That's true in the US, but when I looked to buy in the past in London, and a different time in Tel-Aviv (and did a quick look for comparison in other places), i

That's true in the US, but when I looked to buy in the past in London, and a different time in Tel-Aviv (and did a quick look for comparison in other places), it seemed like everything local is being sold at ~50-75% original price, which -- factoring efficiency, CPU advances, and wear -- is more expensive than buying new. It's probably a cultural thing, but it seems that most enterprises prefer to offload at these cheap prices to resellers who like to charge high prices (except, somehow, in the US). Also - both in London and in Tel-Aviv - I had never known any business who bought second hand servers or workstation. I'm sure these businesses exist - but every IT person I've ever talked to only buys new. The US 2nd hand equipment economy makes sense to me, but no other place in the world does.