I Bought A Pallet Of ACE Hardware Returns for $1176.13

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I Bought A Pallet Of Returned Tools from ACE for $1,176.13
In my voyage to find the best tool return pallets, I finally pick one I think is good.
Grab Yourself some SHOP SHADES - bit.ly/ShopShades_Unscrewed
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@hoosierway 23 күн бұрын

John, I am the store manager of an Ace hardware store. When we do our new planagrams and setup the shelves if the old in-stock products are not on the new planograms, we typically mark the prices down and after a while we skid all the stuff we don't sell and take it to auction. The majority of everything you received never left the store being purchased.

@TatsuChi 18 күн бұрын

unless he's just playing up to the camera he never seems to take into consideration some of what he gets might be old overstock or discontinued skus/items which like you said is why some of the stock would be basically new

@paulbruneau7379 18 күн бұрын

Therefore his assigned values are very overstated

@killthecardinals 17 күн бұрын

@@paulbruneau7379 they're looking up the SKU / UPC and the price is whatever is listed online...

@TatsuChi 12 күн бұрын

@@paulbruneau7379 how so?

@techywill 11 күн бұрын

@@paulbruneau7379I also don't know who'd pay full price for ice scrapers in Spring. Those were like a dollar on clearance a month ago.

@tylerm7597 23 күн бұрын

Ace Hardware is the best, only franchise that I know of that gives the owners complete control of what is in the store, that means you can get an Ace hardware/grocery store, or Ace hardware/gun store. It's awesome.

@PaulJohnson-ow1mq 23 күн бұрын

Legit. I have a couple of variations near me. The Ace hardware and gun shop I had never been to but they had something in stock I needed. Walked in, got the item...saw the gun shop and I was like....uhhhhhhh?????? Well, why not!

@loserplanet 23 күн бұрын

Ace Hardware is by far my favorite hardware store. Unlike the orange store they ALWAYS greet me and offer to help me find things. They are SO so nice at all 3 of the Ace Hardwares near me.

@HawkXe 23 күн бұрын

That's because Ace brand is franchised and is usually locally owned.

@Jiiu27 22 күн бұрын

Yeah Ace rocks

@Nick-ih5em 22 күн бұрын

And that's why you pay more.

@nhynek 20 күн бұрын

Their prices are absurd.

@chrishoward4017 19 күн бұрын

If they had more lumber options I would shop ACE more . But I definitely shop there for quick trips ,an outlet, some bolts , grass seed ..etc

@Vikingwerk 23 күн бұрын

11:09 the cotton gloves under rubber gloves keeps your hands from getting all gross from sweating in the rubber gloves, wicks the moisture away.

@SleepLessThan3 22 күн бұрын

also helps keep you insulated when you're working with barbecue

@AnubisRLDD 22 күн бұрын

No the cotton gloves under the rubber gloves is used in the smoking and BBQ world it allows you to handle the meat without getting burnt and prevents the gloves that protect you from getting soaked with juices from the meat.

@Vikingwerk 22 күн бұрын

@@AnubisRLDD 😐 You do realize *both* of these reasons can be right?

@AnubisRLDD 22 күн бұрын

@@Vikingwerk you do know that the cotton doesn't wick the sweat away it absorbs it and if you do it while wrapping a couple of briskets you feel the sweat. I get what you mean but then gloves aren't very thick and don't hold a whole lot of sweat. So I guess the part of it wicking the sweat depends on length of wearing them and how much sweat one sweats. I don't know any other applications to wear the cotton gloves under the rubber gloves as the cotton would remain exposed if you are staining wood and could end up staining your hands.

@bigdraycountry764 22 күн бұрын

Umm aaaactually...... 😅 Just messin. But another use is for meat cutters. My wife had to wear cotton gloves under the rubber gloves for insulation of sorts. She cut chicken tenders, nuggets, etc at the chicken plant near us for a while.

@Mewtho9 23 күн бұрын

Video idea, what tools could you get from a thift shop, secondhand / charity shop, estate sale, pawn shop? If you are just starting out, what should you look for vs avoid?

