If you're in a metro area, you may be able to score a stand from Craigslist. In my somewhat rural neck o' the woods, though... I think I've only seen one work stand ever when checking the five nearest Craigslist cities. eBay is another option, but I wound up buying my Park PCS-9 via an online retailer when it went on sale.
As for tool kits... I don't need one now, but I did look at them before I had accumulated many bike tools and I found that most kits weren't a good value for me. None of them had all the tools I needed. The ones that had most of what I needed also had a bunch of stuff I'd never need. This might not be the case for your particular bike(s), though. Which leads me to ask: What kinds of bikes do you need tools for?