Is ebay the best place to sell enterprise gear?

J.B · 22 Oct 2010 at 10:27

We're looking at selling a couple of servers (only a year old! :eek:

) and a couple of tape drives. I was just wondering if anyone could suggest anywhere else other than ebay as there doesnt seem to be much trade going on.

Any thoughts?

Nikumba · 23 Oct 2010 at 08:03

Have a look in things like Computer Week and IT Weekly, they often have ads in teh back saying we will buy your old kit etc

Kimbie

Origin · 27 Oct 2010 at 22:31

Depending on the kit, if you are buying new kit, most vendors will give a reasonable amount on trade in on purchase of new equipment. All the better if you are trading in a competitor item eg Old Dell Server to New HP Server.

EDIT: Do you have the new kit yet, and what is the old kit?

Jamiman · 28 Oct 2010 at 00:27

how about the members market?

J.B · 28 Oct 2010 at 11:03

I did think about MM but I dont think anyone would be that interested.

We are not replacing the kit.

Its a Dell 2950 and R410. Both are quite high end versions - lots of RAM and HDD
Couple of Dell LTO4 tape drives
APC 1500VA UPS
Couple of Sonicwall NSA2400
And some SEAP approved server cabinets which Im hoping will ebay ok as there seems to be a trade.

BoomAM · 28 Oct 2010 at 15:16

J.B, send me an email via trust, the company i work for may be interested in having them off you.

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Syx · 30 Oct 2010 at 02:46

The (very well known) company I work for do a fair amount of buying and selling on eBay. In fact one particular item that we depend on for new expansion is ONLY available second hand nowadays... eBay is definitely worth looking into - view some auctions for similar items and see what they are selling for and decide what price you want for the kit.

droyden · 31 Oct 2010 at 00:37

wow, only a year old if you offer a warranty transfer through dell (if the buyers wants to continue it). could be a nice money maker, and a potential bargain for the buyer