The Data Leaves Before
the Device Does

Your smart TV holds your Wi-Fi password and your streaming logins. Your printer may hold scanned documents. None of that is removed by putting the thing on a truck — and it isn't our job to remove it. It's yours, and it happens first.

Live Miami electronics prices

TV $62–$73 · desktop $62 · monitor $58 · printer $58 · $75 minimum

Upload Photos & Get Quote →
Free quote · Tube TVs quoted case by case

What we don't do, stated first

Because on this topic the omission matters more than anything we could offer.

We do not wipe drives. We do not degauss anything. We do not issue certificates of destruction. We're a removal company, and pretending otherwise on a page about electronics would be the single most harmful thing we could write.

So anything on a device when it leaves your home is still on it. That's not a warning about us specifically — it's true of any hauler who hasn't shown you a destruction process.

If the data is genuinely sensitive, that's a different trade: a professional data-destruction service, not a truck.

The devices people forget hold anything

Everyone thinks about the laptop. Almost nobody thinks about these.

A smart TV holds your Wi-Fi credentials, your streaming accounts, and sometimes stored payment details. It's a computer that happens to be a screen.

A printer — particularly anything that scans or faxes — may retain images of documents that passed through it.

A games console holds accounts, payment methods and saved credentials.

Anything that ever joined your network, including devices that seem too simple to store anything.

And a desktop tower, obviously — but the tower is the one people already handle. It's the others that leave the building intact.

What to actually do, per device

Ten minutes, and it's the whole of your side of this.

Physically remove the drive if you can. On a desktop tower this is often a couple of screws, and a removed drive is the only version of this that doesn't rely on trusting a process.

Otherwise factory reset and sign out of every account, in that order — sign out first, then reset, so the accounts are actually released rather than just forgotten locally.

On a smart TV specifically: deauthorise the streaming apps, then reset. Removing the TV from your account list matters as much as wiping the TV.

Remove memory cards and USB sticks from printers, cameras and consoles.

Why electronics travel their own route

Not because of what they're worth. Because of what's inside them.

Electronics contain materials that need handling separately from general waste, which is why they can't simply ride along with a household load and why they get treated as their own category everywhere.

What your municipality specifically requires is a question for them — Miami-Dade is split across many separate cities plus unincorporated areas, and electronics rules differ. Ask the one your address actually sits in before anything goes outside.

We're not going to paraphrase county rules or name drop-off sites and their terms. Those change, and a page confidently describing them ages into misinformation.

Tube TVs: we don't publish a price

An honest gap, and worth being explicit about rather than papering over.

Our catalogue has no rate for an old tube television, and we're not going to invent one. They're substantially heavier and more awkward than their screen size suggests, and they're handled differently from flat panels.

So we quote them case by case. Send a photograph and you get a specific number before committing to anything.

What we won't do is quote you a flat-panel rate and then revise it when the crew arrives and sees a tube set. That surprise is exactly what fixed pricing exists to prevent, and pretending a listed price covers a device it doesn't cover would recreate it.

Free routes worth trying

Two of them, both better than paying us for a working device.

Retailer take-back, asked for when you buy the replacement. Easy to arrange at the point of purchase, difficult afterwards. What any particular retailer includes is theirs to tell you.

Reuse, if it still works. A working television or computer has a genuine second life, and a reuse organisation may take it — though acceptance depends on age and condition, and that's their decision rather than our promise.

Do the data step first regardless of where it goes. A donated device is still a device with your accounts on it.

Manufacturer programmes exist for some categories too. Worth asking about; not worth us describing terms we can't verify.

The humid-garage problem, again

Same South Florida pattern that affects appliances, and it closes the free routes faster than people expect.

A working computer that sits unpowered in a garage through a warm season frequently stops being a working computer. Damp and heat are hard on electronics, and a television that's been in an unconditioned space is a much harder offer to make.

So the timing point is the same as everywhere else in this city: if you're replacing something that currently works, make the offer while it still works. The departure guide covers the same effect on furniture.

In a building

Briefly, since electronics are light compared with what else moves through a service lift.

The usual requirements still apply — a certificate of insurance on file, a reserved elevator or dock slot inside permitted hours. That sequence is here, and it takes days rather than hours.

The upside is that electronics are the one category where a small job is genuinely small. A monitor and a printer don't need a loading bay. If you're clearing only electronics, ask whether your building treats it as an ordinary delivery-scale movement rather than a full move-out — many do.

What it costs

Per item, quoted flat. The minimum job is $75, so a single small device still prices at the minimum.

