Bless me for being cheap.
I buy a lot of high quality older tools at flea markets, pawn shops and estate sales.
The good name brands from years ago outlived their original owners and none of their kids want them.

This is especially true with sockets and box end wrenches. So buy your ratchet handle new because ratchet handles wear out. Then you can spend 30 dollars on loose sockets and wrenches, instead of about 300 dollars on them as a brand new set.

Again, I like the mix and match option that gives me. I find that a full socket set is a waste in most vehicles when you really only want 3 or 4 different sizes of sockets, with 3/8, 7/16, 1/2 or 9/16ths being the most likely imperial sizes or the same basic wrenches in metric.
The special wrenches like for spark plugs and wheel lugs are best purchased separately too.

If you are not careful it is really easy to buy too many tools and end up with thousands of dollars tied up in gear you will only use once or twice in your life.