[TheForge] Old tools

[Jason Nass]

That's a great guy there, we have one guy in our club that works on a
similar basis, always buying stuff someone in the club might want and adding
a few bucks for his trouble of hauling it. I don't begrudge him that few
bucks at all. If you are a tool dealer and that is how you make your $$$,
that I can kinda understand, but to make a 500% profit off of people who are
supposed to be friends or collegues is just crass.

There is sometimes a fine line between a fair profit and excessive, as a
general rule of thumb, I sell stuff for what I pay for it, but that is just
the way I am. Now if it is something I made, that's a little different
story. I make my $$$ from my time, not reselling stuff that I happened to
get a great deal on. 

Jason Nass - MacTalis Ironworks
me at wargoth.com


-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Ehrenberger
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 2:40 PM
To: theforge
Subject: [TheForge] Old tools

I have never seen a $20 anvil, but I came close.  I got my main anvil, a 170
lb HB, for $75 from a friend who got it for $25 the day before.  He fell
into a great deal and so did I. That was 13 years ago.  I sometimes see old
beat up anvils at flea markets for under $200, but given the condition, they
aren't really that good of a deal. If you keep your eyes open, and have some
cash in your pocket you can still find an ocational deal, but they are
getting fewer and fewer.  I like making tools so it doesn't bother me to
spend time on tools, even if it ends up costing me more in time than it
would have to just buy it.

In BAM we have some members that like to go to auctions, they frequently by
stuff just to bring to meetings and resell. They make a little profit, and
the members that don't have time for auctions get some tools at a reasonable
price. Like the kick press I got this summer, a friend got it at auction
just about for free, and I traded something for it that I just had lying
around, that my friend needed.

It's not gouging to make a profit. If the price is too high it won't sell.

PS: I do remember when I would see anvils in the hardware store along with
the other shop tools, it's been a while.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

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