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SelfContract · 06-08-2009, 01:04 PM

Buy used tools are good:

1. Save $$, and minimize tool insurance$ & BIG loss$ if stolen again;

2. Afford mutiple "spares" on the job in case of break-down; and

2. Theft-deterrent (because thieves like to steal brand-new, "shining" tools more than the beat-up looking ones). They can sell back new tools for more$$ than old ones too.

WarnerConstInc. · 06-08-2009, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SelfContract

Buy used tools are good:

1. Save $$, and minimize tool insurance$ & BIG loss$ if stolen again;

2. Afford mutiple "spares" on the job in case of break-down; and

2. Theft-deterrent (because thieves like to steal brand-new, "shining" tools more than the beat-up looking ones). They can sell back new tools for more$$ than old ones too.

&#$k buying used hand held power tools.

I want to know where, what, why and how about them.

I will buy a used truck or trailer but not most tools.

maninthesea · 06-09-2009, 03:41 AM

My rule of thumb is dont buy something used that you cant tell if it was abused. And only buy it used if its a REALLY good deal.
Cheers Jim

Mellison · 06-09-2009, 02:30 PM

Factory Refurbished/Reconditioned only.

CScalf · 06-09-2009, 04:20 PM

Smaller tools, I buy all the time, new or used, doesn't matter. Larger tools and equipment, I will not buy unless it will pay for itself in the first year.

JLTrim · 06-09-2009, 05:44 PM

I've never been one to buy used either. Here and there, I guess, for the really pricey stuff that I rarely use, like my big Hilti SDS I bought used. But stuff I will be using often to make a living with I feel better buying new, I'd hate for a used tool to die on me, then have to buy it again, probably new, and end up spending more in the end.

nEighter · 06-10-2009, 01:30 AM

my dad taught me about buy "used" or "reconditioned stuff". It never worked right, or was just more hassle.. money hole than a new fresh "whatever" would have been to begin with.

So from that... I would rather buy a new $400.00 nail gun than a used any day. I know exactly where it has been, and what abuse it has seen. If I had a full time framing crew.. might be a different story. IMO it is just safer to buy new.