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We buy used copiers

We Buy Used Photocopiers and Office Printers on the Gold Coast

A copier that nobody uses still has a drive inside it holding images of what went through the glass. That is the first thing to deal with when you sell your photocopier on the Gold Coast, and it is the reason to sell to a business that does this for a living. We buy used photocopiers, multifunction machines and office printers, agree a figure on the phone, collect the machine ourselves and wipe it before it goes anywhere.

Technician servicing an office printer at a front desk in Gold Coast

Sell your photocopier Gold Coast: bought, collected and wiped

The drive inside the machine

Every modern multifunction keeps job data on internal storage. Contracts, wage sheets, patient letters, scanned licences: if it went through the machine, a trace may still be on that drive. Somebody collecting a copier from a skip or answering an online ad will not wipe it, and may not know it is there.

Before any machine we buy is refurbished or resold, we wipe it properly. It is the best single reason to sell a business copier to a service company and not to the first person who replies to a listing.

Office multifunction copier with its front and side doors open for service
A technician carefully working inside an office copier on the Gold Coast
Careful hands inside
A technician handing a repaired copier back to an office manager on the Gold Coast
Handed back and signed off

How a sale works, in four moves

Tell us what you have: make, model, rough age and the meter reading if you can find it. A photo of the machine and of the counter page helps more than anything else you can send.

We agree a figure on the phone. It rests on the model, the page count and the condition of that machine, and nothing is locked in by asking.

We arrange collection at a time that suits the office, anywhere on the Gold Coast. You do not have to move it.

The machine goes, the drive is wiped, and the floor space is yours again.

What we buy

Office photocopiers and multifunction machines, A3 and A4, colour and black and white. Office and workgroup printers. Most major commercial brands, including Toshiba, Kyocera, Canon, Ricoh, HP, Konica Minolta, Sharp and Fujifilm. One machine, or a whole fleet if you are closing or merging an office.

Machines in good working order are worth the most. Older or faulty ones can still have value for parts or for rebuilding, so ask either way. Commercial machines only, and not small home inkjets.

Strange noise, strange marks, strange message?Give us the model and what you can see. A technician who knows that make will ring you back.
Tell us what you see

Selling an office printer on the Gold Coast

We buy office and workgroup printers as well as copiers, so if you want to sell a printer on the Gold Coast the steps are the same. Tell us the make and model, roughly how many pages it has printed and whether it still works, and we tell you on the phone what it is worth to us. Commercial laser printers and multifunctions are what we buy, not small home inkjets.

If you are replacing the printer at the same time, we can take the old one away when the new one goes in, so the office is never without a working machine.

What moves the figure up or down

Three things matter and they interact.

FactorBetter for youWorse for you
Make and modelA mainstream commercial model in steady demandAn obscure model with hard to find parts
Page countA low meter from a light use officeA high meter from a print room
ConditionClean, prints and scans properlyJam habit, cracked panel, missing finisher

Age counts for less than people expect. A five year old machine from a quiet practice can be worth more than a younger one that lived in a print room. Colour, A3 and a good finisher usually make a machine easier to place, and we say honestly when something is worth little, or better recycled.

Technician working on a copier in a school administration office
School offices work around bells and reception hours.

Before you phone

Find the model name on the front or on the label inside the side door. Print the configuration page from the panel menu, or photograph the counter on the screen. Note whether it is colour, whether it has a finisher or a second drawer, and whether it works or has a fault.

Mention where it sits. If it is on an upper floor in Surfers Paradise or Broadbeach, tell us about the lift and the loading access. If it is in a Molendinar or Arundel warehouse office, tell us about the dock. That lets us plan the collection properly the first time.

A machine that is still on a lease or finance

Check how you came to have it. A copier that is on a lease or on finance does not belong to you yet, and it cannot be sold until the agreement is settled or ended. Where the finance company has an interest, say so on the call and we explain what can be done.

Where the machine is yours outright, the process above applies. Our printer sales and lease page and photocopier hire and rental cover what to do about the replacement.

Rather ring than type?Call the office. If the lines are busy, the call is logged and returned.
Ring the office

Closing an office or running a fleet down

Offices that close, merge or downsize tend to have a mix: a floor standing copier, two or three workgroup printers, a plotter in a cupboard. Send a list with the make and model of each, and the locations, and we price the lot and plan one visit.

While we are there, if a machine you are keeping needs attention, the service team can look at it. If some machines are moving and not leaving, photocopier relocation and removal covers that.

Selling the old one to pay for the new one

Plenty of businesses that sell us a copier are replacing it. The old machine goes, a new one arrives, and the question is how to pay. Photocopier finance Gold Coast businesses use spreads the cost of the new machine over a term, and what we pay for the old one, where it has value, can reduce what you need to find.

