# Buy Once, Cry Once: How I Wasted $2,857 on Switches

DevFeed: [Buy Once, Cry Once: How I Wasted $2,857 on Switches](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/buy-once-cry-once-how-i-wasted-2-857-on-switches-10515.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/buy-once-cry-once/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2025-06-06T13:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>)

Tags: [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes replacing four networking switches while trying to save money, spending $2,857 in total before purchasing a $2,742 switch they believe they should have bought first. The article reflects on the cost of repeatedly solving the same problem and notes that it was not sponsored.

## Source excerpt

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. 📺 Watch Video Info 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. 📦 Produ...