Recover residual value from retiring IT — refurbish, remarket, settle in CAD.
Asset recovery is buyback's older sibling: instead of taking your kit straight to destruction, we identify what has residual value, refurbish where worthwhile, and remarket through the Maxicom trader and reseller network across MENA and North America. Your data is destroyed at the start, regardless.
Higher residual value vs. straight destruction.
A 3-year-old enterprise SSD destroyed-only is worth zero. The same SSD (after data destruction) refurbished and remarketed through our MENA / North America trader network is worth meaningfully more — and that uplift is shared back as your buyback proceeds.
- Servers · 3–5 year old enterprise servers retain meaningful residual value in MENA + North America refurb markets.
- Storage · Drives and arrays at end-of-life often have years of life left for non-mission-critical use.
- Networking · Switches and routers have very long secondary-market lifecycles — high residual.
- Components · CPU, RAM, GPU components have strong demand in price-sensitive markets.
Refurb-and-remarket flow into MENA, North America, and beyond.
Residual value comes from putting refurbished kit back into use somewhere with a buyer who values it more than the original organisation. Five destination patterns drive the bulk of our outbound flow.
North America refurb resellers. Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand. Price-sensitive markets with strong demand for proven enterprise kit at a discount to new. Server generations 3–5 years old (HPE Gen10, Dell R740, etc.) move well; older kit moves slower but still moves. Settlement typically CAD or USD.
MENA traders via Maxicom UAE. Our UAE flagship's trader network covers GCC, North Africa, Levant. Hardware that's hard to move in North America (e.g. some older blade-server platforms) sometimes moves better through MENA buyers. The cross-regional flow runs Canada → Dubai under North America-GCC trade arrangements.
Component dealers. Server RAM, NVMe drives, server CPUs, GPU cards have their own secondary-component market. Specialist dealers in HK, Shenzhen, Bangalore buy volume lots of components for global resale.
End-user direct. Some refurbished kit goes direct to end-buyers — smaller MNCs, SMEs, lab / test environments — who buy refurbished as a deliberate cost-management choice. Direct end-user sales typically carry better residuals than trader-channel sales but lower volume.
OEM trade-in programmes. Some OEMs (HP, Dell, Lenovo) run formal trade-in programmes that accept used kit against new-kit credit. We occasionally channel kit that fits an OEM trade-in profile through that route.
What makes one asset worth more than another
Five factors drive secondary-market pricing, in roughly this weight order.
- Generation · Current-1 generation typically retains 50–70% of new; current-3 typically 20–30%.
- Configuration · Higher RAM and NVMe storage configurations carry 30–60% premium over base.
- Volume tier · Bulk lots of the same SKU command 15–25% better refurbisher pricing than scattered units.
- Region of demand · North America-bound kit has different residual profile than Western-bound; we route to whichever is higher.
- Timing · Secondary-market prices move 5–15% month-on-month for hot SKUs; we re-quote if uplift drifts.
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Asset recovery — frequently asked
Can you remarket through my preferred reseller?
If they're already in our trader network, yes. If not, we can do due-diligence on the prospective reseller and add them to the network if they pass — happy to discuss.
Where does Maxicom resell refurbished IT after Canada-side destruction?
Five destination patterns. North America refurb resellers (Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand). MENA traders via Maxicom UAE flagship. Component dealers in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Bangalore. End-user direct (smaller MNCs, SMEs, lab/test environments). OEM trade-in programmes (HP, Dell, Lenovo). Routing depends on which destination has the highest residual demand for the specific SKU.
What residual percentage can I expect on 3-year-old enterprise servers?
For working/tested enterprise servers in standard configuration, residual to original CapEx typically runs 15–30% at 3 years, 8–16% at 4–5 years, 3–8% at 5–7 years. Hot SKUs (current-1 generation) can run higher — 30–50% at 1–2 years. Cold SKUs (proprietary, mainframe-adjacent, niche configurations) can run lower across the curve. AI-class hardware retains residuals far above the standard server curve.
Do you take damaged or non-working equipment?
Yes — for destruction-only or parts/spares dispositions. Working units typically refurbish-and-remarket; damaged or failed units typically destruction-only. The mix is reflected in the per-line indicative quote so you see exactly which SKUs carry residual buyback value vs which are destruction-only.
How is residual value calculated for IT asset recovery?
Five factors. Generation (current-1 generation typically retains 50-70% of new; current-3 typically 20-30%). Configuration (higher RAM and NVMe storage adds 30-60% premium). Volume tier (bulk lots of identical SKUs add 15-25%). Region of demand (North America-bound vs MENA-bound differs). Timing (secondary-market prices move 5-15% month-on-month for hot SKUs). Per-line indicative quote breaks down each factor; the CAD figure on the quote is current-week market data, re-quoted if pickup drifts more than 7-10 days.