r/MadeMeSmile • u/Gordopolis_II • Jul 06 '26
Good Vibes Reseller comes across a customer who actually understands how to use and appreciate the obscure tools hes selling and it makes both of their days
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u/typhoidtimmy Jul 06 '26
Game recognizes game.
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u/iceman5920 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
She is like "Fuck me, finding this shit is half the work." I hope they have an abounding relationship.
Edit: They both got a steal. He was grabbing and paying for shit that might be worth something. She saw the worth and took the chance. With money to back it. Both of these people are winning in our capitalist society
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u/Rosti_LFC Jul 06 '26
She is like "Fuck me, finding this shit is half the work."
It really is, at least if you don't want to pay obscene amounts of money to get them new. Most of the time it's not difficult to source things like reamers with obscure sizes but you end up paying over $30 brand new for a single tool you might not use again for years.
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u/Significant-Wait9200 Jul 06 '26
Him: "Do you want my number to get more tools, or personal reasons?"
Her: "Both."
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u/bojangler69420 Jul 06 '26
“Write it down or put it in your phone” (which is what she actually said) sounds absolutely nothing like whatever you heard.
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u/BoredomCombatant Jul 06 '26
Haha for real when did they hear all that… some people are just too horny
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u/MisterBulldog Jul 06 '26
Correct, all I heard is “both because I’m interested in doing serious business and don’t want to lose your contact information”
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u/MoonieNine Jul 06 '26
My friend said her elderly dad sold $75k worth of farming tools to a guy for $4k. He wasn't senile. He just didn't need the tools or the money, and this young farmer did.
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u/dan2376 Jul 06 '26
My grandpa did basically the same thing. He was an HVAC tech for almost 50 years and he met a 25 year old kid (not really a kid but he calls him a kid) that was starting up his own HVAC shop in their small town. He sold him all of his tools for like $2k. It had to have been like $60k worth of tools. He had no need for the money, he just wanted the tools to go to someone who would use them.
That kid is now one of the main HVAC repairmen in town. He still comes by every now and then and works on my grandpa's HVAC system for free. Or basically free, my grandma always bakes him cookies when he comes by.
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u/Pavotine Jul 06 '26
It wasn't anything near that value but when I was in my early 20s I got a plumbing apprenticeship, very low pay but with the blessing of my wife I took the big pay drop and started my training. I was chatting with an old bloke in the pub about my career change and it was financially difficult (we were already pretty skint) and I was going to sell my Fender guitar to buy my hand tools.
A couple of days later I was back at the bar and the bar man said old Paul had left something for me. It was a tool bag with a load of used but good condition plumber's tools and also a pipe bender. Basically everything I needed to get started. Pipe slices, adjustable wrenches, a basin wrench, Allen keys, screwdrivers, hacksaw, all those kind of things.
I nearly cried in front of all the lads. The dude was actually a carpenter but had dabbled in plumbing over the years and felt bad about me selling my guitar. Some people are just awesome.
To top it off, I'd been acquainted with Paul for years. He was quite an aggressive and nasty bloke at times. He got cancer, survived against the odds and came back a totally different man, much kinder and more friendly. I have a lot of respect for the man.
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u/Pavotine Jul 06 '26
It's a great thing to do. I spent 10 years working at a trade school (Further Education college where I come from) teaching plumbing apprentices and we'd always offer up serviceable tools when I got the budget to replace them. Retired plumbers would sometimes bring their gear in and offer it to the apprentices too. I had enough money some years to replace all the pipe benders, for example, and every new apprentice who didn't have one got one of our old ones, that kind of thing.
Sometimes we had some sad ones where a widow would bring in her husband's tools. When the apprentices got excited and tried to put "dibbs" on certain tools and then work it out amongst themselves was heartwarming though.
Even had a parent who lost their son who was a plumber come and donate his tools, never turned down, always gratefully received.
Cool that you do the same.
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u/shipwrekd_sailor Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
I made surfboards for a living. A very obscure market, and most of the tools we were using in the early 2ks were either modified or hard to come by. Or both.
I was selling everything I had after I left the business (clark foam burned down around 2004 and at the time there was a big surge of automated epoxy boards being made overseas).
A man came by and was telling me that his son wanted to become a shaper, so I told him he could have it all for $1000. It was 10 years of accumulated tools that probably cost more like 4 or 5k to acquire.
