Why do companies throw away/recycle excellent computers vs sell them to people who could buy and use them?
My job just got us some new computers but the ones we had were still great and pretty new. They are going to recycle them. Why don’t they sell them to the public? I would love to buy one but I don’t know how to ask. Does anyone know the logic behind this? I would guess to protect the privacy of their information, but they could easily delete it before they sold them.
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I work in one of these e waste collection center ( http://www.arozodoko.com) is not really the companies but the the guys that are working in the IT department they had to notified to the company when the computers are becoming not obsolete "As you said a lot of these computers are just in great working conditions" but just plain old and as you know the computer market just keep evolutions everyday
So since all these guys make good money and they’re the ones responsible for all computer equipment they just one to get rid of it
So actually the first two answers are very correct .you would not believe the stuff we get from them just because they do not want deal with it (not working mostly, when actually the computer may have just a simple virus,or a bad ram memory,bad power supply. bad CD drive,etc. etc.)
These guys only have to report that these computers have been dispose properly (to the EPA and their company) so ask to your IT guy maybe you can even get them for free I know some people have for sure but don’t expect they put OS they may charge you for it . A lot of people charge around $150 just for OS XP
Ask if you can speak with the systems people, and see if you could grab one.
Most companies lease their hardware and once the lease runs up (typically 3-5 years) the hardware is replaced.
Some companies throw away old hardware as well, only after properly scrubbing the drives (erasing all data multiple times)
Best thing to do is ask, worst thing they can say is no. I personally have picked up about 15 servers from the company I used to work at.
Companies don’t want to deal with the public, especially on used equipment which may have issues. It’s a headache for them to get into for a minimal amount of return.
Good luck!
The issue is after service, company image, software license, data (one can take out data from formatted hard disk also). and man power and cast etc. involvement with selling old computers.