If the laptops are worth ~$1000 unlocked and ~$100 locked we're talking about a pretty big loss. Propagating this back up the recycling chain is going to take

If the laptops are worth ~$1000 unlocked and ~$100 locked we're talking about a pretty big loss. Propagating this back up the recycling chain is going to take a while, but eventually all of these companies will have "unlock the laptop" as a step in their checklists.