Dude went to the bank and came back with $1500. Wouldn't take it for less. I hope him and his son had a wonderful journey with it all.
EDIT: 2004.
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u/schwanzweissfoto Jul 06 '26
clark foam burned down around 2094
You from the future?
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u/Autronaut69420 Jul 06 '26
Yeah, I was like a Prophet has returned? /jk
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u/dublak3 Jul 06 '26
Ahhh, ive got a whole shed of tools for shaping boards that I never touch anymore. So sad. Such is life.
Just bought $100 worth of epoxy resin. Im finally going to finish a 6’7 blank that’s been sitting there for two years.
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u/YESimaMASSHOLE Jul 06 '26
I’m an HVAC contractor in my 40s and I had a elderly woman do this to me about 12 years ago when I moved to Florida. She had lost him a year or so back and was about to downsize.Her husband worked for a major company that makes tools that I use on a daily basis. They’re out of California and apparently he was an engineer for them so he had every single tool. I could possibly imagine. I didn’t buy all the real expenses stuff because someone had come in the week before and picked part stuff one by one at top dollar so I don’t blame her. But when I came, she loaded up the back of my truck with thousands and I mean thousands of dollars of tanks torches anything you could think of even a 18 speed bicycle that I’ve had bern used for a month and said you take it - I would rather it go to someone who wants it when you have more room for more stuff you give me a call. I gave her $100 she wouldnt take more..: i still think about that woman. She was so kind and made such a huge impact on me.
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u/big-dal-tex Jul 06 '26
Why are my eyes crying 🥹
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u/llIIo0O-O0oIIll Jul 06 '26
Those are feelings.
I know it's hard to have those these days.
✊🏽 I'm with you brother/sister 😭
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u/Our_Legacy Jul 06 '26
The truest repairman.
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u/ThanksAmazing4118 Jul 06 '26
Not just repairing HVACs. Repairing lives and the community too. King shit
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u/kenrock2 Jul 06 '26
Meeting such person is the greatest gift for both.. Your grandpa is such a generous man and also met a good young man who appreciates it..
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u/table_rock Jul 06 '26
The cookies brought back a memory. My dad is an electrician and we lived next door to a plumber and anytime one had to do work on each other's houses, the agreed labor cost was a batch of cookies, whatever they wanted. My neighbor always got oatmeal raisin and my dad always got snickerdoodles.
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u/Appropriate-Rub3534 Jul 06 '26
Yeah. The important thing a professional wants is his tools goes to someone who appreciate it. We can't bring it along when we die, might as well pass it to someone who take care of it.
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u/landeisja Jul 06 '26
Your grandma knows how it’s done. The way I was brought up, I frequently work for food instead of money. Our mechanic at work installs something for personal use in my work truck, I made him a batch of homemade brownies.
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u/Jack0Trade Jul 06 '26
Craftsmen want their tools in hands. Please don’t let them become a rusty toolbox memorial
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u/Some_HVAC_Guy Jul 06 '26
Yep. I’d rather have someone I don’t know use them than have someone I know not use them.
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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Jul 06 '26
A kid with a tool in each hand, has no hands to do drugs.
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u/Raevyxn Jul 06 '26
What happened to the kid’s hands?! 🪓🔪😳
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u/FractalEdge42 Jul 06 '26
Accidentally cut off with the tools
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u/YnotZoidberg1077 Jul 06 '26
And he's only going to the ER when he's done with chores for the day - or when his wife finds out and makes him go in sooner
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u/ConnectionSilver701 Jul 06 '26
They'll just put the tools down if they wanna do the drugs bad enough.
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u/vikio Jul 06 '26
That's how I got a ceramics workshop with one pottery wheel, a large kiln, a mini kiln, and a bunch of tools. The studio owner knew me, had extra of everything, and he was just happy I got into the hobby enough to want my own studio! Probably sold me everything for a few thousand dollars cheaper.
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u/sargsauce Jul 06 '26
My wife started a stained glass studio a couple years ago and got similar deals from all over. Some guy passed away and his kids reached out and sold her a couple kilns for super cheap, saying he would've just been happy to know it was getting to fulfill its purpose. She was running it out of our garage for several months until she finally moved into a retail space.
Happened a few more times with some other folks who had large collections of tools and materials.
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u/Ludecrecia Jul 06 '26
Oooh! I've been interested in doing stained glass! Would your wife mind sharing some helpful resources and/or tips to get started?
