Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Computer Surplus

Computer Surplus

Surplus computer equipment can be manufacturer excess, overstock & slightly obsolete inventory in large bulk quantities that sits idle losing value as each day goes by. It can also be a project gone wrong where equipment has been purchased & is no longer needed. Surplus can come from a retailer stuck with shelved product & customer returns. Excess equipment can come from a foortune 500 company downsizing, going throuigh backruptcy or basically upgrading.

Technology, like a car; as time goes on loses its initial value. Technology loses its value due to newer IT hardware & constant upgrades to keep up with the trends of the marketplace. Bigger, better, faster! What that means for a buyer of surplus equipment, is of work discounted pricing with every volume purchase! Fundamentally the more you buy the less the cost to you the buyer.

There was a time where these great values were only available to large volume authorized buyers, dealers, & corporate IT, MIS purchasers & buyers. Today in the computer secondary market, if a wholesale buyer has the the "green, money, funds, funds" they can flip a deal a make a bang on their initial buck. The sellers of surplus discounted computer hardware offer tremendous savings to resellers of volume computer equipment.

Corporate companies utilize nationwide auctioneers, liquidators & asset recovery service providers when surplus equipment needs to be removed, recycled & resold quickly. These liquidators buy high-tech hardware equipment outright & pay money to the seller. Sometimes the surplus products are refurbished, evaluated, tested, working & repackaged for shipment & resale at awesome discounted prices. Discount surplus computer equipment when sold is first quoted & specks are provided so they buyer can research value. Equipment can be used, open box products with original manufacturer packaging, new & refurbished.

If you are thinking of entering the liquidation business; as the elderly familiar saying goes, "one mans trash is another mans treasure". Volume lots of tier two manufacturer brands which include IBM, DELL, Gateway, Toshiba & Sony surplus equipment floods the resell marketplace. Volume desktop PCs, laptops, notebooks, barebones, computer systems, network equipment, accessories & parts can turn a speedy dollar in the liquidation marketplace. Retailers, IT, MIS Managers in corporate The united states cannot run away from the dread of customer returns & equipment sitting stagnant depreceiting in value. Surplus merchandise, that is in nice working condition & complete, must be resold & liquidated rapidly to recoup capital assets.

The secondary grey B2B marketplace offers retailers & manufactures a venue to sell large lots of equipment quickly. Online aggregators like Spintradeexchange.com provide volume sellers, manufacturers, resellers, brokers, wholesalers & corporate The united states a place to both buy, sell & trade surplus equipment to interested wholesale buyers. Wholesalers compete in a bidding war allowing the seller to receive a high return on their original investment. The asset recovery liquidation marketplace is a place where buyers bid & negotiate on bulk lot technology equipment. Online liquidation marketplaces have the ability to reach qualified buyers globally. A-Z Computer Liquidators has over 10,000 subscribed buyers enthusiastic to pay for PC & networking information hardware surplus.

Of work liquidators like A-Z Computer Liquidators sell their surplus to large volume buyers & do not deal with the general public in selling onsie twoosie items. The average individual trying to sell her or his laptop should stick to the more traditional methods of resale like Craigslist, sell.com & EBay. If you are a buyer interested in high-end information networking hardware be weary of slashed prices of discounted surplus equipment. When you listen to the term "used" in the secondary marketplace its important to qualify the seller & the equipment they are selling.

Holly Wild has worked in technology in the New york Bay Area for over a decade. He's worked for stratup online web companies & application development companies. These companies are: Athena Interactive, Orenetix, & Cybermedia. He is currently employed by A-Z Computers out of Anaheim New york & works with affiliate partners as their communications/marketing Director.

IT equipment is often sold "new out-of-the-box at liquidation prices. If you presented for instance with a Cisco router new out of box at a 50% discounted price, this should be a large red flag. Protect your self from "vaporware" product that is supposedly overseas or across country that does not exist & product that is counterfeit. Qualify you seller! Companies like A-Z Computers & Applied Quality Check have been around for over a decade & have developed strong, easily verified relationships. If you are a Information Technology Manger with equipment that is sitting idle in a storage room or warehouse; understand that your equipment, like a automobile, as the days go on, loses its market value. You can turn a profit from idle IT equipment no longer being used by selling them to a wholesaler, liquidator of IT surplus equipment