Odd thing about buying on ebay.

[Uncle Buck]

For the last few months I have been buying tons of stuff from ebay. The vast majority of the stuff I have bout has been machinist tools.

About 2/3 if not more of the tools and stuff I have bought come from Pennsylvania. That seems so odd to me.

[Lookin4_67GalaxieConv]

Lots of manufacturing previously, if not as much now in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois.  Sometimes I check those areas for prices on stuff on Facebook Marketplace and just drool on the selection. 

If I was still in Michigan, I'd probably have a lot more stuff than I do now.  In Georgia, if you see certain things, you have to jump on them fast because they don't show up often and they'll be gone quick.

[slip knot]

Another factor could be the people who used those tools are starting to die off and families are selling out the estate. When I was hitting the estate sales I knew which neighborhoods the older petrochem guys lived in and I would hit those sales religiously.
They sent their kids off to college and the kids wound up with good office jobs and had no clue what those hand tools were. they just wanted the house cleaned out to sell it.

[fatfillup]

I know a couple of resellers who say Fla is ripe for tool deals, especially if you buy the complete collections

I imagine a lot of retirees selling their tools

[hickory n Steel]

I know a couple of resellers who say Fla is ripe for tool deals, especially if you buy the complete collections

I imagine a lot of retirees selling their tools

A lot of tools I've bought on Ebay have come from Florida actually.

[Uncle Buck]

I know a couple of resellers who say Fla is ripe for tool deals, especially if you buy the complete collections

I imagine a lot of retirees selling their tools

I believe that too. I have bought a number of tools that came from there as well.