FAQ
Questions about selling your IT.
The common questions about how Maxicom buys used business IT in Canada — what we take, how we price and pay, and how your data is handled. Don't see yours? Get in touch and ask.
What we buyHow pricing worksData & complianceCollection & payment
Straight answersWe pay — we don't chargeData destroyed to standardPriced in CADBusiness & bulkOn NDA where needed
The basics
How it works, in short.
Maxicom buys used and surplus business IT across Canada, pays you in CAD for the value inside, destroys the data to NIST 800-88 with a certificate per drive, and arranges collection as part of the deal. Below are the questions we're asked most.
Data security
Nothing is resold until your data is destroyed.
If there's one thing to know: nothing you send us is resold or recycled until its data is destroyed to standard and documented — that's what makes selling retired IT safe.
NIST 800-88 & IEEE 2883Each drive sanitized to the standard for its media type; drives that can't be wiped are physically destroyed through a vetted partner.
Certificate of destructionPer-drive certificate and documented chain of custody — the paperwork your auditor asks for.
Aligned to Canadian rulesPIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, Alberta & BC PIPA, PHIPA, and OSFI Guideline B-13 for federally regulated finance.
Questions
The short answers.
Do you pay for old IT, or charge to take it?
We pay. We recover the value inside your retired IT and pay you in CAD against your PO, with data destruction and collection arranged as part of the deal — the opposite of a scrap yard or shredder-only recycler.
What do you buy?
Business IT of every kind — servers, laptops, desktops, networking, storage, memory, CPUs, GPUs and components — working, faulty or end-of-life, from a single fleet to a full estate.
Is there a minimum?
It's a business and bulk service, so a business-volume lot — a fleet, a rack, a room, a pallet of components or more. We're not set up for single personal devices.
How do you price it?
Against the current secondary market for your specific models and condition — a written, line-item CAD offer, not an automated instant-price engine.
How is my data handled?
Every data-bearing drive is sanitized to NIST 800-88 / IEEE 2883 with a certificate of destruction before resale; drives that can't be wiped are physically destroyed through a vetted partner. Aligned to PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, PHIPA and OSFI Guideline B-13.
Do you collect, and who pays for it?
We arrange collection across the GTA and nationwide, on a documented chain of custody, worked into the deal rather than billed on top — confirmed in your written quote.
When and how do I get paid?
Once the gear is collected and the data destroyed, you're settled in CAD against your PO, with certificates issued.
Do you buy from resellers and ITADs?
Yes — the trade is some of our best supply. Resellers, distributors, ITADs and MSPs sell us surplus and client stock on NDA, and many buy refurbished stock back from us.
What certifications do you hold?
We work to NIST 800-88 and IEEE 2883-2022. We do not claim R2, e-Stewards, ISO or NAID AAA certification; where a contract requires AAA we use a certified subcontractor and document the chain of custody.
Do you serve businesses across all of Canada?
Yes — we're based in Brampton, Ontario and work with businesses nationwide, with collection arranged across the GTA and the rest of Canada. Business hubs like Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver are all served.
Maxicom Inc. is a Canadian IT buyback and asset-disposition company, Brampton, Ontario, established 2022. We work to NIST 800-88 and IEEE 2883-2022 data-sanitization standards. We do not claim R2, e-Stewards, ISO or NAID AAA certification; where a contract requires NAID AAA specifically, we partner with a certified destruction subcontractor and document the chain of custody. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners, used for identification only. Page last reviewed July 2026.
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