I too have noticed that there can be a long period of time between making contact with the right person and actually hauling the stuff off. There is a lot of red tape and other issues that come up that can cause a delay. If it is a large company that has a huge room to store their old stuff, they are not very motivated to get rid of it. Many of my customers are other small businesses that need to get the stuff out ASAP because they have no room.



Another thing to consider is that the fiscal year is not always the same for every business. At my "real job" it goes from March to April. Sometimes the person you made contact with is just waiting for the fixed assets(computers etc...) to fully depreciate before writing them off. On the same note, they might not have the budget to buy the new ones they want until the beginning of the next fiscal year, or quarter or whatever.