Went out this morning on a quest. A nearby town had a whole town garage sale. Newer houses mostly, so not much to be had there. Our town had a large outdoor flea market at the fairgrounds. Much to be had there. I picked up 2 Plomb sockets and 2 Plomb ing. wrenches. Picked up about 8 other wrenches and about 12 misc. sockets. A pair of Belden electricions pliers, a pair of Herbrand hose clamp pliers, a 3/8 hex handle Craftman speed wrench, a small Stanley chrome push drill, a Proto body hammer, a little Kant Twist clamp and a few misc. items. Spent just over $20.00 including the $3.00 entry fee. One seller was a real jerk. I had 25 wrenches i was buying from him. I asked him if he had a small box to put them in. He handed me a small cardboard box and said that will be $3.00 for the box. I put 20 of the wrenches back on his table and kept 5 of them. I had several people just give me stuff and one lady offered me a quarter when came up short on a purchase. I only saw about 1/3 of the flea market because it was very warm and my bum leg was hurting too much to do alot of walking. The two Plomb sockets i got were in half inch drive 12 points. one was a 29/32 and the other was 31/32. I gave a $1.00 for the Plomb sockets. A good day, very tiring for me tho.
EvilDr235
Sounds like a great time with some good finds.
3 bux for a box, I wouldn't have bought a thing from him.
Any day spent shopping for old tools is a good day. Too bad about the box seller guy though. For his sake I hope he learned something from this.
The 5 items i did buy were the two Plomb wrenches, the Craftsman 3/8 speed wrench, the Herbrand pliers and a P&C wrench. I will remember him. He also had a large table covered with hot wheels. I know most of the sellers from all of our local flea markets.
EvilDr235
Wow Evil' Too bad the bummer vender tried to gig you for 3 bucks? I admire you for putting back the ones you really did not need too badly. I usually tell some one like that where to store his merchandise and leave everything there. Then when I get home I whine about not getting the wrench I needed for my set. :(
I'm sorry, but in my world with out photos......................it didn't happen
mel
Mel,
EvilDr235 can't post pictures on the web with his computer. He can email pictures to you if you need them.