Snap On Dealership?

[M1VT]

Anyone know anyone that is a Snapon Man/Woman?
I wa slooking into it the other day,and ive had my info back thru the post...but it dosent say how muhc it'd cost me to get into a dealership with them.

Any other infoe tc would be ace,cheers

[666]

iirc from talking to my snap on guy it was over 18000, but cant be 100% as it was a few years ago

[Luke]

Grammar...

I wouldn't bother with the recession and that.

[M1VT]

hmmm....twas just a thought the other night thats all. Would be cool as fuck riding round in a Snap on van with all those tools.....mmmmm shiney!

[ne_jam]

to be honest the snap on man will always make money, everybody always needs tools who use them for work

[666]

you can do it as a job, if you cant get the funds then thay will take you on but you get a set wage

[M1VT]

you can do it as a job, if you cant get the funds then thay will take you on but you get a set wage

ORLY?
I'd preffer that for now till i'm older and wiser...with more cash to throw about

[666]

ORLY?
I'd preffer that for now till i'm older and wiser...with more cash to throw about

lmao, find the nearest van and have a word, he will no all detals and what ways you can do it:y:

[M1VT]

i know where the nearest van lives....its a fucking lovely van at that!
Will give it a bash :)

[matt_vtr_15]

i know somebody who is a snap on guy, he often comes down to my dad's scrapyard.

My dad is good mates with him so gets some better rates but it is crazy how much he makes.

Rides around in a Mitsibish Evo 9 FQ and takes atleast 4 holidays a year.

can't be bad!

Initial start up costs though and now is not the time to set up such a business as it would be hard to make returns, and you need to research how many local snap on vans there are to make sure you have the ability to even sell anything due to other competition...

[M1VT]

i know somebody who is a snap on guy, he often comes down to my dad's scrapyard.

My dad is good mates with him so gets some better rates but it is crazy how much he makes.

Rides around in a Mitsibish Evo 9 FQ and takes atleast 4 holidays a year.

can't be bad!

Initial start up costs though and now is not the time to set up such a business as it would be hard to make returns, and you need to research how many local snap on vans there are to make sure you have the ability to even sell anything due to other competition...
locally there's only 1,and he seems to be doing very well indeed!

[matt_vtr_15]

locally there's only 1,and he seems to be doing very well indeed!

no doubting they are shit hot money makers if you do a good job, but it may be hard to get people not already regularly visited by the snap on vans interested due to the expense... they may go for cheaper tools...

For instance, my dad is still buying snap on tools from his tool guy however he has a mate with a garage who does not have a snap on rep visiting, due to the current crunch he would not even think of buying overpriced tools when he could get cheaper tools that do the same job (without the quality). However if the slump was not in place he would probably buy the tools from snap on..

[M1VT]

my best mate runs a garage,so no doubt he'd want in on some StrapOn..err SnapOn goodness.

[matt_vtr_15]

my best mate runs a garage,so no doubt he'd want in on some StrapOn..err SnapOn goodness.

Good luck with it mate if you go for it, if you do it the right way you could make money at any time

[VtsTom]

Would not fancy the thought of a fair few grand sat in my van on my drive. I know a Snap-on dealer that hires a lock up just to store his van over night.

VERY competative game, its not just snap-on that do it, Teng also have dealers that vist garages and you will find that most people who use them keep loyal to their preferred dealer so it could proove very hard to get someone else's customer

[stevie_m]

Good luck if you go ahead with it

But you might find you will have to go outwith your local area to sell your wares, the guy who already sells it prob has all the local garages, kwikfit and such pretty much in his grubby paws. I'd also think about the lock up idea because there will be a sh*t load of expensive tools sitting in that van ... and local crooks/ar*eholes will try and screw over your van for a quick lift in the pocket

[stu-n-shell]

from what i could make out from various conversations with my old snap-on dealer is that its rather expensive. you have to pay for and run your own van. everything on your van is payed for buy you first before you sell it and you have to make a certain quota each year.

