Sell retired Chromebooks, including devices past AUE
Or call the buying desk: (732) 996-6310
Chromebook models and build variants we buy
The education fleets are built from a narrow set of platforms, and build variant matters as much as model. Rugged education builds, touch panels, convertible hinges, stylus support and the LTE versions all sell into different places, so put the variant on the list if you have it.
We buy
- Acer 11 and 311, C733 and C734, Spin 511 and R11 convertibles
- Dell 3100, 3110 and 3400 including the 2-in-1 builds, HP 11 G8 and G9 EE and the Chromebook 14
- Lenovo 100e, 300e and 500e across generations, plus ThinkPad and IdeaPad Chromebook lines
- ASUS C202, C204 and C214 Flip, Samsung Chromebook 4 and Galaxy Chromebook, Chromeboxes and Chromebook Tablets
- Devices past auto-update expiry, cracked lids, snapped hinges and units that will not power on
- Charging carts and cabinets, and the chargers that belong to the fleet
We do not buy
- Loose chargers, headphones and accessories offered as a lot on their own
- Networking gear of any kind: switches, routers, access points
- Devices still enrolled in your domain, until they are deprovisioned
- Units with swollen or split cells still fitted, which are separated before the pallet is wrapped
- Printers, copiers, classroom furniture and cabling
Auto-update expiry, and what AUE actually changes
Google publishes an auto-update expiration date against the hardware platform, not against the individual serial number, so an entire purchase year usually reaches it together. After that date the platform stops receiving ChromeOS updates and security fixes, which is normally the point at which a fleet becomes ineligible to stay on the network.
Two practical notes. Google has extended the published AUE date on a number of platforms, so check the current date rather than the one recorded at purchase, because a fleet you wrote off may still have update life in it. And AUE is a software boundary, not a hardware one. A past-AUE device is still a working screen, keyboard, battery, board and chassis, which is exactly why it still has a buyer.
A past-AUE fleet is worth a written offer before it is worth a recycling collection. If the answer turns out to be recycling, our guide says so honestly.
De-provisioning, in the order that works
This is the single step that decides whether a Chromebook fleet is sellable or scrap, and it is the one most often missed under time pressure. Four steps, in this order.
- 1
Export the device list first
In the Admin console, under Devices and then Chrome devices, export the list with serial number, model, enrollment state and asset ID. That export is the fastest thing you can send us, and it is your own record of what left the building.
- 2
Deprovision what you are retiring
Deprovisioning releases the device from your domain and returns the upgrade license to your pool. Pick the reason that matches what you are actually doing, because the reason you choose decides whether the license comes back.
- 3
Powerwash to clear local profiles
Deprovisioning is a management action, not a data-erasure product. Local user profiles are removed by a powerwash, so do both rather than either one.
- 4
Tell us about any that were missed
A device powerwashed but never deprovisioned is pulled straight back into your domain by forced re-enrollment, which makes it useless to anyone else. It is a five minute fix before pickup and an expensive one afterwards.
What we can and cannot certify about data is stated plainly on the data handling page. We do not sanitize in house and we do not issue certificates ourselves.
Carts, chargers and what travels with the fleet
Charging carts and cabinets travel with the devices, and so do the chargers that belong to the fleet. Cases and sleeves can come along. We do not buy loose chargers, headphones or accessories as a lot on their own, and we do not buy networking gear of any kind.
Missing power supplies and accessories are priced in, not treated as a fault. State them on the manifest and the offer accounts for them once. If there are teacher laptops and desktops going at the same time, those are priced on their own page, and classroom projectors and screens here. One pickup can carry all three.
What a Chromebook lot is priced on
Platform and model year first, then the AUE position, then the working-to-damaged split, then the count behind each model. Fleets are unusually uniform, which helps: eight hundred of one model is a straightforward lot. Battery condition and lid damage move the number more than specification does in this category, because the specification barely varies.
Send the Admin console export if you have it. Model, serial and count on a spreadsheet is enough if you do not. We price against what the devices currently move for in the wholesale and export market, and the offer comes back on the whole lot, against current market conditions. The hub covers how the offer is built across every category.
Collecting from a school building
Tell us where the fleet is staged, whether it is one building or eleven, and what the access is like: dock, ground floor door, or a corridor and a lift. Carts can be loaded as they stand or stripped and palletized, and it changes the truck. We book the carrier, we supply the pallets and the wrap, and we arrange a liftgate where the building has no dock. We do not operate our own trucks.
On lots of 100 units or more we cover the freight. Below that we agree who pays before you commit, based on the distance. Who pays for what is set out here, and insurance and settlement terms are here.
The other four device categories we buy
A summer refresh rarely moves one category. Everything below can go on the same list, and one collection across the district beats four.
Laptops and desktops
Teacher and admin machines, priced on specification rather than platform year.
See what we take →Monitors and projectors
Classroom projectors, interactive flat panels and the screens on the admin desks.
See what we take →Phones and tablets
iPads and Android tablets out of a one-to-one program, graded or ungraded.
See what we take →
Questions about Chromebook fleets
- Do you buy Chromebooks that are past auto-update expiry?
- Yes. Past-AUE devices go in the same lot as everything else. AUE stops the operating system updates. It does not stop the screen, the keyboard, the battery or the chassis from being worth something.
- Do the devices have to be deprovisioned before pickup?
- Yes. We do not buy activation-locked, FRP-locked or MDM-enrolled devices. Release them before the pickup date, or hold them back and we price the rest of the lot. A device left enrolled is forced back into your domain on the next setup, so it cannot be resold or reused by anyone. If a batch was missed, tell us before the truck is booked and we will hold those units back rather than find them at receiving.
- Do you take the broken ones, the ones with cracked screens and missing keys?
- Yes, in the same lot. Student fleets always come with a damaged tail: cracked lids, snapped hinges, missing keycaps and units that will not power on. We take the whole fleet, not the best of it. Batteries are the one exception to the packing. Pull swollen or split cells before the pallet is wrapped and set them aside for battery recycling. The device still comes with the lot. The damaged cell does not travel with it.
- Do the charging carts come too?
- Carts and the chargers that belong to the fleet travel with the devices. We do not buy loose chargers, headphones or accessories as a lot on their own. Devices missing their charger are still bought. Missing power supplies and accessories are priced in, not treated as a fault. State them on the manifest and the offer accounts for them once.
- We are a district. How does this fit with how we are required to dispose of property?
- That side of it has its own page. See how we work inside a district process, and what we hand you for your records. This page is about the devices themselves.
Send a list, get an offer
Send a list. We come back inside 24 hours with a written offer.
Get an offer
Send the device list or the Admin console export. We come back inside 24 hours with a written offer.