IT Hardware Buyback Program

ICD Group operates an enterprise IT hardware buyback programme that converts surplus, decommissioned, or end-of-life data center equipment into immediate revenue. Instead of paying for disposal or leaving retired assets depreciating in storage, you receive competitive market-rate pricing for servers, storage arrays, networking equipment, and components from every major enterprise brand.

With 500,000+ parts in its catalog, ICD has established demand channels that smaller local recyclers cannot match. Valuations reflect real-time global market conditions, so you are paid what the asset is genuinely worth on the secondary market — not a disposal fee dressed up as an offer.

Why Sell to ICD

• 48-hour offer — we quote within 48 business hours, and you decide. No obligation, no cost for the valuation.
• Free inbound shipping — prepaid DHL or Aramex label. Local collection across Egypt and MENA.
• NIST 800-88 data destruction — NIST 800-88 wipe before any resale, with a Certificate of Erasure issued per drive.
• Real market pricing — based on live global refurbished-market conditions, not a fixed scrap rate.
• Three ways to get paid — cash, trade-in credit at a 10% premium, or consignment on an agreed revenue share.
• One counterparty for the whole lifecycle — the same company that supplies your spare parts and maintains your fleet also buys the hardware back when you retire it.

What We Buy

Servers — strongest pricing

• Dell PowerEdge — 14G, 15G, 16G (R640, R740, R650, R750, R660, R760, R760xs)
• HPE ProLiant — Gen10, Gen11, Gen12
• Lenovo ThinkSystem — SR630, SR650, SR650 V2/V3, SR665
• Cisco UCS, IBM Power, Supermicro rack and tower

Storage

• Dell EMC PowerVault, PowerStore, Unity, Isilon
• HPE 3PAR, Nimble, MSA, StoreOnce
• NetApp FAS, AFF, C-Series
• Pure Storage FlashArray, Hitachi, IBM — complete systems, controllers, and drive shelves

Networking

• Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki
• Juniper EX, SRX · HPE Aruba · Arista
• Brocade SAN switches and associated SFP/optics modules

Components & Accessories

• Memory — DDR3, DDR4, DDR5
• Drives — SAS, SATA, NVMe
• Processors — Xeon, EPYC
• GPUs — NVIDIA A100, H100, L40S, Tesla series
• PSUs, rails, caddies, NICs, RAID controllers

End-user computing

• Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Apple laptops and workstations, in quantity

How the Buyback Process Works

1. Submit your asset list — a spreadsheet or list with manufacturer, model, serial numbers, and configuration. Photos help but are not required for an initial valuation.
2. Receive an itemised offer (48 business hours) — ICD reviews serials, condition, and current market value, then returns a line-by-line offer. No obligation.
3. Choose how you are paid — cash, trade-in credit, or consignment.
4. Free collection — prepaid DHL or Aramex label, or local pickup within Egypt at no cost. International sellers have shipping pre-arranged, deducted from settlement or covered by ICD on large volumes.
5. Inspection and data destruction — every unit is tested and every drive wiped to NIST 800-88, with a Certificate of Erasure issued.
6. Payment — wire transfer, cheque, or account credit within 7 days of receipt. Any discrepancy between the submitted description and the received condition is communicated transparently before an adjustment is made.

Selling Servers from the GCC and the Middle East

ICD buys enterprise hardware from companies across the Middle East, not only in Egypt. Sellers in the GCC — Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman — send the same asset list and receive the same itemised offer within 48 business hours. Shipping to ICD in Cairo is pre-arranged for international sellers, deducted from settlement or covered by ICD on large volumes, and every drive is wiped to NIST 800-88 with a Certificate of Erasure, wherever the equipment comes from.

Payment Options: Cash, Trade-In, or Consignment

Cash

Straight purchase. Payment by wire transfer or cheque within 7 days of us receiving and verifying the equipment.