@1pcfred 23 күн бұрын

Given a long enough time frame you will eventually see everything on the used market. No one has that kind of time though. I've been buying tools used for decades now. So I've amassed quite a collection. But it has taken me decades to do that. Geographic location has an impact on availability too. If it was never there to begin with you're not going to find it there today either. You have to dig for treasure where it's buried.

@aisforannihilation1662 20 күн бұрын

Watch project farm for all your tool testing & reviews. No sponsors. No freebies. Buys everything & tests very thoroughly. Even takes requests

@laumuseka 23 күн бұрын

Got my preordered shop shades on Friday, wore them all day Saturday during a project, and they are literally the most comfortable safety glasses I’ve ever worn. I’m a safety snob and I will stand behind these. Awesome content as usual, and thanks for the shop shades!

@JohnMaleckiUnscrewed 22 күн бұрын

Love to hear this!

@shadyvito 23 күн бұрын

John, I'm also a knife guy. Case is owned by Zippo and they have a Case/Zippo museum in Bedford PA. Fun place to kill a few hours and tons of knives to look at.

@dottyjyoung 21 күн бұрын

Hey John! I'm a reseller & woodworker, just south of Baltimore. Now, you're seeing how we flippers actually make our money. We have to be SUPER picky about which pallets we buy, until we're at a scale where the dud pallets don't cut into our profits. Ace liquidation is a great program, & you got a great deal. Congratulations!

@heliosdesign 23 күн бұрын

I would like to see John's first time experiencing a Menards store. I always feel like I'm stepping through a time portal to a home improvement store from 1992 when I go to Menards.

@tretre1692 23 күн бұрын

Because theyre unorganized and their jingle is over played and shitty?! Lol

@MarkWeishaar 23 күн бұрын

their return pallets would be an abomination of Tool Shop an Masterforce total crapola!

@bwbuske 23 күн бұрын

Return pallets wouldn't exist, policy is to toss most unsellable return products, only returning bigger items that aren't Menards owned brands to the distribution center to send back to the manufacturer@@MarkWeishaar

@gzoehobub 23 күн бұрын

@@MarkWeishaar and cheerios

@Thebloodharvester 22 күн бұрын

That would be amazing 😂 I’ve been working as an industrial technician for 10 years and my entire line up of tools at work is Masterforce and honestly I like them a lot especially since they’ve been rugged enough I’m not afraid to beat them up and throw them around. Milwaukee fan at home. Masterforce fan at work.

@markroper9269 23 күн бұрын

Ace is friendly AF!! People want to be helpful that work there!!! It is my go to for hard to find items for the house......and they are well versed in outdoor cooking!!! Great video! Glad you won one!!

@g.e.fourie5672 23 күн бұрын

Would love to see you test the 10-in-1 type tools against single use tools to see if the multi use tools are worth it.

@RoseFoil 17 күн бұрын

Love Chris so much. Just opens drawer mid unbox 😂😂😂 “yeah it would be really cool if it came with everything”

@82tonypr 23 күн бұрын

I love Ace Hardware! Go in, grab whatever you need, then usually 5 things you don't. Candy, soda, mine even has BBQ rubs!

@misterhat5823 18 күн бұрын

A $5 soda? They can keep that.

@jsax45 23 күн бұрын

I really like these pallet buys and I don’t know why! Keep em coming guys !!!

@mjc8248 22 күн бұрын

Ace pallets are usually a win. They tend to carry better quality products overall.

@DannyWeaver0900 23 күн бұрын

I'm gonna watch this whole thing but only 15 seconds in and I'm already thinking "Not again, John. Not again..."

@TK-421_66 23 күн бұрын

John is a dreamer. Unfortunately these pallets usually turn into nightmares

@maddogshwa 22 күн бұрын

@@TK-421_66 such a weird time we live in where creating the content is where the money is made. It doesn't matter if the activity is a financial failure so long as it gets views.

@johnnyb95678 22 күн бұрын

Ace rocks! And evidentially so does their pallets. Always fun to watch you open these pallets.

