The Salvage Partner That Actually Makes You Money

Here’s a number that matters to every claims director in the country: the gap between what you write off and what you recover. Widen that gap and your loss ratios suffer. Narrow it and you’re suddenly having very different conversations with the board.

For over a decade, Epic Deals has been narrowing that gap for some of South Africa’s most respected insurance companies. We are consistently rated among the top contents salvaging partners in the market, not because we talk a good game, but because we return more rands per device than the competition. Every time.

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What We Recover Value From

We grade, test, and channel a wide range of claimed technology and high-value items to their highest recovery path:

Smartphones & Tablets

iPhones, Samsung Galaxy, Huawei, iPads. Every condition from pristine to water-damaged.

Laptops & Computers

MacBooks, Dell, Lenovo, HP, Asus. Including units with cosmetic and functional damage.

Gaming

PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, VR headsets and accessories.

Wearables

Apple Watch, Galaxy Watch, Garmin, luxury watches.

Drones & Cameras

DJI, GoPro, mirrorless and DSLR cameras, action cameras.

Premium Appliances

Smeg, Breville, DeLonghi, Dyson, Nespresso, robot vacuums.

Audio

AirPods, premium headphones, Bluetooth speakers, soundbars.

Other High-Value Items

E-bikes, power tools, outdoor electronics. If it was insured because it was valuable, we can recover value from it.

Damaged items aren’t written off. They’re assessed for component value, refurbishment potential, or parts harvesting, and each item is routed to its most profitable recovery channel.

Why Insurers Work With Us

Our retail channels change the maths.

Most salvage companies sell into wholesale or auction markets where buyers expect deep discounts. We retail directly to consumers through epicdeals.co.za, one of South Africa’s most trusted platforms for pre-owned technology. Higher sale prices per item means higher recovery rates for you. The maths is straightforward: fewer middlemen equals more money returned.

Transparent, audit-ready reporting.

Every device is logged, graded, and tracked through our system. You receive detailed reporting on each batch: condition assessments, valuation breakdowns, and recovery outcomes. Your compliance and audit teams will have everything they need without having to ask twice.

Dedicated admin and logistics.

We have teams that do nothing but manage the complex logistics of collecting devices from claimants across all nine provinces, tracking them through grading and processing, and reporting back to our insurance partners. This isn’t a side business for us. It’s a core operation.

We’ve been here for over a decade.

In salvage, longevity matters. New entrants regularly appear offering aggressive pricing. The pattern is predictable: high initial offers, followed by declining payment reliability as the economics catch up with the ambition. We’ve watched it happen repeatedly. We’re still here because our pricing is based on what we actually recover, not on what we hope to recover.

Consignment or outright. Structured for your needs.

Some insurers prefer a fixed price per unit for predictability. Others prefer a consignment model where they share in the higher retail returns. We offer both, and we’re happy to run hybrid models across different device categories. The structure should work for your business, not ours.

How the Partnership Works

You send us the salvage

Whether it’s five claimed iPhones from this week’s claims or five hundred devices from a quarterly batch, we collect from anywhere in South Africa. Secure, insured, tracked.

We grade every item

Each device is assessed individually. Condition, functionality, market value. All logged and reported. We don’t bulk-estimate. We grade per device because that’s where the value accuracy lives.

We recover maximum value

Items are routed to the optimal channel: refurbishment and retail sale, parts harvesting, or component recovery. Nothing is wasted. Nothing is undervalued.

You receive detailed reporting and payment

Full breakdown of every device: what it was, what condition it was in, what it recovered. Payment is fast and reliable. The kind of reliability that lets you build projections around actual numbers rather than hopeful estimates.

Already Have a Salvage Partner?

Good. We’re not asking you to fire them. We’re asking you to test us against them. Send us a batch. Compare our recovery rates, our reporting quality, and our payment speed. If we don’t outperform, you’ve lost nothing. If we do, and historically we do, you’ve just found a way to improve your loss ratios without changing anything else in your operation.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of salvage do you buy?

We buy claimed and salvaged technology across all categories: smartphones, tablets, laptops, gaming consoles, drones, cameras, wearables, premium appliances, audio equipment, and more. If it was insured because it was valuable, we can recover value from it. We handle everything from pristine, unopened claims to water-damaged and cosmetically damaged units.

How do your recovery rates compare to auction or wholesale disposal?

Because we retail directly to consumers through our own platform rather than selling into wholesale or auction channels, we typically achieve significantly higher per-item recovery rates. Fewer intermediaries means more of the recovered value flows back to you. We’re happy to run a pilot batch so you can compare our numbers against your current partner’s.

Can you handle salvage collection nationwide?

Yes. We collect from claimants and insurer facilities across all nine provinces. We have dedicated logistics teams managing collections from Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, and everywhere in between. Every collection is secure, insured, and tracked.

What reporting do you provide?

Every device is individually logged, graded, and tracked. You receive detailed reporting on each batch including condition assessments, valuation breakdowns, and recovery outcomes. Our reports are designed to satisfy your compliance, audit, and claims management requirements without additional follow-up.

Do you offer both outright purchase and consignment models?

Yes. Some insurers prefer a fixed price per unit for budgeting predictability. Others prefer a consignment model where they share in the higher retail returns. We offer both, and we’re comfortable running hybrid models across different device categories within the same partnership.

Let’s Talk Numbers

The conversation starts with an email. We’ll outline our model, discuss volume expectations, and if it makes sense for both sides, we’ll run a pilot batch so you can see the results before committing to anything.

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