How would you handle this???

The company I work for has an overstock of nice office laser printers and the large print/copy/scan/fax office printers. They all work and come in various brands and ages.

We also have an overstock of LCD computer monitors. Most of them work but no guarantees on all of them. Some of them don't have stands.

Lastly, we do have a few old/problem PC's, I'm not sure exactly how many we have but I can find out this Friday.



What kind of prices are you willing to pay?

Of course, I'd have to take a look at the load, but wondering with the flailing market, what kinda prices you'd suggest. errrr how you would approach it.

Originally Posted by shendog

I find myself fighting the temptation to break my unwritten rules just to keep busy. I never buy printer or monitors, but will take them off my clients hands for free if they sell me their computers. Stick with the $5 per pc, unless you discover its a server or is loaded with goodies (re-useable parts, Pentium Pro processors, tons of memory, etc.). Now, if you have the time and experience selling used printers on CL, and know what you can get for them, then maybe fork over a couple bucks each. Printers are a dime a dozen and you will find that if you stay firm, the people will probably just give you stuff to get it off their hands.

I've never had much luck resaling printers. Like you say, "they're a dime a dozen." but I'm far frombeing an expert on what's a good bet n whats not too. I have refused to pay for them up to this point. Most do have a decent board in 'em, a bit o wire, but so daaaaamn much plastic to deal with. LCD's might be worth something tho'??

Originally Posted by shendog

I would make a short but concise pitch to the person you are dealing with. Something like this (which is by now etched into my permanent memory bank).

"Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to purchase your computer items. I am certainly interested in the equipment you have available, but the only items I typically pay for are computers (and whatever else you want to pay for). I'll be happy to look at the printers, but to be honest I get in hundreds of these a week and there just isn't a market for them. In my efforts to recycle them properly, I barely break even if I were to get them for free. You might want to try selling them on Craigslist, but I think you will find it difficult. I can save you the trouble and remove them for you, and give you peace of mind knowing they will be recycled properly"

Most people, especially businesses, don't have the time or desire to list these items online and sell one by one. If one of your competitors comes in and pays for them, let them have it. They will go out of business before long chasing every losing proposition. Hope this helps

Nice pitch there Shen, You might also add to that.
"If they do, however, have memory sticks in them, you'll receive 25 cents per stick : D"

If you do decide to pay for the printers, ask whether or not the memory has been removed. I know most of the ones I get from offices have it removed already

Originally Posted by shendog

"Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to purchase your computer items. I am certainly interested in the equipment you have available, but the only items I typically pay for are computers (and whatever else you want to pay for). I'll be happy to look at the printers, but to be honest I get in hundreds of these a week and there just isn't a market for them. In my efforts to recycle them properly, I barely break even if I were to get them for free. You might want to try selling them on Craigslist, but I think you will find it difficult. I can save you the trouble and remove them for you, and give you peace of mind knowing they will be recycled properly"

Very well worded. If you don't mind, I'ma just cut & paste this exact quote in the future!

The burly method of handling printers:
1. Remove cords
2. Remove printer cartridges
3. Throw in with shred.

My yard will take them in my shred pile, and of course staples takes the ink cartridges for credit and we scrap the wires.

WoW!!.. a far larger lot than I expected. I'm thinking at least 8-10 pallets. And it's a little over 100 miles away. I can squeeeze 3 pallets on my trailer, possibly one in the truck bed. I'm thinking about asking one of the Denver buyers here if they'd like to split the load with me.

A thought just occurred to me... almost all are "Gateway" units. I'm thinking colored chinese boards??..

From my own experience with Gateways...

The desktops an monitors were all taking from a lot I had bought a while back. 5o - 65 towers and bout 40 monitors or so, I didn't break down all my monitors tho saved a few for resale. So ya know I'm not just talking 1 or 2.

Disclaimer - The below is my own findings. They were all originals an no upgrades to them. Your mileage may vary.

Desktops - Green all were for me. (E3500 series if I recall..I liked breaking these down, gateway got pretty funky with their cases I though, more fun then the normal desktop tower.)

Monitors - Again..Green but only one maybe 2, I forget. ( Ones I broke down were Gateway FPD1530's ) And lots of **** screws...LOTS! GRRR!

Printers - No idea. Don't get those.

Laptops - Don't get Gateway laptops, at lest haven;t yet.

Hope it helps and let us know your own results!

Sirscrapalot - Would work for Alcohol research.

If you were closer, I'd take you up on the work offer and "research" the bottom out of bottle o' Cap' Morgans Private reserve by golly.
thanks SirS'A'L'..