Sell My Laptop

Sell your laptop, whatever condition it is in

Any make, any age, working or faulty. Free postage, a free quote with no obligation to accept it, and payment within three working days of it reaching us and being checked.

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What we take

One laptop or a boxful

We buy used laptops from businesses and from individuals. Old, slow, cracked, missing a charger or refusing to turn on at all — none of that rules a machine out, it only changes what it is worth.

Business laptops

Dell Latitude and Precision, HP EliteBook and ProBook, Lenovo ThinkPad — the machines that come off a refresh cycle in tens or hundreds.

Consumer and home laptops

Whatever has been sitting in the cupboard since it was replaced, including budget machines and all-in-ones.

MacBooks

MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, Intel or Apple silicon, including units with battery or screen faults.

Gaming and high-specification

Discrete graphics and mobile workstations. These tend to hold their value longer than an equivalent office machine.

Some makes are worth reading up on before you send them, because what drives the figure differs:

Selling more than laptops? We also buy desktops, servers, storage, drives, networking hardware and monitors — the full list is here.

What it is worth

What decides the figure

We do not publish a price list, because the same model in two different conditions is worth two different amounts. These are the things that actually move the number.

Make, model and specification

Processor, memory, storage and screen size all count, and so does how sought after that particular model still is. A business machine and a consumer machine of the same age can be worth very different amounts.

Condition, including the faults

Screen damage, a tired battery, missing keys or a machine that will not start. None of it rules a laptop out, it just changes the number — and a fault that is cheap to put right barely moves it.

What comes with it

The charger most of all. Original boxes and docking stations are worth mentioning too, and anything missing simply comes off the figure rather than causing a problem.

Demand for that model

Some laptops hold value for years and some drop the moment they are superseded. This is usually the factor that surprises people, in both directions.

Before it leaves you

Three things worth doing first

None of these take long, and the third one is the one people get wrong most often.

Back up anything you want to keep

Photographs, documents, anything still only on that machine. Once a drive is wiped it is gone, which is the point of wiping it — so copy off what matters first.

Sign out and unlock it

Remove the laptop from your Apple, Microsoft or Google account and turn off any activation lock or device management. Wiping a drive does not clear those, and a laptop still locked to an account can be impossible for anyone else to use.

Leave the drive in it

Taking the drive out to be safe is understandable, but a laptop with no drive is worth less than the same laptop with the drive wiped. If the data is the worry, say so and we can deal with it.

Questions

Selling a laptop, answered

If yours is not here, call us on 020 3411 1951 and ask.

What kind of laptops do you buy?

Any make and any age — Dell, HP, Lenovo, Apple, Asus, Acer, MSI and the rest, from business fleets to a single machine that has been in a drawer for two years. Gaming laptops and mobile workstations are worth listing too, as high-specification machines tend to hold their value better than the average.

Will you buy it if it does not work?

Yes. A machine that will not start may have nothing worse than a flat battery or a failed charger, and where a repair is not economic there is frequently still value in the parts. More on selling a broken laptop.

How do I find out what my laptop is worth?

Tell us the make and model, roughly how old it is and what condition it is in, and we will come back with a figure. We do not publish a price list because the same model in two different conditions is worth two different amounts, and a number on a page that changes when the laptop arrives helps nobody.

Do I have to pay to send it?

No. Postage is free — for a single laptop or a few, sending it in to us is usually the simplest route. For larger quantities we can often arrange collection instead. Tell us what you have and where you are and we will confirm which makes more sense before anything is arranged.

How quickly will I be paid?

Within three working days of the laptop arriving and being checked. The clock starts then rather than when you post it, because the figure is worked out from what you told us and is subject to a check against what actually turns up. If the laptop is materially different from the description we come back to you with what we found before anything is paid or changed.

How many laptops do I need to have?

One is fine. Larger quantities are what we are set up for and are quicker for us to process, but a single machine is still worth asking about — we will tell you plainly whether it is worth doing.

Do I have to accept the quote?

No. A quote costs you nothing and you are free to decline the figure. It is worked out from what you tell us and is subject to a check against what actually arrives, so if the laptop is materially different from the description we come back to you before anything changes.

What happens to my laptop afterwards?

If there is useful life left it is cleaned, tested and resold so it goes back into service. If there is not, the working components are recovered to keep other machines running. Recycling is the last resort rather than the first. What happens to your equipment.

Find out what your laptop is worth

Tell us the make, model and rough condition. We will come back with a free quote, and there is no obligation to accept it.

Get A Free Quote Or call 020 3411 1951