We agree a figure for the old machine on the phone, explain the finance and lease options for the new one and plan collection and delivery together, so the swap happens in a single visit where we can. Tell us the make and model of the one you have and the one you are thinking of.

Floor standing copier with finisher in a bright open plan Gold Coast office
Copier and finisher in the middle of the floor

What you can leave to us

People often assume selling a copier means a pile of admin. It does not need to. You tell us the make and model and the meter reading. We agree the figure and arrange the collection. We deal with the drive. You do not clean the machine, you do not need to find a courier and you do not wait around while a stranger inspects it.

If the machine has finishers, extra paper drawers or a stand, mention them. They add to the machine's value and make it easier to place. If you still have the manuals, the original toner or a spare drum, mention that too, because they help the buyer at the other end.

Sell your photocopier Gold Coast: a note for strata and property offices

Strata managers and property offices turn over copiers when a portfolio is sold, an office is consolidated or a lease on premises ends. The machine is often the last thing anyone thinks of. Tell us the date you need the floor cleared, and we plan the collection against it. The same applies to a clinic that is relocating between Robina and Varsity Lakes, or an agency that has taken a smaller office in Southport.

A clear paper trail helps you at that point. If you know what the machine was bought for, how long you had it and when it was last serviced, say so. It is not a requirement, but it helps us set a fair figure.

Why a service business pays a fairer figure

We repair commercial machines for a living, so we can judge what is wrong with a copier and what it will cost to put right. A buyer who cannot do that has to price in the worst case. We also know which models are wanted. That means a fairer figure for you and no strangers visiting the office.

Service history helps too. Strata managers, clinics and agencies get asked about their equipment at renewal and audit time. A machine with a tidy record of faults, parts and final tests is easy to explain, and it makes repair or replace an easier call. We buy and sell as well, so we can set the repair history beside a sensible alternative and let you choose.

A paper trail

Service records earn their keep

Body corporates, clinics and agencies get asked about their equipment at renewal time, at audit time and when somebody new takes over the office. A copier with a tidy history is easy to explain. A copier nobody can account for is an argument waiting to happen.

That history also helps if you are deciding whether to repair or replace. We buy and sell machines as well, so we can put the repair history beside a sensible alternative and let you choose.

A technician repairing a copier in a Gold Coast building site office
  • Every visit noted. Fault, parts, counters and the final test.
  • Handy at renewal time. A clear history helps when decisions are made.
  • Repair or replace. Records make that choice an easy one.

Buy, sell and lease

Buy, sell and lease commercial copiers on the Gold Coast

We also sell new and refurbished commercial copiers and buy used ones. Same team, same technicians.

Work we have done on the Gold Coast

A technician carrying a parts case through the lobby of a Gold Coast office building
Straight through the lobby
Latched parts cases on the shelves of a Laser Printers service van on the Gold Coast
Shelves of spares
A technician repairing a copier beside filing shelves in a Gold Coast law office
Beside the filing shelves
A technician checking a copier paper path with a torch on the Gold Coast
Torch on the paper path

Common questions from Gold Coast offices

Will you buy a copier that does not work?

Sometimes. A faulty machine can still be worth something for parts or for rebuilding. Tell us the fault and the model and we say honestly.

How do you work out the figure?

From the make and model, the page count and the condition of that particular machine. We agree it on the phone, after you tell us what you have.

Do you wipe the drive?

Yes. Every machine we buy is wiped before it is refurbished or resold.

Do I have to deliver the machine?

No. We collect from your office anywhere on the Gold Coast at a time that suits you.

I have eight machines in a closing office. Can you take them all?

Yes. Send the makes, models and locations and we plan one visit.

Will you buy a machine that is still on lease?

Not until the agreement is settled or ended, because the machine is not yours to sell. Tell us how you hold it and we explain the options.

Can the money go toward a new machine?

Yes. The figure for the old copier can reduce what you need to find for the next one.

Do you buy printers as well as copiers?

Yes, office and workgroup printers as well as multifunction copiers. Not small home inkjets.

What if I am not sure the machine is worth anything?

Ask anyway. A photo of the machine and the counter page is usually enough for a first answer.

A Laser Printers technician on the phone beside the service van on the Gold Coast

Strata office or clinic

Call (07) 3096 0331 and we will line someone up.

Technicians are trained, experienced and certified, and picked for your machine. The call is logged and returned if we are busy.

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Brands we service on the Gold Coast: Toshiba, Brother, Canon, Epson, Fujifilm, HP, OKI, Konica Minolta, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Zebra

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Tell us what the office prints, how many people share the machine and whether you are weighing new, refurbished or second hand. We ring back and talk it through. Prefer to call? (07) 3096 0331.

Office multifunction copier with its front and side doors open for service

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