[Nij]

VERY competative game, its not just snap-on that do it, Teng also have dealers that vist garages and you will find that most people who use them keep loyal to their preferred dealer so it could proove very hard to get someone else's customer

My thoughts exactly, there is Snap-On, Teng Tools, Mac Tools, Britool, BluePrint (though IIRC there part of Snap-On) and a few others.......

I have a mate who has a Dealership with Britool, he put a lot into it, and like stu-n-shell said, he has to buy the van, or rent it himself, buy all the tools before selling them on. Its like having your own shop, you buy the stock to sell it.
How it looks to me is, you 'buy' into Snap-On, then buy/rent a van, then pay to stock it up OHHH and pay for the catalogues.....seams very expensive to start up, but once you get a good customer base, your laughing.
Also remember, there isnt a 'credit agreement' as such (or wasnt when I was working in the trade), and with the recession, people; A might not be able to afford the tools OR B might be a arse and not pay once they have your tools.

I guess i am trying to say becareful and make sure you can afford to support yourself properly and Good luck.

:y:

[VtsTom]

Snap-on do do credit.

The chap i knows has a BMW M3 CSL so once your good at it, there are huge rewards!

[stevie_m]

I think it will be an expensive trial TBH

Snap-On owns EuroTools and Blue Point ;)

[Nij]

Snap-on do do credit.

I refer you to this

Also remember, there isnt a 'credit agreement' as such (or wasnt when I was working in the trade)

I want sure if they do now - when i was in the trade, i got 'finance' at 15 years old!

[matty_vts_16v]

Ok i looked into this about a year ago and i know 2 snap on dealer one of which is the area Manager. The startup cost is 20k this gets you a office set up at home, some tools for your van, Laptop Dont think it gets you your van but i know people hire the vans and dont buy them, You have yo have the van serviced every year to make sure its safe for customers to be on.
Snap send you tools every week even if you dont order them and charge you for them so you need to make sure you have the balls to send them back. If you get a garage go bump on you or do a runner you are left to pay the outstanding balance snap on will not pay it for you, (they will try and help you find the person but thats it). People can have tools off you and pay for them weekly but you have to pay for them straight up (so you might be out of pocket for a few weeks). You have your own patch to work on so you are never tresspassing on other snap on dealers feet, there are research managers that go out in your area and find any new garages and then pass the address on to you so you can call in on them. If you do go further you will go on to van drives with current dealer to see what is like, when i went on them it is very interesting but you do get alot of shit of people if there haveing a bad day, also alot of people call you a robbing B*****D cause of the prices. Also alot of theiving goes on when people come on your van and you also have to pay for this. Alot of dealers tie wrap everything down but people have been known to come on with snips and just cut them. And last but not least you need a good credit history. I could not get a finance loan of snap on cause i had not mortgage/mobile phone/credit cards etc etc. So if you have 20k spare go for it cause there is alot of money to be made if you are good at it.

[stevie_m]

Alot of money to start up, but if it takes off you could make a mint

[joshg_7]

i get 2ks worth of snap on tools when i get to my last year in my apprenticeship :)

[matt_vtr_15]

i get 2ks worth of snap on tools when i get to my last year in my apprenticeship :)

not much then, a toolbox and a set of spanners at their prices lol....

[joshg_7]

dont really use alot of that sort of tool at my work though, work for centrica energy which is like gas and oil rigs and gas plants etc so its all specialist tools etc

[stevie_m]

the trolley toolbox cost about a grand.

I've got some snap-on tools ... walked into the guys van and walked out spend £500 without blinking an eye


mind you wouldn't mind one of these

http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/fc/f3/72c9_1.JPG

But £4000 .... maybe not

[joshg_7]

we get a 2k allowance upfront but any tools needed after that are ordered for us for free, but doubt we will have use for that many

[stevie_m]

my first buy was a

1/2 drive ratchet... £70 straight away
6mm > 32mm Spanner set ... £150
Various Sockets ... £15 > £25 a pop
3/8 drive ratchet ... £50
Extension Bars ... £
Screwdrivers ... £60

I'm sure the money i spent that day went towards a deposit for his holiday