@pleasedwaffle3593 21 күн бұрын

Didnt even know ace had milwaukee. I've been driving an hour north to the closest home depot all this time instead of just 5min to ace haha.

@redfox6235 22 күн бұрын

As someone that works for ace I can 100 percent confirm this video is real, often times when a customer returns a product because they either didn’t like it or used it for what they needed and were done, and the packaging is messed up. We just defective it so it can be sent back, and sometimes when we receive stuff, like in this case and it happens to have some slight damage. We just defective it and send it back. And finallyyyyy, if there’s a product we rarely sell, we will either mark it for free or just send it back.

@Serenity_Dee 23 күн бұрын

When I saw the sawblades I knew this was gonna be a good haul.

@albertj2459 23 күн бұрын

My Sunday doesn't start until I see a John Malecki video!

@Undizz 18 күн бұрын

If all the tools from the pallets are just sitting around, that might be a good oportunity for a give away. Like make little packs with some starter gear, then people can write you and precent their work space and tell you why they deserve a tool pack (video idea). Also, the cotton under gloves are there to make it easier to change gloves. If you wear rubber gloves for a little while your hands get sweatty, and it makes it hard to change them quickly.

@RealAndySkibba 23 күн бұрын

Love Ace. Hopefully there are some good returns in the pallet.

@pyroslev 23 күн бұрын

Ace has some truly random shiz in its aisles. That baby pallet was probably a seasonal cleaning the aisles pallet post inventory sort of thing.

@Raymo2u 23 күн бұрын

Its definitly one of the best places if you are custom fabricating things. Also, they have almost every bolt type, size, and length you would ever need.

@doeskerbyrock 22 күн бұрын

I have that Skil belt sander that you didn't go over that was on the table, and I love it. I needed one quick and it was cheaper than the Harbor Freight options at the time, and I don't regret it one bit. I even took it to work and used in our shop there when our big Makita one went out. Solid get

@kafeba3 21 күн бұрын

Those pack outs would look nice in my trunk

@toddhoover8914 22 күн бұрын

I’m loving these videos on the 2nd channel and I think you should buy a pallet of Menards returns.

@Bkhoste 23 күн бұрын

Do you have a Menards? You'll get some crazy stuff on that pallet.

@alexv4434 23 күн бұрын

I had the same thing in mind😆 hoping someone in the comments mentioning a menards pallet

@jacobadams2670 23 күн бұрын

Here at the Rural King, we'll getcha all those things and fix your tractor.

@JohnMaleckiUnscrewed 22 күн бұрын

Do you work at Rural King? Get us a pallet!

@anildash 23 күн бұрын

Part of the reason they were more reasonable, that a lot of folks don’t realize, is Ace is a co-op, not a single giant corporation. Independent hardware store owners instead of one giant chain means they can do better by people, even for stuff like buying a pallet.

@TheSantaRocker 23 күн бұрын

If there is any 4H or gardening or agricultural youth/kids Charity around, you should donate all the hand tools!

@1pcfred 23 күн бұрын

Just get a receipt for a tax write off.

@dalton3088 10 күн бұрын

I work at an Ace Hardware and while I don’t speak for all franchises if we get a return or when we reset an aisle and we have items that are not on the planogram we just mark them down or put them on the shelf.

@cryptameria666 23 күн бұрын

6:02 absolutely a gold mine 😮

@bubby-un34benny-un46 23 күн бұрын

The king👑 of youtube is back

@RAYtheram 20 күн бұрын

There is a hardware here in Australia called Bunnings Warehouse.... they literally sell EVERYTHING. Best part is when you have finished shopping there is a BBQ at the entrance that sells sausage on bread where you can put tomato/BBQ sauce, mustard or onion on it... (literally a delicacy here) if your not from Australia have a look at their website and they sell EVERYTHING!

@ricktrick1540 23 күн бұрын

a pallet from Victoria Secret? That would get a LOT a views!

