For MSPs & IT providers
You quoted the project, staged the new hardware, did the cutover. Now there's a stack of retired equipment in a storage room and a client asking what happens to it.
The position
Most MSPs handle retired hardware three ways: it sits in a closet, it goes to a recycler for free, or someone spends a weekend listing it on eBay. All three cost you something — space, recovery, or billable hours.
The fourth option is having a buyer on speed dial. You quote the disposition as part of the project, the recovery goes back to the client as a credit or stays with you as margin, and the room is empty on Friday.
How we work with providers
Your client never has to deal with us. Quotes come to you, paperwork is in your name if you want it that way, and the recovery is yours to pass on or keep. If you'd rather introduce us directly, that works too — your call, per project.
Every refresh is different. You send the asset list — an RMM export is ideal — and get a number you can drop straight into the project proposal before the work starts, so disposition is scoped instead of discovered.
Keep the drives, get them back, or have them wiped or destroyed with a serial-level record. Whatever you choose, it's documented so you have something to hand your client. See the limits on certification below.
The dead units, the odd generation, the eight machines nobody wants. In a lot of reasonable size we'll take them too, so you're not left holding the fraction that didn't sell.
Due diligence
You're responsible for who you bring into a client's environment. Here's what we'd want to know in your position, answered without being asked.
Worth a conversation if
Get the disposition number before you send the proposal, so the recovery is part of the pitch.
Four years of accumulated returns. One quote, one pickup, and it's someone else's problem.
Everything goes at once, on a deadline. That's a volume lot and it's the kind we like.
Talk to us before it's broken down. Memory and drives carry most of the value.
Off-lease machines that never went back. Steady volume, steady buyer.
Compare what a weekend of listing nets against one offer. Sometimes eBay wins; we'll say so.
Next step
No agreement, no minimum commitment. One lot tells you more about whether this works than any amount of back and forth.
Greg Strickland Jr. · g.strickland@stricklytech.com