Second Life Mac wins three contracts

SKOKIE - Second Life Mac, an Apple device buyback company for schools and businesses, has struck several new deals through its Touchless Trade-in program. The availability of an automated, drive-through device collection program is responsible for the company winning three contracts totally 67,000 devices, the company said.

"When schools were forced to close in March because of the pandemic, we knew that refreshing devices would be challenging for districts," said Paula Currie, vice president of procurement for Second Life Mac. "We mobilized quickly to devise a safe way for digital learning devices to be collected from students and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive."

Digital learning devices often are collected from students at the end of the school year, and every three years or so they are refreshed with new devices. Schools with Apple devices will often sell them to a buyback company to take advantage of the devices' significant residual value.