What's my tool worth?
Median prices from actual completed eBay sales — the strongest numbers come from a published sample of pre-owned eBay sales from Jul 19 – Oct 17, 2026 (underpriced.app), backed up by dated sold listings. Prices are for working, pre-owned tools unless the card says otherwise. A dead or parts-only tool runs about half — see the parts-only prices at the bottom.
Deal check
Found a tool on the board, on eBay, anywhere? Run the asking price against what the same tool actually sells for. The yardstick tool people trade by: a delivered price at or under 70% of the sold median leaves real room in the deal; at the median you're paying full market; above it, you're overpaying.
Pick a tool, enter a price
The verdict lands here — how the delivered total stacks up against the verified sold median.
Most wanted — what moves fastest
The ten best rows in the sold data, ranked by margin room × how fast it sells × how cheap it ships × how solid the data is. If you're selling, this is what buyers are hunting. If you're buying, this is where patience pays. The last column is the profit left if a tool changes hands at 65% of its median and is resold on eBay, after eBay fees and an estimated shipping label.
First alternates: DeWalt DCS356 multi-tool new/open-box (~$90 — one flagship listing moved 1,470 units), the DeWalt DCB205-2 new 2-pack (~$75), the Knipex Pliers Wrench (~$60, once the US sold price is confirmed), the PACKOUT crate as a bundle-stuffer, and the Milwaukee 2626-20 multi-tool used (~$74).
The trade board
Strictly peer-to-peer: tool heads buying, selling and swapping with each other. The site doesn't buy tools, doesn't stock tools, and never holds your money — you and the other member make the deal, and reputation keeps everybody honest. Posting opens with the founding member wave; until then, the builder below writes and previews your listing so it's ready to go up the moment the board opens.
Post it with photos
Every listing needs real photos of the actual tool — maker mark and model number included. Price it off the sold data above, not off what you wish it was worth.
Deal direct
Buyer pays the seller directly. No escrow, no middleman holding funds — the board takes only its flat deal fee when a sale or swap closes.
Rate each other
Every deal ends in a public rating on both profiles. Ratings and trade history are visible to everyone, and bad actors get removed.
What it costs
| Sale | $1.99 | Per completed sale, paid by the buyer. That's it — no percentage of your price, ever. (On a $1.99 fee, card processing keeps about $0.36, so ≈$1.63 is what the board actually takes.) Pay the $1.99 sale fee |
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| Swap | $2 | One flat payment covers both sides when the swap closes. Pay the $2 swap fee |
| Featured | $2 | Optional. Pins your listing at the top of the board for 7 days. Feature my listing — $2 |
| Pro | $5/mo | Optional. Price alerts when a watched tool drops, plus a running value tracker for your whole toolbox. Go Pro — $5/month |
Listing is free. Fees are paid through the secure Stripe links above, only when a deal closes — the board never holds your money.
The rules every member trades by
- Verified profiles — nobody posts until their identity is checked.
- Public ratings & trade history — every closed deal rates both sides, and the record is visible to everyone before they deal.
- Photos required — a listing without pictures of the real tool doesn't go up.
- Report button on every listing — flagged members are reviewed and removed.
- Straight talk: the board never holds money, so it can't undo or refund a trade. Deal with rated members, check the photos, and ask for a date-code shot on batteries.
The board just opened — no listings yet
We'd rather show you an honest empty board than a wall of fake listings. Posting opens to founding members first — build your listing below, see exactly how it will read on the board, and keep the text ready to paste in.
Build your listing
Fill this in and the page writes your listing for you and previews it exactly as it will read on the board. Nothing is sent anywhere — copy the text and keep it; it's ready to paste in the moment posting opens.
Spot a fake, skip a dud
The traps that actually show up in the sold data — and the checks that beat them. Most of this takes thirty seconds and a photo.
Batteries are the #1 clone risk
Milwaukee and DeWalt 5.0Ah packs have a whole knockoff supply behind them. A "too cheap" battery is usually a fake. Ask for a photo of the date code, test every used pack (charge it and put it under load), and know that late date codes fetch the top of the sold range.
Wrench ≠ driver — check the model number
The Milwaukee M18 FUEL 1/2" impact wrench (2767-20) sells for a $165 median. The FUEL impact driver sells for $74. Sellers mix them up constantly — that confusion is where the bargains hide, and where overpays happen.
Mitutoyo calipers: just don't
The market for the 500-196-30 is polluted with $39–55 clones sold as "for Mitutoyo." No trustworthy sold price exists, so there's no honest number to trade against. Unless you can verify one in hand, leave it alone.
Fluke meters: check the serial
The Fluke 117 holds a $175 used median because electricians trust it — and counterfeits exist. Check serial and model details in the listing photos, and photograph the maker mark on anything you're selling to command the real price.
Condition is the price
Every median on this page is a working tool. Parts-only medians run about half — a dead Milwaukee drill/impact still sells for a $36 median, a dead DeWalt for $25, dead 5.0Ah packs for $26. Never pay working money for a parts tool, and never throw a "dead" premium tool away.
Shipping rules that bite
Lithium batteries ship ground only — tape the contacts, ≤100 Wh per pack. And big storage is a trap: the PACKOUT rolling box is 23 lb and oversize, so freight runs $30–60+ and eats the whole margin. Big boxes trade local or as bundles.
Find us where tool people already are
The board is home base, but the crowd is everywhere — we show up there too.
On eBay
Every price here is built from eBay's sold listings — use the Sold Items filter on the exact model number to check any tool this page doesn't cover yet. Board members cross-list there too, so a tool you miss here may surface there.
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On Whatnot
Live buying and selling with the same crew behind our sister site, Trading Cards Safe Buy and Trade. Follow along for live deals and first looks at what's about to hit the board.
Collect cards too? The same playbook — verified sold prices, a $1.99 trade board, no escrow games — runs at Trading Cards Safe Buy and Trade.