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Thread: Buyer Beware!
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19th October 2014, 02:26 PM #1
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Buyer Beware!
Today I saw some chisels for sale at a market. The were the Workzone chisels that Aldi sell. These chisels were for sale at $6 each or $24 for 4 chisels. Now I have these chisels and they would be cheap at $24. In fact they would be cheap at more than that. But Aldi sell the 4 chisels for $12.95.
I also saw some Workzone plug cutters for $9. Aldi sell them for about $6. I know because I just bought them.
Now I have no idea what the vendor paid for the tools. And they are entitled to put any price on them they want. Also, as I say, even at the price offered they are good value. Anybody who bought them at those prices would still be getting a bargain. The plug cutters are okay and similar ones can be purchased for more than $60 in some larger stores. I do not suspect them of anything more terrible than trying to make a profit.
But my point is this. When you go to markets and second hand fairs it is as well to be careful. Sometimes a bargain is not all it seems. Today I bought a Stanley no 51 spokeshave for $15. I was in good condition. A bit of fiddling and flattening and sharpening and seems to work just fine. But it was an impetuous purchase. I went to the market to get some honey! Now as I turns out I am happy with the tool even though the process I went through was careless. (I am sure that there must be some recognised mental disorder that triggers stupidity in the presence of tools. Is it significant that tools rhymes with fools?)
Also on general issue of spokeshaves I believe the Stanley no 51 is considered to be a modest performer at best. I know little about spokeshaves but intend to get some more. What do I look for? What features make a spokeshave good? What ones are esteemed?My age is still less than my number of posts
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20th October 2014, 07:21 AM #2
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When I had the farm down at Leeton I had to acquire some extra machinery so I haunted the clearance sales for a bargain.
I was continually surprised by the number of buyers who paid near new, and in some cases better than new, price for machinery.
One clever fellow though, would turn up on his bicycle with a basket on the back. All he ever bought were the ever present boxes of odd nuts and bolts. These were taken home, sorted and batched into lots of a dozen or so which he then sold. No advertising costs as everyone knew him. He must have done very well because the auctioneers automatically knocked the lots down to him for about $2. His profit must have been tenfold!!!
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20th October 2014, 09:03 AM #3
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I wondered into Jacks machinery to buy a set of Frontline clamps and walked out with a receipt for a Robland combination machine (and the clamps) lol
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20th October 2014, 11:23 AM #4
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Not just markets. There are often old broken down tools on ebay at way more than the new price and yes some aldi stuff now and then at more than in the store. I guess you need to have an idea of what you are prepared to pay for something. Still hard sometimes when tool feaver gets you.
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John
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20th October 2014, 01:42 PM #5
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Personally I am not very good at shopping. I have to have an exact item in mind or I end up wondering around the shop without buying anything.
Normally during Christmas time looking for presents for people I have been known to spending over 2 hours in the shopping mall and not purchase anything. Yes that's right not one single present.
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20th October 2014, 09:00 PM #6
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machinery shops are dangerous places...
Originally Posted by Albert
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21st October 2014, 09:35 AM #7
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My immune system is a joke at front of those shiny European machines.. Originally Posted by Austin_Turner
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21st October 2014, 08:24 PM #8
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It makes me laugh to see some of the prices that Aldi tools are priced at online - file sets seperated and sold for double the price, or their tool trolley that is put up for sale a year later as a 'recent' purchase for the same price or more! lol Guess they're worth what people are willing to pay without knowing their pricevto begin with... cash converrters are pretty bad for it too...
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