For those of you that do ebay, and are in need of tools, here’s a place to look:Â Sears on Ebay
That’s sears liquidating returned items. Pretty clear notices that there might be parts missing and all that, but some guys at the office have gotten good stuff this way. (a couple of drills for better than 75% off the buy new price).
If I had the money, and had the non-time-dependent need, they have several 100+ piece sets out there for much less than you’d pay at the store. As of now, there is one ~348 piece set out there. Regular price in store would be about 550; the ebay item is sitting at 200. (ok, with 1 day to go on the auction, so it’ll climb)
Even so, I imagine buying a large set like that for 100 bucks off retail price, then going to a store to buy a few missing pieces… you’d probably come out ahead.
Anyway, just something interesting out there.