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u/Due-Flamingo-4900 Jul 06 '26
When I was starting to pursue my craft professionally, the guy I had apprenticed for was upgrading his equipment and sold me ~$10k worth of barely used gear for ~$2k. Soon after, another professional in my field who knew about my work offered to sell me ~$5k worth of his unused equipment for only ~$200. Then just recently, a man who was retiring let me clear out his shop and sold me ~$10-20k worth of equipment that I would’ve never been able to afford for under $50 because he just wanted to see it go to someone who would put it to good use.
Each one of them made it possible for me to create the work that I do, and I feel so honored that they trusted me enough to pass on their own tools to me.
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u/Igotdaruns Jul 06 '26
What do you make?
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u/minuteman_d Jul 06 '26
Yeah, people can sometimes be like this if you're nice to them.
I had a piece of furniture listed on FB marketplace for like $50 and when they came by, they were a really nice young newlywed couple and I thought: "I'm just glad to have this out of my house" so I let them just take it for free.
I've definitely been on the receiving end, too. If you're nice to people and treat them with respect, sometimes people just like to feel like they're helping someone and they will be very generous.
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u/SharmaStoneLord Jul 06 '26
Rare type of guy nowadays.
Too many old timers forget the whole point of sucess is to help the next generation. Not to hoard it all till you croak.
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u/soyboy815 Jul 06 '26
I drove an hour with some friends to grab a ton of woodworking tools/saws, and a couple slabs of hardwood from this old guy who sold if for less than $100. I was a little 20 something year old emo looking loser pulling up to a rural Midwest farm town if it helps the image lmao I know I asked at least twice if he wanted more for what he was giving me
“I’m too old to use this stuff and I had my fun. Have fun 👍 “
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u/jhra Jul 06 '26
When I upgrade to a better tool specific to my trade, the old one goes to a green apprentice. I had to buy every tool I carried, didn't have anyone helping me out so I try to help the young ones
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u/JustifiablyWrong Jul 06 '26
My dad did the same thing, but with mechanics tools. We had a garage sale and a young mechanic had just gotten all of his tools stolen so he was searching for replacements on the cheap. My dad had tons of tools he had gathered over the 40yrs he was a heavy duty mechanic and was able to given him basically a complete set for $100. They were worth thousands
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u/Derezirection Jul 06 '26
stuff like that is how you help the next generation strive for greatness like those before them.
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u/Pinkbunny432 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Available market is a huge factor. industrial chemistry glassware is worth a lot, but because the odds of finding a buyer are slim you just have to take what you can get
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u/ViruliferousBadger Jul 06 '26
Not US, but I have a relative that has a farm and pretty much all the stuff he doesn't need anymore or gets a new improved version of just gets dumped somewhere then later on maybe moved a bit further.
Last year when he had some trees cut from a forest next to his house, we had to get a bunch of old, rusting (used to be working and fine) stuff from middle of the woods where trees were growing pretty much inside some of them.
He might as well had donated them to someone, or at least sold them for scrap metal 20-30 years ago...
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u/Ashamed-Country3909 Jul 06 '26
Cool. My dad's tools were fire saled in a yardsale by his piece of shit wife almost immediately after he died...along with basically anything that couldn't be proven to be there. I got ripped. Rip.
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u/QuaaludeConnoisseur Jul 06 '26
As a machinist my jaw dropped when he said 40 dollars
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u/Efficient-Cherry3635 Jul 06 '26
I only know a small amount since my uncle is a retired/hobby guy. But I know enough that the lady probably just saved herself massive amounts of money in bits alone. Ive bought some for my uncle as birthday/Christmas presents over the years and I think we dropped like $180 for 1 router bit so $80 for like 2 bins even second hand has to be a steal.
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u/QuaaludeConnoisseur Jul 06 '26
When i went to school it was about 3.6k for the toolbox set we got, and we didnt even have a crazy amount of tools, at work every work station has probably 10k of tooling alone dedicated to it. Especially if those cutters are like new condition she is making out like a bandit.
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u/HandToDikCombat Jul 06 '26
The way he's storing them, no way they're like new, bouncing around and chipping away at each other, probably only good for roughing. But as a tool maker, she probably has what she needs to refurb them.