@waderue 23 күн бұрын

ya I love Ace Hardware Store and I spent lots of money in them

@Patricksmancave 23 күн бұрын

Big fan of ace. The ace pallet is one of the best ones you got. besides the Home Depot one. Ace is very nice store. Those Milwaukee packout drawers are very nice and heavy duty. These kind of videos have a good day.

@JaredSVX 21 күн бұрын

Tractor Supply or Farm and Fleet pallets...I bet those would be fun if they have them 😆

@M0rtunodos 23 күн бұрын

I love my local Ace, they have like, 99% of what I need for projects. My blue/orange big box stores didn't have firebricks, but Ace did. Whenever I can, I use Ace.

@xKOBAYASHIMARUx 21 күн бұрын

So just sayin, RecTec makes one heck of an amazing pellet grill! No disrespect to Traeger but RecTec just does it all elevated. I've got the RT 700 and couldn't be happier! If you know stainless, there's the good stainless and the meh stainless, this grill's got the good stuff. The hopper is in the back making it a lot bigger and it holds a whole 40lb bag of pellets. The auger and burner is in the middle making it heat up very evenly and reliably. I've never had a clog and the perks just keep coming.

@JakeSView 20 күн бұрын

As some who works at one of the RSC. We do alot of close outs which go to auction. Or "damaged" aka unsellable, or surplus. Unfortunately we used to get those pallets cheap cheap as tms and now they auction them.

@Myers100684 19 күн бұрын

I also have a traeger, they basically sent me a whole other grill during the warranty period and it never worked more than 6 hours straight. Luckily we had a severe thunderstorm with 100mph winds come through and it got blown off the porch, ripped shingles off, blew down the fence, broke windows and all kinds of damage. So insurance bought my traeger, lol. Literally one of the worst products I have ever purchased, bought a yoder and I'll never go back for anything traeger.

@grafittijester5341 23 күн бұрын

So I've been binging your episodes lately and absolutely love the floating tables you did a while ago. Any way you can give a floating dining room table a try?

@kirktimmins1817 20 күн бұрын

That was awesome

@michaelwillson6847 23 күн бұрын

John you gotta do an Amazon pallet of tools that'd be interesting or see if you can get a random tool ebay pallet. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

@vinster8884 23 күн бұрын

Last few Amazon pallets I've seen were trash pallets.

@HunterHooks19 22 күн бұрын

As an ace warehouse employee I'm almost positive that's a closeout from a warehouse or what we call B stock that's damaged out in the warehouse

@IslandCrawler22 22 күн бұрын

Here in Canada, we have ACE Hardware and a similar store called Home Hardware. We also have Canadian tire, which are all of those same things plus hockey equipment, fishing and hunting gear, automotive parts, and tools and tires.

@anthonyosborne4346 19 күн бұрын

If you enjoy the variety of Ace, you need to venture to the Midwest and check out Menards lol

@jaxonPadgett 23 күн бұрын

The Milwaukee packouts are like 80 bucks more in Canada than they are the America and the batteries are 400 bucks for the two that John got. Makes it tough needing to buy tools

@1pcfred 23 күн бұрын

They have to do something about those battery prices. What are they made out of, gold? I know they're rare earths but are they really that rare? What batteries cost is staying my hand as far as getting into cordless goes. I'm still using old nicad cordless tools. Even "cheap" lithium ion batteries aren't really that cheap.

@nathanclarke6694 22 күн бұрын

Yeah, I'm gonna need a gif of John putting that glove on

@flygarfpv3496 23 күн бұрын

The thing with all these pallet buys is that the “retail value” is meaningless. I don’t care if the retail price of a dust filter for a Hoover MaxExtract PressurePro Model 60 is $189 if I don’t own one to use it in. Having one does me no good, much less having 18 more of them. These pallet buys make for amusing YT videos, but I can’t see this ever being worth it for attempting to get stuff you’ll actually use.

@originalname9999 22 күн бұрын

People that buy these kind of things are resellers, not users. This channel is doing it for fun, some use, gifts, and profit.

