Laptop Fleet Buyback

Sell decommissioned laptops.

Fleet refreshes, office upgrades, and school 1:1 program turnovers — any brand, any quantity, working or not.

Fleet refreshes generate more value than most IT teams realize

When a company or school district refreshes a laptop fleet, the outgoing units are usually only three to five years old — well short of worthless, even if they're no longer meeting current specs. Selling the fleet as a bulk lot is typically faster and more valuable than routing it through general e-waste recycling, especially once you factor in the RAM and storage still installed inside.

What we need to quote a laptop fleet

A count by model is the fastest way to get an accurate quote — for example, "140 Dell Latitude 5420s, working, minor cosmetic wear." If you don't have model-level detail, a general description and total count is enough to start. We'll handle any further breakdown once the lot arrives.

Data security on decommissioned laptops

We buy the hardware itself; data sanitization on any internal storage remains your organization's responsibility before shipment, consistent with your existing IT security policy. If you need guidance on wiping standards, we're happy to point you to standard practices, but we don't perform data destruction as part of this purchase.

BrandsDell, HP, Lenovo, Apple, Microsoft, and others
ConditionWorking, non-working, or mixed condition lots
SourceCorporate refreshes, school 1:1 programs, IT decommissions
ComponentsRAM and storage can remain installed
LogisticsPickup available for large fleet lots
Data security

What happens to the drives.

Storage never leaves your control until you decide it does.

Option 1: Keep the drives

Most enterprise sellers pull and retain their storage before shipping. We'll buy laptops with the drives removed — drive bays empty is completely fine, and it doesn't hurt your quote for the compute hardware.

Option 2: Ship with drives — we sanitize them

If pulling drives isn't practical, ship them installed and we'll sanitize every drive using NIST 800-88 aligned erasure. Drives that fail erasure or fail health checks are physically destroyed. A certificate of data sanitization or destruction is available for your records on request — just tell us you need one when we scope the lot.

Either way, nothing gets resold, redeployed, or parted out with your data on it.

Drives removedAccepted — empty bays are fine
Drives installedNIST 800-88 aligned erasure
Failed drivesPhysically destroyed
DocumentationSanitization certificate on request
Questions

Common questions about this category.

Do we need to wipe or remove the drives first?

Your choice. Pull and keep the drives — empty bays don't hurt your quote — or ship them installed and we'll sanitize every drive with NIST 800-88 aligned erasure (physical destruction for failed drives), with a certificate available on request.

Do you buy laptops that don't power on?

Yes — non-working units can be included in a fleet lot. Note the condition when you send us details so we can price the lot accurately.

Is there a minimum fleet size?

No fixed minimum, but this page is built for bulk fleet lots rather than single units. Ten or more laptops is where we're most competitive.

Do you buy Chromebooks from school districts?

Yes, we buy Chromebooks and other education-fleet laptops alongside standard business laptops.

Should we remove the RAM before selling the laptops?

No need — RAM and storage can stay installed. We account for that in how we price the lot.

Get a quote

Tell us what's moving.

Send whatever detail you've got. We'll follow up directly with a quote or questions.

We'll reply directly by email, usually within one business day.
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