Guides
Guides for buying, selling, and consigning equipment
Short, direct guides on buying, selling, and consigning datacenter, networking, AV, and security equipment, written by the people who do it.
Datacenter
- How equipment consignment fees workThe percentage matters less than what it is a percentage of. Ask what comes out before the split and you will know what you actually take home.By John Capovani
- Sell outright, consign, auction or recycle: how to pickSell outright when you need cash or space this month. Consign when the equipment is worth enough per unit to justify waiting for a better return. Auction mixed lots on a deadline. Recycle what has no resale value.By John Capovani
- Project cancelled? What to do with new-in-box surplusTry returning it to the distributor first. Whatever cannot go back sells best as documented, unused equipment, and it sells for what the market pays today, not what the receipt says.By John Capovani
Networking
- How equipment consignment fees workThe percentage matters less than what it is a percentage of. Ask what comes out before the split and you will know what you actually take home.By John Capovani
- Sell outright, consign, auction or recycle: how to pickSell outright when you need cash or space this month. Consign when the equipment is worth enough per unit to justify waiting for a better return. Auction mixed lots on a deadline. Recycle what has no resale value.By John Capovani
- Project cancelled? What to do with new-in-box surplusTry returning it to the distributor first. Whatever cannot go back sells best as documented, unused equipment, and it sells for what the market pays today, not what the receipt says.By John Capovani
- Buying used Cisco and Crestron: what transfers and what does notThe hardware is usually the safe part. What does not automatically transfer to a second owner is the software license, the cloud registration, and the manufacturer's warranty and support.By John Capovani
Audio-visual
- How equipment consignment fees workThe percentage matters less than what it is a percentage of. Ask what comes out before the split and you will know what you actually take home.By John Capovani
- Sell outright, consign, auction or recycle: how to pickSell outright when you need cash or space this month. Consign when the equipment is worth enough per unit to justify waiting for a better return. Auction mixed lots on a deadline. Recycle what has no resale value.By John Capovani
- Project cancelled? What to do with new-in-box surplusTry returning it to the distributor first. Whatever cannot go back sells best as documented, unused equipment, and it sells for what the market pays today, not what the receipt says.By John Capovani
- Buying used Cisco and Crestron: what transfers and what does notThe hardware is usually the safe part. What does not automatically transfer to a second owner is the software license, the cloud registration, and the manufacturer's warranty and support.By John Capovani
Security
- How equipment consignment fees workThe percentage matters less than what it is a percentage of. Ask what comes out before the split and you will know what you actually take home.By John Capovani
- Sell outright, consign, auction or recycle: how to pickSell outright when you need cash or space this month. Consign when the equipment is worth enough per unit to justify waiting for a better return. Auction mixed lots on a deadline. Recycle what has no resale value.By John Capovani