It was about 1pm on Saturday. They had a lot of older tools and a lot of just misc. files, screw drivers, wrenches etc.
A lot of the machines were HF type stuff. I ended up with a 1” bench sander, brand I never heard of. I would say a got a good deal, maybe not great. About 50% off what they were asking. But as I was purchasing it, the guy said “here take these sanding belts for it too. Ended up being about 50 belts that they just gave me. I never have to buy a 1”x42” sanding belt for this thing ever. None of the other bigger tools interested me.
The small stuff they were almost begging you to group a bundle deal up. I ended up with 24 bins and a 30 tray storage container. Each container and bin was full of screws, nail, misc. Stuff like that. I’m sure we all have those bins. They didn’t care what was in the bins at all. It was kind of like “here take this and this too”. I was going back today but didn’t make it. From the way it was going yesterday, I bet $50 would have bought you a truck of small stuff.
these sales make you think. this guy had wall to wall stuff. To me, a lot was “junk”. But I guess to this person, everything was important and everything had a purpose. Now it was to the point where they were begging for you to take some of this guys stuff. As I was sorting thru the bins I got, I could tell a lot of it was “I might need this some day” type stuff. I look around my small shop and have those same “I might need them some day“ stuff. I guess it’s just a little said when that some day doesn’t come.