How a Technology Company Sold Its Entire Office IT.
Six months of chasing buyers in Mumbai, then one team that inspected, priced, paid and collected everything, with the hard disks kept by the client.
The job at a glance.
| Client | Technology company, Andheri East, Mumbai (name withheld) |
|---|---|
| Equipment | The office’s Dell Vostro small form factor desktops and their monitors |
| RAM | Included with the desktops |
| Hard disks | Removed and kept by the client |
| Payment | Credited to the client’s account before pickup |
| Collection | One pickup for the whole office |
From six months of chasing to one pickup.
Six months without a buyer. The company was moving its team to laptops and needed its office desktops and monitors gone. For about six months it tried the usual routes. Scrap dealers offered a price by the kilo. Brokers took photos, promised a figure and never called back. The few buyers who were serious wanted the hard disks as well, and the company’s policy said every drive had to stay in-house.
What they needed. A fair price for each machine rather than a weight rate, a buyer willing to take desktops without drives, and payment they could see before anything left the office. Mumbai’s used IT market is unorganised enough that no single vendor had offered all three.
What we did. The IT team sent photos and a rough count on WhatsApp. We inspected the equipment at their office, confirmed the models and the monitor count, and sent a written quotation that priced complete desktop-and-monitor sets and loose desktops separately. The count changed during the inspection, which is normal, and the final list is the one we paid on. Once the client accepted, the agreed amount was credited to their account. Pickup followed, with the RAM left in the machines and every hard disk removed and handed back to the client.
The result. The whole office was cleared in a single collection, with no chasing and no drives leaving the building. The client left us a review afterwards.
What other IT and finance teams can use.
- Ask for a per-device price, not a weight rate. Sets with monitors usually price higher than loose units.
- Keeping your drives is allowed. It lowers the price slightly and satisfies strict internal policies.
- Get the quotation in writing and confirm how GST is treated before the purchase order.
- Insist on payment before pickup. Once the equipment has left, you have no leverage.
- Expect the count to change during inspection. Pay attention to the final list, not the first one.
Questions, answered.
Client confidentiality. We describe the job and the process, not the company.
Its internal policy required every drive to stay with the company and be destroyed in-house. We bought the desktops without drives.
Mumbai’s used IT market is largely informal. Most buyers either quote by the kilo, want the drives, or pay only after collection. The client wanted a fair per-device price, its drives kept, and payment first, and could not find all three in one vendor.
Yes. The process is the same at any size, and there is no minimum quantity.
Planning an office clear-out?
Send photos and a rough list. The inspection is free, and payment reaches you before pickup.
