Sell your ThinkPad, lease-return scuffs and all.
T, X1, L or E series, Core i5, i7 or Core Ultra. The processor generation matters most to the price, so have it handy.
Selling 10 or more? Get one quote for the batch.
- Series
- T, X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga, L or E
- Processor
- Core i5 or i7, or Core Ultra 5 or 7
- Generation
- 8th, 10th to 13th, or Core Ultra
- Condition
- Excellent or Good
- Status
- Working, released from company management
That is all the calculator needs. It takes about a minute.
Most second-hand ThinkPads in South Africa started life on a corporate lease. Three years on a desk, a refresh cycle, and a stack of them comes back with asset tags on the base, a company name engraved on the lid and a battery that has done a thousand meetings. None of that puts us off. A ThinkPad is built to survive that life, and the second-hand market knows it.
We price ThinkPads on the processor more than the model letter. A T14 and an L14 from the same year are closer in value than a T14 Gen 1 and a T14 Gen 4, because the generation of the Core i5 or i7 inside is what a buyer is really paying for. We still buy 8th gen ThinkPads like the T480 and T490, which most buyers no longer do, and everything from 10th gen through to Core Ultra.
We only buy working ThinkPads, in Excellent or Good condition. It has to boot, the screen, keyboard and ports have to work, and it cannot still be owned or managed by a company. We cannot buy a ThinkPad until it is fully released from company device management. If you are clearing a whole department rather than one laptop, our business route handles fleets.
The Lenovo ThinkPad models we buy.
Working, in Excellent or Good condition. Do not see yours? WhatsApp us a photo of the sticker underneath and we will tell you.
- ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 to Gen 4Core i5 or i7, 10th to 13th gen
- ThinkPad T14 Gen 5Core Ultra 5 or 7
- ThinkPad T14s Gen 1 to Gen 4Core i5 or i7, 10th to 13th gen
- ThinkPad T15 Gen 1 or Gen 2Core i5 or i7, 10th or 11th gen
- ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 to Gen 11Core i5 or i7, 10th to 13th gen
- ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12Core Ultra 5 or 7
- ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 6 to Gen 8Core i5 or i7, 11th to 13th gen
- ThinkPad L14 Gen 1 to Gen 4Core i5 or i7, 10th to 13th gen
- ThinkPad E14 and E15Core i5 or i7, 10th gen onward, E14 Gen 6 on Core Ultra
- Any other ThinkPadCore i5 or i7, 8th or 10th to 13th gen, e.g. T480, T490
What affects your offer.
Processor generation over model letter
A 12th gen L14 can be worth more than a 10th gen T14. Check the processor name in Settings, System, About: an i5-1245U is 12th gen, an i5-10310U is 10th. The generation matters more to the price than which series it is.
Memory on an X1 Carbon
The X1 Carbon's memory is soldered to the board, so the amount it shipped with is the amount it will always have. An 8GB Carbon is a harder sell than a 16GB one, and the calculator asks so the offer reflects it.
Battery wear after a lease
Three years of daily charging at a desk takes a ThinkPad battery well down from new. It does not disqualify it, but a battery that still holds a working day is worth more than one that needs to live on its charger.
Keyboard shine and palm-rest wear
ThinkPad keyboards are the reason people buy them, so a shiny, worn keyboard or a palm rest with the soft-touch coating rubbed away is what pushes one from Excellent down to Good. Grade it honestly and the offer holds.
Wear and tear we are happy with.
We only buy working ThinkPads. If it powers on, boots to Windows, and the screen, keyboard, trackpad and ports all work, the lease-return wear below is normal and is priced into Good rather than turned away.
- Asset tag stickers, or the company name engraved on the lid
- Sticker residue where an asset tag used to be
- Shiny keys and a worn TrackPoint cap
- Soft-touch coating rubbed off the palm rest
- Scuffs and scratches on the lid
- A battery that no longer lasts a full day
- No charger, or a generic USB-C charger in place of the Lenovo one
- A small dent on a corner that has not cracked the screen
We buy Windows laptops working, in Excellent or Good condition. A cracked screen or a laptop that will not start is something we cannot buy for now. What we can do with a broken one.
Upgrading? Put it towards the new one.
Most people move to a ThinkPad T14 or X1 Carbon on Core Ultra. Most ThinkPad owners stay with ThinkPad, and an older one still covers part of the step to a newer generation of the same keyboard.
Take the payout as EpicDeals.co.za credit and we add 12%. Only worth it if you were going to spend it there anyway. If you need the cash, take the cash.
Three ways to take the money.
Cash
Paid to your bank account
Tested within 1-3 working days of arriving, paid within 5 working days of your offer being confirmed.
+12%
Trade-in credit
Take it as EpicDeals.co.za credit and we add 12%.
+10%
Consignment
We list it and sell it, you get 10% more. Most sell within 13 days.
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