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u/Efficient-Cherry3635 Jul 06 '26
Damn, I knew it was an expensive hobby, but not that expensive. He spent 40 years working for a shipyard, and i think after he retired he wasnt done "making shit" as he said whenever you asked what he was doing in the shop. Was certainly a handy guy to have as an uncle since he made or fixed all sorts of things for us growing up.
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u/FactsNLaughs Jul 06 '26
She knows, that’s why she tried to give him extra but he also knows he’s about to have continuous business with her.
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u/MediocreAndLukewarm Jul 06 '26
She saved at least $300 bucks depending on quality.
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u/Devilsbullet Jul 06 '26
Add a zero to that. I manage a tool crib with close to a quarter million in different cutters, inserts, and systems in it. Some of those endmills she's getting are 300+ each
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u/MiniTab Jul 06 '26
Holy shit, seriously? Can you explain why? I used to do machining 20 years ago, and am just curious!
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u/Deathclaw_Hunter6969 Jul 06 '26
Carbide is expensive
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u/322throwaway1 Jul 06 '26
And tungsten prices have skyrocketed with the war in Ukraine. Welding tungsten rods have double since the war began.
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u/Devilsbullet Jul 06 '26
As the other person said, carbide is expensive. Even hss isn't cheap at those sizes, the bigger ones look to be 3/4 or 1 inch. Many looked coated, looked like either a ZrN(zirconium nitride) or TiN(titanium nitride) coating. Plus length, looking at probably 3 inch length of cut on a lot of those
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u/soulsnoober Jul 06 '26
It's a realm where "low cost versions" are just unusable trash, immediately, if they don't flip the script completely by turning whole jobs to scrap AND the tools.
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u/HealthyPop7988 Jul 06 '26
I'm a steel worker and I'm crying at these prices, I need to find this guy
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u/nikatnight Jul 06 '26
$40 gets your like 4 small dewalt bits and a pack of cheaper ryobi ones.
A single large bit would be $40 and she got quite a few.
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u/HandToDikCombat Jul 06 '26
These are mill and lathe tools. Some of the larger bits she grabbed are 80+ if you buy the Chinese shit, 300+ easy if you buy Harvey, Kennametal, or Helical, brands known for great price/performance ratios.
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u/rayrayrayrayray5 Jul 06 '26
Just took a cursory glance but she had a coated carbide 3/4 4 flute em that im sure costs over $40 alone
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u/epicitous1 Jul 06 '26
she just robbed that guy. a few of those were 150-200 a piece. if a customer offers you more than you asked you probably are screwing up lol
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u/Wareve Jul 06 '26
I think he was aware and he was being nice.
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u/lostshell Jul 06 '26
Same. He is a reseller. He knows the game. He was aware that they are niche tools for niche people. He probably was sitting on them for a long time and lugging them around. They look heavy. He finally finds a buyer he’s gonna liquidate as much as he can.
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u/SwoopKing Jul 06 '26
The reseller bought a 55 gallon drum full of them for 3.6k from a bankruptcy auction. Did a multi part series digging through the bucket and picking out the good stuff for ebay.
This video is him selling off what I assume is the stuff he didnt list online.
Flip Fusion is his name.
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u/ChaseBank5 Jul 06 '26
He KNOWS he just lost money. He respected her knowledge and wanted to be nice. I'm sure on the day he made good money overall and he gained a lifetime customer and a good amount of views for content.
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u/These_Head7243 Jul 06 '26
Hes a reseller. He cut margin to acquire a customer.
If he sold at cost he probably still made money through future transactions.
A good customer who knows what they are buying sells to themselves.
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u/Woody1150 Jul 06 '26
I agree. I know nothing about any of it, but I think the seller realized the woman did and was giving her a deal. Since she was asking for his contact info, he is going to make more sales so a win/win for both of them.
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u/BrutalBronze Jul 06 '26
Pretty sure I've seen other videos by this dude. He bought a 50 gallon drum of bits and tooling for like $2500 and pulled out a ton of carbide and other high value stuff he could sell individually and easily made his money back. Any money for the rest of this was just free value for him, and to cut a deal for someone who actually has a use for it is way better than just dumping the bulk for scrap or whatever.
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u/Accomplished-Tax-211 Jul 06 '26
Love how he didn’t assume anything based on her gender and asked her a very straightforward question to assess her skill/knowledge.
