Buyback Laptops: Turn Old Machines Into Cash
Old laptops piling up in a cupboard, worth less every month they sit.
Tequipy buys back laptops for 20-70% of their value, collected from an office or a single employee's home in any of 180+ countries. Certified Blancco wipe before resale, payment by invoice, and a quote before anything moves.
Here's what changes when Tequipy runs your laptop buyback
Cash at 20-70% of value, not laptops depreciating in a cupboard
Laptops from leavers and refreshes pile up because selling them is nobody's job. Every quarter they sit, the resale value drops, until eventually disposal costs money instead of returning it. The machines were paid for once; nothing ever comes back.
Mark laptops for sellback in the platform and get an initial quote from a remote assessment. Recent machines in good condition fetch 60-70% of value, older ones around 20%. The cash arrives by invoice after final inspection.
Collected from wherever they are, not shipped by whoever has time
The laptops you'd sell are scattered: three in the office, one with an ex-employee in another country, two in a manager's drawer. Getting them to a buyer means someone boxing and shipping each one, so it never happens.
Tequipy collects from each location, including a single laptop at a remote employee's address, in 180+ countries. Packaging, courier, and transport are handled; you don't ship anything yourself, and nothing waits on a volunteer.
A certified wipe before resale, not company data on a machine you sold
Selling used laptops without proof of erasure is a risk no security team signs off on: one machine with recoverable data undoes the whole program. So the safe default becomes keeping them forever, and the value keeps draining.
Every bought-back laptop gets a certified Blancco wipe, with the certificate as proof of proper data removal. Tequipy is ISO 27001 certified with a chain of custody from pickup to warehouse, so the security sign-off is straightforward.
A quote before pickup, not a surprise after the fact
Typical trade-in programs start with a healthy estimate and end with a collapsed offer once the device is in their hands. By then, shipping it back is more trouble than accepting whatever's offered.
The process is explicit: a remote assessment from your input, an initial quote, then a final check when the laptop arrives. If the condition differs, the quote adjusts with reasons, and payment follows as cash by invoice, not store credit.
What makes buyback laptops work on one platform
20-70% of device value
Recent, good-condition laptops come in at the top of the range, older or damaged ones near 20%. Each quote depends on how old the machine is, what condition it's in, and what the market pays.
Collection from anywhere
Bulk collections or one laptop at one home, in 180+ countries. Tequipy arranges the courier, packaging, and transport, so nobody at your company ships anything.
Certified data destruction
A Blancco certified wipe with certificate on every buyback, or a certificate of destruction if the device must never resell. Chain of custody throughout.
Works with any laptop
Machines never bought through Tequipy qualify too, including out-of-warranty ones. Upload the list, get quotes per device, sell what makes sense.
How TapTap Send stopped losing money on laptops it already owned
TapTap Send, a payments company with 250+ employees, ran hardware through processes where leavers' laptops were rarely redeployed. Machines the company had already paid for were written down instead of used again.
With the lifecycle on one platform, returned laptops now get wiped and redeployed to new hires instead of piling up. Overall the move saves $6,500 a month, $3,500 per procurement, alongside 40+ hours of IT time.
Time saved
Money saved
SLA Performance
Device recovery rate
You're not running a disposal project. You're getting paid for the laptops you're done with.
Finance will ask whether this is worth the effort. The effort is a CSV and a few clicks: Tequipy does the collecting, wiping, and grading, and you approve quotes and receive payment.
Day 1, List them
Day 5, First payout moving
Day 30, A budget line that gives back
See what global IT procurement looks like for your team
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Have more questions about buyback laptops?
How much does Tequipy pay to buy back laptops?
Between 20% and 70% of the laptop's value. Recent machines in good condition reach 60-70%; old or damaged ones sit around 20%. Age, condition, and market demand set each quote.
How does the laptop buyback process work?
Mark the device for sellback in the platform, answer a few condition questions for the remote assessment, and get an initial quote. After collection, Tequipy confirms the condition, adjusts the quote if needed, and issues payment.
Can Tequipy collect laptops from remote employees?
Yes. Collection works from any address in 180+ countries, including a single laptop at an ex-employee's home. Packaging and courier are arranged; nobody at your company ships anything.
What happens to the data on bought-back laptops?
Every machine gets a certified Blancco wipe before resale, with a certificate proving proper removal. If a device must not be resold, Tequipy destroys it and issues a certificate of destruction instead.
Do the laptops need to be bought from Tequipy originally?
No. Tequipy buys back laptops from any vendor, including out-of-warranty machines. Upload the list and each device gets its own quote.
How is the payment made?
As cash, by invoice, once the final condition check is done. Store credit isn't offered today; a way to put proceeds toward future purchases is planned.
What does it mean to buy back laptops?
In a laptop buyback, a company sells its used machines for a share of what they cost instead of storing or scrapping them. The buyer, Tequipy in this case, collects, wipes, and resells them.
Is it worth selling used company laptops?
Usually, yes. A recent laptop in good condition returns 60-70% of its value, and even older machines return around 20%, against paying to store them or paying a fee to scrap them. The main requirement is certified data erasure, which the buyback includes.
How is a laptop buyback different from recycling?
Recycling destroys the machine and recovers materials; a buyback resells it and recovers money. Buyback pays you; recycling usually costs you. Tequipy buys back what can be resold and destroys what can't, with a certificate either way.
