Men's Tools - Pawn Shop, Advertise It, Or Garage Sale?

We have sold all manner of things at garage sales when we were moving.

In one case I sold the house from a cardboard sign in the window to a nice couple who came to browse the garage sale.
 

hearlady said:
If you decide to donate them Habitat for Humanity would likely be a good place for tools used to build houses.
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That is a GREAT place to donate, but the ones around here are starting to charge prices like new stuff, a little disheartening... Everyone is trying to get rich, sell what it's worth, and YOU will sell more, You lift the prices to new prices, and you are going to sit on stuff as they do here...
 
I got most my tools at garage/estate sales

Folks wanna get rid of stuff....I'm there
Snap On
Craftsman (the good ones)
Ridgid
DeWalt

If I have a garage sale
I'll set it up
Price stuff at true liquidation prices
None of it is goin' back into the shop
Clear out the excess
make a few bucks
I'm good

A note about having a garage sale;

Signage
Gotta be strategic placement
and LARGE BOLD lettering
 
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Hubs and I buy and sell outdoor sporting antiques. We often also buy and sell tools. There are antique tool collector groups. Try facebook. These groups often have swap meets.

Also if you have time look up some of your tools on ebay. When you find it scroll down and on the left hand side you will find the word "sold". Click on that and it will show you ads with your same tool and what they sold for. Lots of folks will tell you what its worth but this will tell you what sellers are actually getting.

When we do Craigslist ads we will often say, same item " recently sold on eBay for $XX."
 
many years ago lived a miserly man here who ran a large auto recycling yard(junkyard) and collected weapons. he attended most of the auctions within a decent driving distance as well as those held locally. I have known him to be at a local church basement sale and hem and haw the ladies on the price of a 1.25 item until he had it to his liking, usually less then half. he would make an offer and when rejected put it back and walk around looking at other items but always return and reoffer the same for the item.
 
deaver said:
many years ago lived a miserly man here who ran a large auto recycling yard(junkyard) and collected weapons. he attended most of the auctions within a decent driving distance as well as those held locally. I have known him to be at a local church basement sale and hem and haw the ladies on the price of a 1.25 item until he had it to his liking, usually less then half. he would make an offer and when rejected put it back and walk around looking at other items but always return and reoffer the same for the item.
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I'll bet he left one of the largest collections of junk behind, not much of a legacy. I have to be careful not to do the same.
 
I have had many garage sales and also posted items on Craigslist, Nextdoor and Facebook marketplace. Tools are usually a hot item.
 

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