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Clearing out a house: what to do with the electronics and the unopened diabetic supplies
· Cash For Electronics Albany Team
When a family clears out a parent's or grandparent's home, two kinds of things tend to turn up that nobody is sure what to do with. One is electronics: a laptop, a tablet, a drawer of old phones, a camera bag. The other surprises people more: unopened boxes of diabetic test strips, glucose sensors or pump supplies, stacked in a closet. Both can be sold locally, for cash, to two different Capital Region buyers. Here is who takes what.
Two piles, two buyers
We are Cash For Electronics Albany, and electronics are all we buy. Unopened diabetic supplies go to a separate local business under the same ownership, Cash For Test Strips Albany. The two keep separate phone lines and separate websites because they are different kinds of sale, but they work the same way: you say what you have, a person meets you locally, and you are paid in cash the same day. Nothing is shipped.
The electronics pile: what we buy
Phones, tablets, laptops, cameras and lenses, smartwatches, game consoles and games, VR headsets, drones, headphones and speakers, and computer parts. Older devices and devices with a cracked screen or a tired battery are still worth asking about. A whole lot from one house is normal, and it helps to mention it up front so we can set aside enough time. The one thing that rules a device out is an account lock: a phone, tablet or watch still signed into someone's Apple or Google account cannot be resold by anyone. The before-you-sell guide explains how to sign out and reset each kind of device. If the owner has passed away and nobody knows the password, tell us that up front, because it decides whether the device can change hands at all.
The supplies pile: who buys unopened diabetic supplies
Cash For Test Strips Albany buys factory-sealed boxes of diabetic supplies: test strips from the major brands, Dexcom and FreeStyle Libre sensors, and Omnipod pods, among others. They meet sellers in person around Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Saratoga Springs and the rest of the Capital Region and pay cash the same day. They will tell you which boxes they can and cannot take, so the simplest first step is to text them a photo of what you found. Their number is (518) 779-9751, and their site lists the brands they buy.
What neither of us can take
On the supplies side, their site is plain that they do not buy boxes that have been opened or damaged, so leave those out of the photo. On the electronics side, loose chargers and cables with no device to go with them are not worth a trip on their own, and neither is a case for a phone that already left the house. Everything else is worth asking about.
How to handle it in one afternoon
Sort as you go: devices in one box, sealed supply boxes in another. Photograph each box once. Send the electronics photo to us and the supplies photo to the other line, and each of us will tell you the same day whether it is something we can buy. If it is, we set a time, by appointment, and either meet you in the Albany area or come to the house. For the electronics side, the how it works page covers each step.
Quick answers
- Can unopened diabetic test strips be sold?
- Yes. Factory-sealed boxes can be sold to a local buyer. In the Capital Region, Cash For Test Strips Albany buys them in person for cash; text them at (518) 779-9751 with a photo of the boxes.
- Does Cash For Electronics Albany buy diabetic supplies?
- No. We only buy electronics. Unopened diabetic supplies go to a separate local business under the same ownership, which has its own phone line and website.
- Will you come to the house for an estate cleanout?
- Yes, by appointment. We come to homes across the Capital Region for a lot of electronics, and it helps to tell us roughly what is there so we can plan enough time.
See our how selling to us works. See our before-you-sell guide. Back to all guides.