Leasing agreement question

[willhub]

So a couple years ago I bought a Surface Pro through a lease system called Upgrade Anytime, anyway without any additional cost apart from maintaining the monthly amount I can upgrade and keep my existing device of which the lease will be closed on.

Now they say I can't sell the surface pro, I'm required to keep it for 10 years and then dispose of it.

I asked them if they ever ask for the device back and they said not really.

So what is there to stop me selling it, am I missing something or should I realistically be ok selling it on?

 

[Arsonist]

The great GD, look into your crystal balls and attempt to predict entirely unknown possibilities...

In truth, check your terms and conditions for some fine print. If you have evidence to suggest they genuinely won't ever check up on you, then sell it on. If there's a potential chance they will check, make sure you have the funds/abilities to pay them off (the cost of the surface) or face any consequences. But I do doubt they'd care all that much in the long run...

 

[stoofa]

Surely the thing stopping you selling it is them, asking for the original device back 1 day after you've just sold it, forcing you into a likely silly penalty clause or forcing you to try and source an identical item to the one you'd just sold so that you aren't hit by the hefty penalty.