FAQ
Have Questions About MMI? Review Our FAQ’s Or Contact Us.
The Insider Advantage is free with membership to any of MMI’s used machinery buying or selling portals. With membership, you gain exclusive access to instant insider pricing, new inventory, private deals and more. You'll save time and money finding the right machine when you need it, hassle-free.
Machinery Marketing International has two divisions from which machines are listed for sale: MMI Direct and MMI Auction.
MMI Direct is a used machinery marketplace showcasing quality used equipment from chip manufacturing to fabrication machines. MMI Direct showcases special sales, pre-removal deals, and priority notification through the ‘Insider Advantage’ membership network.
MMI Auction is a robust, proprietary online auction platform where special machinery sales such as consolidations, liquidations, and plant surplus and asset management auctions are held.
MMI has a buying and selling network of over 100,000 active subscribers, and we work hard to get the right machines to the right people at the right times!
We do accept business banking checks. Checks must clear prior to equipment removal.
Please email our in-house finance department at: olivia@mmi-direct.com
Yes, MMI purchases used machinery directly from manufacturers and businesses. If you want to sell your machine, please contact us with details so we can assist you.
We sell a wide range of used industrial machinery, including but not limited to CNC machines, fabrication equipment, machine tools, grinders, lathes, machining centers, presses, lasers, and more.
We offer machines from all major brands and manufacturers across the industry. Our inventory is sourced directly from end users to ensure quality and reliability.
Our Search Agent is a personalized service that notifies you when machines matching your criteria become available, helping you find the exact equipment you need faster.
Our machines are primarily located across the United States, many housed in our climate-controlled 40,000 sq. ft. warehouse just outside Chicago, ensuring they remain in excellent condition.
MMI is headquartered in Chicago, IL.
We maintain a large, climate-controlled warehouse facility just south of Chicago where many machines are stored, inspected, and maintained before sale.
MMI has decades of experience in the used machinery market, leveraging deep industry knowledge to serve buyers and sellers effectively.
Delivery times vary based on location and logistics. We will coordinate with you and provide estimated shipping timelines once your purchase is confirmed.
Yes, we coordinate rigging, transportation, and installation through a trusted network of partners nationwide. Our goal is to make the entire process seamless for you.
Absolutely. Let us know the machine details and your location, and we’ll provide competitive quotes for these services.
MMI Gathers Information From You In Two Ways
(1) information you provide voluntarily, including, without limitation, during voluntary registration or related to Equipment listings, and
(2) information passively collected through technologies, such as cookies, web beacons and server log files
Information You Provide
The “personal information” we collect includes information you provide us, which may consist of name, postal address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, demographics, activities, location information and payment information and other reasonably identifying information relevant to customer surveys, and/or offers. Personal information does not include “de-identified,” “anonymous” or “aggregate information,” which are not associated with a specific person or entity. You may give us personal information in a variety of ways, including, without limitation, when you:
(A) Purchase or use any Services or engage in other online transactions on the Site;
(B) Sign up for our membership or otherwise receive our publications, email communications, and feeds from blogs and social media, link to our social media platforms, and use our application (e.g., addresses for email and other electronic communications, log-in information, social media account information).
(C) Communicate with us through our Contact Us page (please note that you should not send confidential or proprietary information to us via email, other electronic communication, or via a post to a public platform); or
(D) Download content from the Site and when you otherwise knowingly provide personal information to us.
Information Collected Automatically
We automatically collect information about you or the browser or device you used to access the Site or to transmit information (such as hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information including phone number), log information (Internet Protocol address, browser type, system activity, hardware settings, browser settings and language, date and time of access, last URL visited, cookies, how you used the Site), cookies that may uniquely identify your browser, and, if you enable Site features that are enabled for location detection, we may collect information about your actual location (such as GPS signals and other geo-location data), when you access the Site, using automated means such as cookies, web server logs, web beacons and JavaScript. We may link information we automatically collect with personal information for any lawful purpose, such as to improve and analyze the use of our Services, to improve the visitor experience at the Site or our membership, to deliver services or products, to communicate with you, to monitor the security and integrity of the Site and to analyze our operations. We may also send a “cookie,” “pixel tag,” clear gif or web beacons to your device that contains identification unique to the device you are using. The information we receive through cookies, web beacons and similar technologies may enable us to recognize users across devices, such as smartphones, computers, tablets or related browsers. Depending upon your device or computer, you may be able to set your browser(s) to reject cookies or delete cookies, but that may result in the loss of some functionality on the Site.
Absolutely. Let us know the machine details and your location, and we’ll provide competitive quotes for these services.
MMI Gathers Information From You In Two Ways
(1) information you provide voluntarily, including, without limitation, during voluntary registration or related to Equipment listings, and
(2) information passively collected through technologies, such as cookies, web beacons and server log files
Information You Provide
The “personal information” we collect includes information you provide us, which may consist of name, postal address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, demographics, activities, location information and payment information and other reasonably identifying information relevant to customer surveys, and/or offers. Personal information does not include “de-identified,” “anonymous” or “aggregate information,” which are not associated with a specific person or entity. You may give us personal information in a variety of ways, including, without limitation, when you:
(A) Purchase or use any Services or engage in other online transactions on the Site;
(B) Sign up for our membership or otherwise receive our publications, email communications, and feeds from blogs and social media, link to our social media platforms, and use our application (e.g., addresses for email and other electronic communications, log-in information, social media account information).
(C) Communicate with us through our Contact Us page (please note that you should not send confidential or proprietary information to us via email, other electronic communication, or via a post to a public platform); or
(D) Download content from the Site and when you otherwise knowingly provide personal information to us.
Information Collected Automatically
We automatically collect information about you or the browser or device you used to access the Site or to transmit information (such as hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information including phone number), log information (Internet Protocol address, browser type, system activity, hardware settings, browser settings and language, date and time of access, last URL visited, cookies, how you used the Site), cookies that may uniquely identify your browser, and, if you enable Site features that are enabled for location detection, we may collect information about your actual location (such as GPS signals and other geo-location data), when you access the Site, using automated means such as cookies, web server logs, web beacons and JavaScript. We may link information we automatically collect with personal information for any lawful purpose, such as to improve and analyze the use of our Services, to improve the visitor experience at the Site or our membership, to deliver services or products, to communicate with you, to monitor the security and integrity of the Site and to analyze our operations. We may also send a “cookie,” “pixel tag,” clear gif or web beacons to your device that contains identification unique to the device you are using. The information we receive through cookies, web beacons and similar technologies may enable us to recognize users across devices, such as smartphones, computers, tablets or related browsers. Depending upon your device or computer, you may be able to set your browser(s) to reject cookies or delete cookies, but that may result in the loss of some functionality on the Site.
We work with select financing partners to assist buyers. Please contact us to discuss available financing options tailored to your needs.
To sell a machine through MMI, please provide detailed machine information, photos, condition, location, and any maintenance history to help us market it effectively.
Yes, we accept trade-ins on equipment in certain cases. Contact us to discuss your specific situation.