My wife's company writes off a lot of hardware after a period of time. Recently her hard drive failed on her desktop computer (it was around 4 years old). They shipped her a new computer and told her she could 'throw away' the old computer as it was written off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCZRqH7sRyAMy wife's company writes off a lot of hardware after a period of time. Recently her hard drive failed on her desktop computer (it was around 4 years old). They shipped her a new computer and told her she could 'throw away' the old computer as it was written off.
Anyone else find it ridiculous this guy got a job like this when he obviously struggles with basic grammar and spelling? Welcome to America....lol
This. If the hardware is >3 years old, it has already been depreciated to $0 on company assets. Basically it would cost them more in time/money to recover and/or dispose of those assets than it is worth.
send an e-mail, cc all the heads at the company and give an ultimatum:
"get your crap out of my basement or if i get no response i start pawning it off starting wednesday, july 5, 2011."
not legal advice... Good luck.
Anyone else find it ridiculous this guy got a job like this when he obviously struggles with basic grammar and spelling? Welcome to America....lol
Yep, like BoomerD said too. It's a lot more to do than shoot off an email, but I'd feel that way if I didn't get any response that I could keep the stuff. Otherwise it's like, well I could probably keep this stuff to use but I could get hit 1 year down the road.Phone calls and emails probably won't protect you if they demand their stuff back a year from now.
I'd send a certified letter listing the items and giving them a reasonable time to pay for their return, after which you will dispose of them.
Remember to charge for tape, packaging, etc. not just the shipping.
Be able to provide supporting documentation or evidence of this and you have nothing to worry about.I emailed them including the IT Director and Manager and called the IT Director and nothing.
I worked remotely in IT for a company for 8+ years, as you can imagine I acquired a lot of hardware. I decided to leave the company and have asked repeatedly for the materials to send it all back (labels, boxes, tape and so on...).
I emailed them including the IT Director and Manager and called the IT Director and nothing.
It's been over 4 months...and I am no longer going to make any effort to return the equipment. I can sleep very comfortably knowing that I have done my best and will no longer lose sleep over it.
When can I say they have abandoned the equipment and I am keeping it?
Thanks!
What company? :sneaky:
An ellipsis has 3 dots, think before you talk.
update!
The company emailed me asking if i needed anything to send the equipment back. I told them a bunch of tape and labels for the 8-9 boxes. They replied back and asked for an inventory to see if they wanted it all back.
All they want back was one of the pc laptops, cisco router and 2 office ip phones.
I get to keep: 1 sweet pc laptop, 1 older but nice pc laptop, 1 ok mac laptop, hp 22" lcd, hp 19" lcd, hp office printer, external drive, external dvd and other misc. Stuff.
Sweet!!!
I am making multiple copies of that email just in case.
UPDATE!
The company emailed me asking if I needed anything to send the equipment back. I told them a bunch of tape and labels for the 8-9 boxes. They replied back and asked for an inventory to see if they wanted it all back.
All they want back was one of the PC Laptops, Cisco Router and 2 office IP phones.
I get to keep: 1 sweet PC laptop, 1 older but nice PC laptop, 1 ok Mac laptop, HP 22" LCD, HP 19" LCD, HP Office Printer, External Drive, External DVD and other misc. stuff.
SWEET!!!
I am making multiple copies of that email just in case.