Trade-In Credit — 10% premium

Take credit against a future ICD purchase instead of cash and receive a 10% bonus on the valuation. Credit is valid for 12 months and applies to any ICD product or service — spare parts, ICD Care+ maintenance, or ICD Parts+ contracts. This is the strongest option if you are refreshing hardware rather than exiting it.

Consignment — revenue share

ICD lists, markets, refurbishes, and ships the equipment; you receive an agreed share of the net sale price. ICD’s share covers refurbishment, marketing, and selling costs. You get a monthly statement and payout. Consignment typically returns more than an outright sale on low-volume or specialist equipment, in exchange for a longer time to cash.

Data Security and Compliance

Every asset that enters an ICD facility is treated as if it still holds live data, because it usually does.

• NIST 800-88 software sanitisation on all drives
• Certificate of Erasure issued per drive, for your audit file
• Physical destruction (Level 2 / Level 3) available on request where policy requires it
• Documented chain of custody from collection through to the processing facility

Valuation Guide

Offers are calculated against the current refurbished-market value for that exact configuration. Two things decide what an asset is worth:

Condition

Graded on receipt, in four tiers — each one materially different in value:

• New, sealed OEM — unopened, original packaging. Highest realisation.
• Working, tested — powers on, passes functional test, no faults logged.
• Working, untested — believed functional but not yet verified by ICD.
• Dead or parts-only — harvested for components. Still has value; do not scrap it.

Market demand for that specific platform

Condition sets the band; demand sets where you land inside it.

• Premium — Dell 14G and HPE Gen10 (sustained parts demand), NVIDIA A100 and H100 GPUs, DDR5 memory.
• Standard — current-generation mainstream servers, storage, and networking.
• Discounted — platforms already past vendor end-of-service-life, and configurations with a narrow buyer pool.

Because ICD sells these parts rather than brokering them onward, valuations reflect what the equipment is genuinely worth in our own catalog. Send the model and serial list for an itemised, line-by-line offer within 48 business hours.

Who This Is For

• Refreshing a fleet — you are replacing 14G Dell or Gen10 HPE hardware and the outgoing units still hold real value. Trade-in credit at a 10% premium offsets the new purchase directly.
• Closing or consolidating a data center — mixed-vendor equipment in volume, needing one counterparty, documented data destruction, and a single settlement.
• Sitting on decommissioned stock — assets already pulled from production and depreciating in a store room, where the alternative is paying for disposal.
• Holding specialist or low-volume kit — consignment usually returns more than an outright sale when the buyer pool is narrow.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is my used server worth?

It depends on the exact configuration, its condition, and current demand for that platform. Dell 14G, HPE Gen10, DDR5 memory, and NVIDIA A100/H100 GPUs carry a premium; equipment past vendor end-of-service-life is discounted but still has real value. There is no useful generic answer — send the model and serial list and you will have an itemised, line-by-line offer within 48 business hours, at no cost and with no obligation.

Do you wipe the data before reselling?

Yes. Every drive is sanitised to NIST 800-88 and a Certificate of Erasure is issued per drive for your audit records. Physical destruction to Level 2 or Level 3 is available on request, and chain of custody is documented from collection onward.

Do you buy equipment that is already end-of-service-life?

Yes. EOSL equipment is discounted relative to in-support hardware but still carries value, because ICD supplies spare parts for these platforms and maintains them under ICD Care+. Hardware that other buyers treat as scrap often has a working secondary market here.

Do you collect outside Egypt?

Yes. Collection within Egypt is free. International sellers receive a prepaid DHL or Aramex label, with shipping either deducted from settlement or covered by ICD on larger volumes. ICD purchases from organisations across Egypt, the GCC, Europe, and worldwide.

How quickly do I get paid?

An itemised offer arrives within 48 business hours of receiving your asset list. Payment follows within 7 days of us receiving and verifying the equipment, by wire transfer, cheque, or account credit.

What if the equipment arrives in worse condition than described?

Any discrepancy between the submitted description and the received condition is communicated to you transparently, with the reason, before any adjustment is made to the offer.