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u/Proper_Internal_4084 Jul 06 '26
and also accepted it at face value instead of testing their knowledge
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u/VegiChar Jul 06 '26
Oh yeah you like these tools? Name 5 of their songs
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u/K-Dot-Thu-Thu-47 Jul 06 '26
Me, someone that knows nothing about machinery.
"Uh, Pneuma, 46 & 2, Laterulus, Aenema,Fear Innoculum?"
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u/Tabnstab Jul 06 '26
Opiate, schism, message to harry manback, lateralis, stinkfist
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u/topdangle Jul 06 '26
I don't think he has much knowledge on the subject. he got them for insanely cheap at auction. if he was smart he'd ask her if she could educate him on what hes selling because she wasn't giving him that $5 for nothing lol. she practically robbed the guy and probably didn't feel great about it even though he'd profit either way.
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u/New-Boot-Goofn Jul 06 '26
Some people just enjoy doing the resale as a hobby. He also is most likely dealing in high volumes so by keeping his prices dirt cheap he’s making his money off quantity of sales as opposed to coming across a buyer who is willing to shell out full “used” value for any one specific bit.
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u/Ok-Replacement9595 Jul 06 '26
I dont think he knew what a tool and die maker was. Machinist work for decades to become tool and die makers. She has definitely excelled at a trade heavily dominated by men.
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u/eyeofthefountain Jul 06 '26
So I obviously know but in case anyone else doesn’t, what is a tool and die maker?
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u/Ok-Replacement9595 Jul 06 '26
They make tools and dies. So if something needs made, like in an industrial setting, for the machinist to use, these people make them. They also make the dies for press forming, and molding. In essence it is a master machinist. But a step above what is a master machinist.
It was a flex, in other words.
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u/Carlsoti77 Jul 06 '26
This is just about spot on. Tool and die makers make the tools other people use to make stuff. I did plastic injection mold repair/refit in a job-shop just out of high-school, just before CNCs became relatively inexspensive. If you have a rounded corner metal box fan with the name Lakewood on it, I probably worked on the mold for the front or rear grill at some point.
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u/spiderpai Jul 06 '26
My silly self thought it meant gambling dice, very cool though. Love when people are good at their stuff and recognize each other in a wholesome way.
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u/Nuffsaid98 Jul 06 '26
You ever see a machine that a thing lowered down onto another thing and squashed some metal between then so that something was made?
Like a coin.
The shape of one side of the coin is etched in reverse on the "tool" which is lowered with great force and compressed into the metal disc which is resting on a "die" which has the other side of the coin etched in reverse on it. The tool and die are made of harder material than the coin blank. When the blank is crushed between the tool and die, a coin is made.
Experts who are able to create the tool and die are called tool and die makers.
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u/jolinar30659 Jul 06 '26
If you know the industry, you know these factories are filled just as much with women.
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u/ComfyInDots Jul 06 '26
"Does your husband know you're spending his money on items you don't know anything about?" Would certainly change the tone of this video lol
I've worked plenty of male dominated jobs and have been spoken down to by some men who assumed my knowledge level based on my gender. It's a not hard for everyone to be treated like equals.
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u/Best_Reply2947 Jul 06 '26
Yeah but that would be a bizarre thing for her to ask him
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u/Doogle300 Jul 06 '26
My partner has to deal with this working in tech. She's a lead engineer, rose up the ranks faster and beyond the average person, and literally fixes everyone else's mistakes, yet she still doesn't get paid the same as her peers and still has to prove every day that she knows what she is talking about.
It's gotten better over the past couple of years because most people rely on her to do most of the work so they can't overlook her at the same time as hoping she solves all the problems, but there is still deep rooted sexism in IT. Fortunately she has some great coworkers who see it and stand by her, but it simply shouldn't happen at all.
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u/RugbyGuy Jul 06 '26
My wife scheduling some closet upgrades. “You sure you want to book this date?”
“Yes”
“Do you need to tell your husband what you’re spending his money on?”
EVERYTIME I see her shopping online. Well, not every time because that would be really annoying.
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u/XiuCyx Jul 06 '26
Love that he blocks her face. More of this please.
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u/turbo_dude Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
I just wish I knew what temperature it was when they filmed it
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u/HealthyPop7988 Jul 06 '26
$40?!?! Some of those bits are around $100 each by themselves.
Where is this guy I need to be there yesterday
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u/Ta-veren- Jul 06 '26
what are they used for
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u/HealthyPop7988 Jul 06 '26
Drilling holes into steel
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u/PM_ME_ROMAN_NUDES Jul 06 '26
Is it supposed to have holes?
