Buy Once, Cry Once: How I Wasted $2,857 on Switches
I bought and replaced 4 switches trying to save money… Then I finally spent $2,742 on the one I should’ve bought in the first place.
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This isn’t sponsored — I paid for the switch myself along with all of the others included in the total. And it’s not really about networking. It’s about the cost of solving the same problem over and over again.
Buy once, cry once.
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I ignored “Buy Once, Cry Once.”
Spent $2,857 on 4 switches over time…
Then $2,742 on the one I should’ve bought first.https://t.co/5n84XIcXeL pic.twitter.com/RQkV8zT9IP</p>— Techno Tim (@TechnoTimLive) June 6, 2025
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