking......or at least I
was, you have to realize that sometimes people post innocent questions like
that with less than a straight forward answer in mind, I'm glad you sold
everything & hopefully got more than you expected for the tools actually.
In your case...a genuine innocent was the answer to my question.
Regards
Jon~

"Just Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
>
> "P©WÉ®T©©LMAN ²ºº4" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hmmmmm Just Bob.....a genuine innocent or a case of trolling for
> > suckers....you tell me???
> >
> >
>
> Well thanks for nothing guys. Not one of you gave me any advice and you
> think I'm just trolling. What a bunch of narrow minded peckerheads.
>
> We had the garage sale today and sold everything. The saw brought $400
and
> the joiner sold for $375. Not bad for some old tools. One of the guys
that
> bought stuff was very honest. We had an old plane marked $5. He insisted
it
> was worth double and paid $10 for it. The family sure appreciated it.
> Bob
>
>

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 19:20:27 GMT, "Just Bob" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Well thanks for nothing guys. Not one of you gave me any advice and you
>think I'm just trolling. What a bunch of narrow minded peckerheads.

To quote your post

"Given the age, it is probably not worth much but it sure weighs a lot
so even at scrap metal prices it would bring $25"

And you wonder why people thought you were trolling ?

_I_ thought you were trolling. If that was a troll, it was actually a
pretty good one. Just insulting enough to promote a response, yet
detailed enough to be believable.

You probably shifted a load of $1 tools for $1 each, and at least one
that was worth $50 for the same price. However it is admittedly very
hard to spot these nuggets, because it's rarity that does it, not
obvious quality. If you'd asked for advice and posted a couple of
pictures, you'd probably have received several itemised lists of
"book" values, and offers to buy half of it for a pretty good price.
But the tone of your posting was basically snotty, arrogant and
dismissive of collecting habits that are pretty important to a whole
bunch of people round here.


If you did get any woodworkers at your sale, they'd be bottom feeding.
Rather than some poor guy trying to find good homes for these
abandoned tools, you've become the schmuck who is thinking about scrap
value. In the collecting trade that's called A Free Lunch, and we can
smell them like sharks smell chum.

Anyway, thanks for the Millers Patent plow. Yes, as you thought it's
not a patch on a modern router and those florid castings do tend to
collect sawdust. But I've always liked the bronze ones, so you're
welcome to the extra $5.

The guy in the dark glasses who wouldn't give his address? I think
that was Charlie Self. It was a bit rude of him to back his truck over
Cody's skateboard though.

Yeah, I think it's all troll too, but you've gotta admit there's more
than a few buffoons out there. Someone *might* look at something like
a Rockwell tool and think "off brand junk" just because it's not sold
at any current stores.

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:10:29 GMT, "Mark L." <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Yeah, almost a perfect trolling cast. Was a little bit over the top with
>the Powermatic reference, though. I'd give it a solid 9.75
> Mark L.
>
>Unisaw A100 wrote:
>> "Wzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
>>
>> 200 yards of 30 lb. monofilament pays out across the still,
>> pre-dawn waters of Little Squam Lake. A gentle *plonk* as
>> the stainless steel leader disappears below the surface.
>>
>> The lonesome call of the loon echo's across the foggy valley
>> as he flips the bail closed, sets the rod into the twimbel
>> then pours himself a cup of coffee from his Stanley (of
>> course) thermos."
>> John Gunterman (aka Duct Tape/Spokesave/Police Man John),
>> 28-Nov-98
>>
>> UA100, who thinks a good troll is one that's undetectable
>> but gives this one high marks onna 'count of there will be
>> more than a few people latching onto it full force which in
>> itself is a good measure of the depth at the shallow end of
>> the gene pool and gives the Nigerians a better target
>> audience for their "big money give-aways"...

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 06:49:18 GMT, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:

>Stuff that old is all pretty much worthless. New tools have so many
>features (like saws that project a laser beam exactly where the cut will
>be, etc) that older stuff like that is just begging to be hauled off to
>a landfill somewhere.
>
>I feel bad for you being in that situation though. Tell ya what, if
>you're anywhere in the SE Texas area, let me know and I'll give you a
>hand. If you want I can show up with a trailer and haul all that stuff
>off for you.


Bob,

Don't pay any attention to Mike. He's just trying to take advantage of a pore
ole widder woman and cheat her out of the scrap value. (Look ashamed, Mike!)
You didn't mention any, but if your poor, late neighbor had that kind of power
tools, a Piper saw, or some kind of airplane maker, did you say? And a
PewterMaid joiner, was it? Well, if he had that kind of stuff, any hand tools he
had were probably the same kind of junk, so we can throw all them on the
trailer, too. And, unlike Mike, I'd like the widder woman to get something out
of it, so I'll give her a dime a pound and haul it off, free of charge.

Just let me know where, and I'll leave with my trailer first thing in the
morning. May take me a couple of days or so to get there, depending on where you
are, but I'll be there! I hate to see a pore widder woman left in that kind of a
bind.


Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS USA

"Wzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

200 yards of 30 lb. monofilament pays out across the still,
pre-dawn waters of Little Squam Lake. A gentle *plonk* as
the stainless steel leader disappears below the surface.

The lonesome call of the loon echo's across the foggy valley
as he flips the bail closed, sets the rod into the twimbel
then pours himself a cup of coffee from his Stanley (of
course) thermos."
John Gunterman (aka Duct Tape/Spokesave/Police Man John),
28-Nov-98

UA100, who thinks a good troll is one that's undetectable
but gives this one high marks onna 'count of there will be
more than a few people latching onto it full force which in
itself is a good measure of the depth at the shallow end of
the gene pool and gives the Nigerians a better target
audience for their "big money give-aways"...