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Offline Papaw

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Can't seem to even give them away !
« on: November 02, 2017, 10:05:04 PM »
I have been attempting to thin the herd but seems no one wants old wrenches anymore. I have priced things at giveaway prices and still no buyers !
I don't even care how much I may have paid for most of the wrenches I still have. I would just like to sell them.
https://www.ebay.com/usr/papawswrench
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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2017, 06:29:12 PM »
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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2017, 07:40:49 AM »
Papaw, try selling things in a mixed lot.  You won't make as much as selling individually but they may find a new home.  Or donate them to Habitat Restore, Goodwill or Salvation Army - get a receipt for your taxes.
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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2017, 08:55:44 AM »
Zero resale on them here too.   I buy them but I might wait out a year or two for the prices to drop.  Lol!

  The seller rarely if ever sells the old brown ones to anyone else.

After me, I only have hopes my son picks up the hobby.

   
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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2017, 10:08:15 AM »
My wife does not call it a hobby she refers to it as a curse.

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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2017, 11:14:52 AM »
try a few auctions,start em at .01

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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2017, 01:37:49 PM »
All good suggestions, but I think, other than auctions starting at $.01, I have tried all of them. No Habitat Store here and I don't think they even have an idea what these might be. used to be one here but it is gone. I have visited one in Houston, but it was all leftover  construction stuff.
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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2017, 10:47:14 PM »
The habitat store does not know what most tools are.

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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2017, 04:50:58 AM »
haven't been in here for ages just looking at your items for sale paw paw the dame international postage prices are a killer for anyone outside USA
ive just started collecting tools.....starting off with Sidchrome  Australian made

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Re: Can't seem to even give them away !
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2017, 09:36:11 AM »
I am not sure how the rates are, but the Ebay Foreign Shipment Deal has worked for a few buyers.
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