@flygarfpv3496 21 күн бұрын

@@originalname9999 I get that. But even then, the reason the stuff is on the pallet is because it didn’t sell the first time around (or was returned an no longer new.) Full retail isn’t an indicator of its current value. Good luck reselling the items for full retail when nobody wanted them at that price from the original store.

@Muscovy7 20 күн бұрын

@@flygarfpv3496yes and no, people return things for all kinds of arbitrary reasons. Even if you only keep a few things and resell the rest for 50%. At worst you’ll have spent less on just buying the stuff you want and at best make a small profit. The only downside is the time investment and being responsible for the reselling.

@maddieadams75 23 күн бұрын

Ace would definitely bring in the better items. ❤

@calclifton9267 22 күн бұрын

Sounds like Ace Hardware is much like Bunnings over here in AUS! It also has a Cafe, Plants & the infamous sausage sizzle on the weekends

@LarryReynolds591 22 күн бұрын

Gotta love Case pocket knives man. Fantastic to carry!

@joefaraone977 22 күн бұрын

This was very entertaining! Ace is one of the last hardware brands/stores where you can smell fertilizer when you walk in - the mark of authentic small-town hardware stores. More Harbor Freight pallets please! (Harbor Fright?) My Shop Shades arrived yesterday... PERFECT!

@JohnMaleckiUnscrewed 22 күн бұрын

Can't wait to hear what your first project is with your Shop Shades

@Koheeba 23 күн бұрын

Traeger can’t hold a candle to Rectec. Much higher build quality and zero problems with mine.

@offroad3574 23 күн бұрын

My initial reaction with the small pallet of stuff, based on just the ice scrapers was seasonal items pulled at the start of spring, and the shovels seem like "recalls", or tools that don't sell well across the company, so they pull them and send them back to the distributor. It's what we do at the auto parts store I work at anyway.

@1pcfred 23 күн бұрын

Those ice scrapers can make good bench brushes.

@alucarder 22 күн бұрын

Great video

@jeffcutlip8227 22 күн бұрын

you should host a show on WhatNot and auction off these kinda things. you'd make a killing!

@americanredneck6284 9 күн бұрын

The best part about the trager scene he did is my dad got one and in their app he named it “Happy Grillmore”

@Mortivore05 19 күн бұрын

I love kerosene heaters. I have one just in case of power loss in the winter.

@mjberta7319 20 күн бұрын

You should see what canadian tire has to offer 😂😂

@pyro3rg 22 күн бұрын

Not hardware related, Traeger is nothing but problems. Look into a Recteq or a Yoder. Recteqs build quality and customer service is top tier. Not sure if they still do this but when I got mine you literally get personal phone numbers from a few of their executives in case you needed support and couldn't get it. Edit: Also for the gloves. The fabric ones go one first then the nitrile ones, to make it easy to pull off delicate or heavy pieces of meat from your smoker/grill. Really good to have when you've got 20 pounds of brisket on and the grill tongs/spatula just aren't cutting it.

@CrochetDHD 21 күн бұрын

I'll gladly take some of those unused tools off your hands. 😂 I have to actively avoid the tool sections of home improvement stores so I don't go broke.

@keithstevenson6370 23 күн бұрын

have a huge garage sale at the shop I'd drive down from the fingerlakes for that

@matthewnelson5293 22 күн бұрын

Price is right rules dictate that the grill cover is now his. Congrats!

@philgoodinc2 23 күн бұрын

This may not necessarily be all returns. It might be discontinued/de-ranged/seasonal items (eg candles, spades and ice scrapers), rejections (eg store rejected a delivery because it was damaged like the kero heater and the packout drawers) and maybe some items got an updated product and/or packaging (like the saw blades) Some stores will just try to sell stock like that at a crazy reduced price in-store, but Ive also worked at stores where we had to send perfectly good stuff away along with the returns. Regardless, this was a crazy good pallet buy!

@mcyclonegt 23 күн бұрын

Those are returns John, those are items that they no longer stock. They probably tried to sell them at an extreme discount in store and after period of time, They just sell them at auction because they’re tired of them taking up floor space. That’s why you have large numbers of the same item unused.

