Well, a few of my friends and I usually go pawn shopping about once a week. Over the past 3 weeks I have been finding Craftsman sockets at this one store and I have accumulated around 16 sockets and 1 wrench at the price of $4.50 total. Today, I had a good idea to go out to Sears and see if they would replace the stripped sockets. Well, they did it on the spot and I got 4 brand new sockets and 1 brand new wrench worth $25.50 retail and I have only spent 4 and a half dollars. So now I have 12 older sockets in good shape and four brand new sockets plus 1 wrench for 4 and a half dollars. I think it is pretty cool

 

Sweet deal man, good find!

 

ya sears always replaces there craftsman hand tools. tho, we generally replace them when they get rusty...

 

craftsman tools are the only ones i use(power and hand) quality tools even my great grandfater used(have some of his still) whenever something goes wrong i bring them in(have never had a problem that they didnt fix right away)

 

sweet man, im trying to get a tool box together, maybe ill check out the pawn shop.

 

Just some tips for when you guys try it
1- Only go to the counter when there is a younger guy or any age woman there because they usually do not look at the tools first.
2- Only get around 7 sockets a time or they will charge you more, otherwise it just looks like you are replacing some tools in your set and they will sell them for cheap.
3-THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. OFFER A DIRT CHEAP AMOUNT. THE FIRST TIME I WENT I GOT 8 SOCKETS FOR 1 DOLLAR. THE SECOND TIME I WENT I GOT 1 DEEP SOCKET, THE LONG ONES, FOR 50 CENTS (IT RETAILS AT SEARS FOR 7 DOLLARS) THE LAST TIME I WENT THERE WAS AN OLD GUY WORKING SO HE MADE ME PAY 3 DOLLARS FOR 8 SOCKETS. THE WORST THEY CAN DO IS SAY NO.

 

Good find

I sometimes hit the flee markets and yard sales for tools.

 

I've thought about this myself, but I really only need a decent toolbox. The one I used (plastic one I got for Christmas many moons ago) is literally starting to fall apart. What I need to do is make a rig for hauling my tools around at the JY. The owner will drive me down there, then leave me on my own to pick what I need and walk back to the store. Anyways, thanks for the heads up. I really need to get some deep sockets and box wrenches.