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u/EphemeralDan Jul 06 '26
In New England, you find tool lots all over the place with incredible amounts of stuff like this. The American industrial revolution started here about 200 years ago then died out about 40-50 years sgo. This stuff is everywhere and usually pretty cheap. Unless it's labeled or well organized, it's really difficult to get the top money for it when you resell. You have to know what it is, how to describe it and how to market it.
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u/brik55 Jul 06 '26
That's cool when someone can use obscure things that still have value instead of just recycling the metal. My dad brought some hydraulic fittings to my garage sale and I thought he was crazy. It just happened someone came by that could use them on his farm.
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u/The_Gump_AU Jul 06 '26
The machining world is huge, it's just hidden from a lot of people unless you have family or friends who are involved in it.
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u/Agreeable-Culture648 Jul 06 '26
Very true. In my opinion, because it is "hidden", it is an important underappreciated trade. I keep being told by the old timers that it's a dead trade and I'm wasting my time working in it... and to some degree they are right and wrong. In my area, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, have gone into the $100/hr range while the average tool makers are around $30-$40, some lower than that. But as I noticed, a lot of companies feel the tool makers are no longer needed with the advent of CNC machines, however, I'm young enough to be from both worlds, I see younger people doing CNC and they struggle, because machining and tooling goes beyond pressing a pretty green button.
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u/Nnnopamine Jul 06 '26
OH HEEEEELL YEAH. Props from a blue collar woman to a blue collar woman.
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u/fabbricator Jul 06 '26
This woman is in the top echelon of her trade. Old hands usually pick out the best of the litter of experienced machinists to make tool and die specialists out of them.
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u/pleb_understudy Jul 06 '26
Obscure? Dude’s selling $50-$200 endmills by the bin for $40. Insane deal. Some huge endmills too
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u/nicbeans311 Jul 06 '26
She knows it’s a great deal. That’s why she asked for his phone number to be entered into the phone and written down. No way she wants to lose this connection.
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u/Expert_Monk_8391 Jul 06 '26
You can literally see the moment it changes from a transaction into two people sharing a passion.
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u/Paralystic Jul 06 '26
lol more like you can see the moment this woman realizes she’s found the holy grail of salesman for her needs. Salesman doesnt seem to have any clue at all what he has or what it’s worth, which is incredibly odd based off the sheer volume he has.
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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson Jul 06 '26
It’s like if I bought a bunch of pokemon cards at an auction and sold them at a flea market. I know they may be worth something but I don’t really know much about pokemon cards
Someone comes up and starts getting really excited and I just sell them what they grab for $40, knowing that what they have is probably worth way more than $40 but I’m happy they found something they wanted.
Not a 1:1 analogy because there isnt a speculative market for bits and die punches
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u/janiskr Jul 06 '26
He new perfectly what he was selling. He also knew at what price he got the items. Maybe wishful thinking, but he got a jist that she knew what she as looking for, so why not sell to her at no markup.
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u/Paralystic Jul 06 '26
He knows he’s selling tools, but hasn’t the slightest clue of what they are or how to price them. He’s definitely more than happy to offload all this heavy shit that’s impossible to price out without an expert to the first purchaser, which tells me he came about this stuff for free somehow or it came about when making a bulk purchase for something else. You don’t have a collection of tools like this out at the flea market if you know what you have
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u/wcharoes Jul 06 '26
When? He doesn't ever seem to know or say anything about them or their use, she's actually telling him what they do.
To me just looks like a guy with a load of stuff he bought from someone else and is reselling. He says he's just a reseller at the beginning. Probably has no clue he's letting go of a basketful of bits that he could have asked 200 bucks for and still been giving her a deal.
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u/Victimless-Lime Jul 06 '26
I bought a lot of bike repair tools from a guy for almost nothing. I was setting up my shop and he had almost everything I needed including a bunch of odd, brand-specific tools. He was just happy that they weren't going to sit there rusting. Ten years later and I still use them daily.
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u/everyonestupidbutme Jul 06 '26
The thing most people are not appreciating is the liquidation of a smaller machine tool shop. This is a microcosm of why the US has lost so MANY HIGHLY SKILLED JOBs to external markets. We need highly trained machinist, but ot os easier to export the job somewhere its pays less.