DevicePrice
TV — under 42"$62
TV — 42" to 65"$68
TV — 65" and over$73
Tube TV (CRT)Quoted case by case
Desktop computer / tower$62
Computer monitor$58
Printer (home / inkjet)$58
Copier / printer (commercial)$97
Stereo / sound system$52
Speaker system (large)$57
Box of small electronics$77
Entertainment centre / TV stand (furniture, not electronics)$77
Minimum job$75

Electronics are compact and dense, which means they almost always price better itemised than by volume — the opposite of appliances. Both are calculated and the lower is charged.

Two worked jobs

Both land on the itemised side, which is the useful pattern here.

A home office: desktop tower $62, monitor $58, inkjet printer $58 — $178. That's under two cubic yards, so the smallest truck tier at $241 doesn't come close. Itemised wins by $63.

A living room: a 65-inch TV $73, stereo $52, large speaker system $57, and the entertainment centre it all sat in $77 — $259. About four and a half cubic yards, which would be the three-eighths tier at $338. Itemised wins by $79.

The pattern holds because electronics are dense. Whole-property jobs go the other way, where volume pricing usually takes over.

Cheat sheet by device

Smart TV

Sign out of streaming accounts, then factory reset. $62 to $73 depending on size.

Desktop or laptop

Remove the drive if you can — it's the only version that doesn't rely on trusting a reset. Desktop $62.

Printer or copier

May retain scanned documents. Reset it, remove any memory card. Home $58, commercial $97.

Tube TV

No listed price. Send a photo and get a specific quote — we won't guess at it.

A drawer of cables, chargers and old phones

Box of small electronics, $77. Check the phones for SIM and memory cards first.

Anything genuinely sensitive

A professional data-destruction service, not a hauling company. Different trade, worth the call.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get rid of an old TV in Miami?

Do one thing first: if it's a smart TV, sign out of the accounts and factory reset it. A modern television holds streaming logins, Wi-Fi credentials and sometimes payment details, and none of that is removed by putting it on a truck. After that the routes are ordinary — offer it if it works, ask the retailer about take-back if you're replacing it, or we remove one for $62 under 42 inches, $68 from 42 to 65, and $73 at 65 and above.

Do you wipe hard drives or destroy data before recycling?

No, and we won't claim otherwise. We're a removal company, not a data-destruction service — we don't wipe drives, degauss anything or issue certificates. Anything on a device when it leaves your home is still on it. Remove the drive physically if you can, or factory reset and sign out of every account. If the data is genuinely sensitive, use a professional data-destruction service rather than a hauler.

How much does electronics disposal cost in Miami?

By item, $75 minimum. TVs $62 under 42 inches, $68 from 42 to 65, $73 at 65 and above. Desktop or tower $62, monitor $58, home printer $58, commercial copier $97, stereo $52, large speaker system $57, box of small electronics $77. An entertainment centre is furniture rather than electronics and prices at $77.

What do I do with an old tube TV in Miami?

Ask for a specific quote rather than assuming a listed price — we don't publish one. Tube televisions are heavier and more awkward than their size suggests and are handled differently from flat panels, so we price them case by case. Send a photograph and you get a number before committing. What we won't do is quote a flat-panel price and change it when the crew sees a tube set.

Can I put a TV or computer in the trash in Miami?

That depends on your municipality and it isn't something we can answer for you — Miami-Dade is split across many cities plus unincorporated areas, and electronics are handled differently from general waste in most places. Ask the municipality your address sits in before anything goes outside. What we can say is why they're treated separately at all: it's about what's inside them, not what they're worth.

Is it worth donating an old computer or TV instead of scrapping it?

If it still works, yes — and do the data step first regardless of where it goes. A working machine has a real second life, though acceptance depends on age and condition and is the organisation's decision rather than our promise. The window closes fast: a device that sits unpowered in a humid Miami garage for a season frequently stops working. Make the offer while it still runs.

The golden rule

Sign out, reset, remove the drive — then decide where it goes.

Every other decision on this page is reversible. If you pick the wrong disposal route you can pick another one; if you pay us when a charity would have taken it, you're out a modest sum. But a device that leaves the building with your accounts still on it can't be recalled, and the ten minutes that would have prevented it are the cheapest ten minutes in the whole job.

Do that part first. The rest — what it costs, who takes it, which tier applies — is ordinary logistics, and it's published above.

Data off first, then send a photo

Flat price per device · tube TVs quoted specifically · no stair or elevator fees

Upload Photos & Get Quote →

Related guides

Serving Miami-Dade & South Florida