Would that cover indemnification as well? I never really thought about
this until it came up in this thread... We have a mini storage full of
equipment that we are getting rid of.

 

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From: NTSysAdmin [mailto:ntsysad...@optimum.bm] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Selling servers

 

All  that is required is a signed copy of the bill of sale or an
invoice. Just like any other piece of merchandise.

 

S

 

From: Dallas Burnworth [mailto:dallas.burnwo...@zones.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Selling servers

 

Unless you can transfer the warranty or ownership on the manufacturer's
site like Bob says below, you probably want to get with a reseller that
can handle lifecycle management in order to address the following:

 

1. Indemnification of improper use and disposal of equipment-if you sell
or donate equipment without legal indemnification you can be liable if
those serial numbers show up in a landfill or are used in committing
some kind of crime. (Once it leaves your hands you just never know.)  A
reseller can provide al of the necessary protective services and handle
brokering your usable equipment to someone else, and you get the money
less the fee. It costs you money instead of time, but all the bases are
covered.

 

In California the fine for throwing a PC in the landfill is so high you
won't believe me unless you Google it and look it up, but they are the
highest. Sometimes you can even go to jail depending on what regulations
your industry is required to obey. Other states have big fines too, like
MA, MD, ME, NJ, and WA.

 

2. Not destroying the drives by shredding or degaussing and DOD
overwriting-there are lots of ways even damaged drives can have
information taken from them. Protect yourself at all times and know what
the applicable laws are.

 

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From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Selling servers

 

I have sold Dell equipment before an eBay.  There is a warranty transfer
site (see link)

 

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/change_order/
en/tag_transfer

 

 

 

From: Travis Robinson [mailto:travis.robin...@octanner.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Selling servers

 

Hello,

 

We are looking at migrating to an all blade environment and have some
1yr old Dell 1950s with Gold support. 

 

Has anyone sold off old servers that are still under warranty? Any
recommendations on how to do it; eBay or reseller?

 

Any suggestions are appreciated

 

Thanks and Happy New Year

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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