@bigdmccoy5507 22 күн бұрын

You should definitely try tractor supply. Chainsaws and welding equipment on the last one I heard go

@brianm6117 23 күн бұрын

I wish I had an Ace that made sense for me to go to. I have a local old school hardware store a few miles away, two Lowe's in two towns similar distance apart and a Home Depot near the one Lowe's. There is an Ace within reasonable driving distance, but its in a part of town I avoid just because of traffic and accessibility.

@blue3975 22 күн бұрын

We have something like that in Australia. It’s called Bunnings 😁

@frederickjrrobinson9817 23 күн бұрын

I have a 7 1/4 and the beam saw from Skil saw. Would love to buy it many did half of the tread due to weight, but I love the battery time

@matt_776 23 күн бұрын

You should definitely get a blackstone!! I have one and it’s the best grill I’ve ever had lol

@Gravedigger933 23 күн бұрын

5:22 I have the exact same one. I can't stand Makita, but it was free. Works great. Took a chunk out of my leg, but that was my fault.

@1pcfred 23 күн бұрын

Makita makes fine electric motors. Some of the best.

@jon08g 18 күн бұрын

The traeger covers that come with the grill suck but the ones you buy separate are normally decent

@Jiiu27 22 күн бұрын

I Love Your Videos Dude 💟☮️

@hammondj82 20 күн бұрын

Our local Ace is in a Food City grocery store. lol. Literally half the store.

@gregfrank9087 23 күн бұрын

I use to work at the place that made those black and yellow totes

@johnfreeman2956 23 күн бұрын

I feel you on the pocket knife problem. Spyderco makes one out of Maxamet steel, which is basically the toughest steel out there. You have to baby it against rust, but I mean come on you can't have everything

@ShawnChristopher10101 22 күн бұрын

I'm officially bidding against John Malecki on Macbids now...

@nismogurl 22 күн бұрын

Thanks Chris!! 🤨

@sniper10193 22 күн бұрын

My man needs to visit a Menards if he currently thinks tools, candy, cleaner is something. Think of Home Depot with a mini grocery store in the back. Picked up some twizzlers, chocolate milk, and cereal this weekend with my patio cushions, weed puller, and foldable wagon 😂

@GenerationGaming 23 күн бұрын

Buy a Menards return pallet next, or maybe Walmart.

@Nick-ih5em 22 күн бұрын

Those are heat resistant gloves that go under for all you pellet grill smokers. 🤣

@patrickadamcheski3557 22 күн бұрын

Tractor supply or menards pallet for sure!

@Gravedigger933 23 күн бұрын

The Juice finally got squeezed.

@davidgood6935 23 күн бұрын

Wait until he goes to Menards... coming in Uniontown & Greensburg... someday maybe haha

@charitiekbyrd1 22 күн бұрын

Love your videos, glad you got a good one. Most of the pallets you buy seems to be not so great but good to see you get some wins every now and then. Just a thought, I'm new to woodworking and if you ever do a tool giveaway I would love the router bit set 😂😂. Seriously though, nice win on the pallet. Keep up the great work.😁

@Kevin-zd5bi 19 күн бұрын

12:40 I thought this was camera trickery at first and it was just John twice. I was wondering if it was a collab with the Corridor Crew guys or something.

@blacktrucksfly 22 күн бұрын

Don't know if it was the scripting of the episode or just the vibe, but it felt like it was an sponsored ACE commercial. Maybe it is.... I'm only two minutes into the video haha

@mrsstoopid8723 8 күн бұрын

I just bought skill tools could use that fast charger

@StoneyMeyerhoeffer 23 күн бұрын

9:51 Sump pumps are in so many houses. You would severely limit your options. It is not a reason not to buy a house.

@chuckclark9464 15 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t burn those citronella candles. If you notice when you brought them, they burn black smoke. I used to burn them in my house until I changed the filter one time and found my filter turned black because of the smoke coming off the candles that’s what goes in your lungs. I stop burning those candles.