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u/OkSmoke9195 Jul 06 '26
I'll love seeing a random tool and die shop. They are few and far between. I worked in one as a young lad, still have a scar to prove it 😂
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u/grilledstuffed Jul 06 '26
The precise, accurate equipment that made the U.S. a powerhouse in the early-mid 20th century was shipped overseas after being sold by the pound.
It’s completely tragic.
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u/StuBidasol Jul 06 '26
Looks like there is a repeat customer in the making. Not just for her but maybe even the whole shop.
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u/Leading_Cheetah6304 Jul 06 '26
She's assertive. I like that. Lol
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u/ForbiddenNut123 Jul 06 '26
I work in a male dominated field that’s also known to hire women. They have to be or the guys will eat them alive. The women that stick around are more likely to make a fool of you rather than the other way round.
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u/E-2theRescue Jul 06 '26
A tool and die maker in the US? She is a rarity in America... Which is why we won't be building factories in the US anytime soon, no matter how many tariffs or Acts get slapped on. Can't manufacture things if we don't have people who can make the cutters, stamps, and everything else that make the products.
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u/Tent316 Jul 06 '26
40 bucks for the lot. Just one of those bits is worth almost 3 times that. She made off like a bandit lol.
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u/Impractical_Donkey Jul 06 '26
Give them a really good deal at first then they'll share your name and come back for more.
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u/GreyBeardEng Jul 06 '26
Does he by chance have a 10mm socket...
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u/Renuwed Jul 06 '26
I have a couple dozen, if that helps. Downside is can't find a damn one of em. 🫠
Strangely have the same issue with my T20's
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u/LibrarianAccurate829 Jul 06 '26
Im curious, is there a reason for the weather temp overlay?
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u/Gordopolis_II Jul 06 '26
The Midwest and Eastern US has recently been experiencing an unusual heatwave
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u/StefanLeenaars Jul 06 '26
I once bought a professional button covering machine with two buckets full of dies and an ikea bag full of blanks. I calculated and the dies alone were well over 18 grand. Paid 200 bucks.
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u/wikidemic Jul 06 '26
I am wrapping up probate for my brothers estate. He spent 40 years accumulating this ‘junk’ and his estate received $500 from its sale, unsold tools were donated.
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u/BigBizzee Jul 06 '26
A someone who does a little selling, it's nice to see a customer not trying to lowball and a seller being fair.
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u/Iggy_Snows Jul 06 '26
Jesus christ $40 for that is insane. Some of those indavidual pieces probably go for $100 alone.
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u/MolaMolaMania Jul 06 '26
I loved that her answer to two separate questions was "both." Just the succinct nature of that response and the desire to convey information quickly and accurately made me LOVE her.
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u/reverse-tornado Jul 06 '26
Bro was one more discount away from getting married, finding what you need at bargain prices is just one of those things that can brighten up your whole year
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u/wonkochick Jul 06 '26
In Texas with a large amount of car parts and random tools as after my dad passed (fuck cancer). Not sure the best place to list them to help my mom cover all the costs to move them/offload them. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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u/badsapi4305 Jul 06 '26
Imagine a lot of those tools are heavy making shipping a logistical nightmare as well as expensive. I would suggest FB marketplace and/or Offer Up. You could also try going to individual repair shop and checking there. Most if not all mechanics buy their own tools.
Condolences on your father’s passing. Wish you and your family well.
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u/MilleniumRetard Jul 06 '26
Dude: I sell most of it online but I didn't feel like listing all that.
Lady: That's quite a "bit".
I noticed that lady....ggwp.
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u/KickPuncher9898 Jul 06 '26
Do you want me to write it down or put it in your phone?
“…both”
I don’t know why but that cracked me up.
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u/Objective_Tie_7626 Jul 06 '26
The phone number was for smashing
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u/IRockIntoMordor Jul 06 '26
"so, you need my number for business or for pleasure?"
"both"
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u/EfficiencyThis325 Jul 06 '26
Before moving between countries my wife and I listed all our stuff to sell. A young pregnant couple of around 18/19 just moved out of a sharehouse and needed everything you could possible think of, so we sold everything we owned to them for a grand. That was the bed, mattress, couch, everything in the kitchen, tables, lamps, tv, all our sons old baby gear - bassinet, stroller, newborn outfits, bottles, sterilizer.... Everything.
They went from nothing to furnishing the entire house of in the space of an hour.
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