OLX.ua tool and generator listings in Viber

A buyer’s checklist for second-hand power tools in Ukraine

Before any money moves: see it run under load, ask where it came from, and check the battery by work rather than by the charge LEDs. Those three habits cover most of what goes wrong with used drills, grinders and saws.

Running it means a few holes in concrete for a hammer drill, a real cut for a saw, a kettle or heater plugged into a generator for several minutes. Listen for grinding bearings, watch for heavy sparking at the brushes and check that the chuck spins true. For a compressor, time how long it takes to reach pressure and see whether it holds.

Origin matters because site theft is not rare. A receipt, warranty card or the original case with a serial that matches the housing settles most doubts. When the tool travels by Nova Poshta, pick payment after inspection at the branch.

Reading a tool listing from its title alone

Because Viber shows text only, the seller’s title does the first round of sorting for you. Ukrainian sellers usually put the brand, the model and a hint like „тушка“ (body only) or „з двома АКБ“ (with two batteries) right there, which is often enough to decide whether to open it.

That is also why the search itself should be specific. A tool class plus brand or size, say a 230 mm grinder or an SDS-max hammer, gives titles you can judge at a glance, while a bare „інструмент“ across Ukraine fills the chat with screwdriver sets and shop stock.

When a contractor in Kharkiv needs a generator this week

Some purchases cannot wait for the weekend. A generator before a cold spell, a replacement saw after one burned out mid-job: in those moments, the buyer who calls first and offers to come today usually gets it. A Viber message in the app you already keep open puts you in that first group more often.

Free checks one search every 30 minutes. Starter at $5.99 checks five searches every 10 minutes. Pro at $14.99 runs twenty searches with the fastest checks. Viber works on all three.

Splitting the hunt across a crew in Viber

If two people on a team look for kit in different cities, give each their own search with their own region. The listing in Odesa then reaches the person near Odesa, and the link is easy to copy into the crew’s group chat if someone else should see it.