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DerbyDad03 DerbyDad03 is offline
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Default Where do you buy your tools?

On Feb 7, 10:45*pm, "
wrote:
I was wondering where you buy your tools online? and what it is you
look for in an online tool distributor?


I sometimes use www.pricegrabber.com to compare prices. It doesn't
always find every site selling a given tool, but it's a decent way to
see if the price you have found elsewhere is reasonable. In many
instances it finds prices that are the best at sites you might not
have found elsewhere. Just make sure you include shippings costs and
taxes since these can vary greatly - make sure you are comparing total
cost, not just the cost of the tool.

I recently found a DC011R (Dewalt radio/battery charger) via
pricegrabber that was cheaper to buy directly than people were bidding
at eBay. A few winning bids were lower, but the shipping made the
final price higher. There were 3 auctions going on at the time that I
was purchasing and it was kind of fun to watch people bidding higher
and higher when they could have just bought the unit directly for less
money.