Spent $250 on a used multimeter and it was worth every penny

Picked up a Fluke 87V off Craigslist for $250 last month from a guy who was clearing out his garage. Calibration was still good and it had all the leads and clips. Saved me three hours of troubleshooting a weird intermittent fault on a Cessna 172 that had the other techs stumped. That one tool paid for itself on that single job. Anyone else got a good deal on used gear lately?

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the_wyatt25d ago

My buddy owns a construction company and I see this same thing happen all the time with his guys. They buy cheap tools on Amazon and then spend half their day fighting with them or replacing them. Meanwhile I still use a 15 year old Milwaukee sawzall I got from an estate sale for forty bucks. Good tools just work right every time and that's worth way more than the money you save upfront. It's like the difference between driving a beater that breaks down every month versus a reliable truck that just starts and goes. Most people don't realize that cheap tools end up costing them more in time and frustration than they ever save in cash.

blair59725d ago

idk man, some of those cheap amazon tools actually hold up if you're not using them every single day. for a weekend warrior type person, paying $20 for something you'll use twice a year beats spending $100 on a milwaukee that sits in a drawer.