For even greater savings, try buying used equipment through an online auction. The day we checked, there were at least 925 Cisco switches listed on eBay, the most well-known supplier of new and used anything and everything. All our purchases from eBay have worked out well, and with millions of transactions a day, we suspect that most folks are satisfied.
However, there's always a downside to online auctions: the risk that the seller won't deliver the equipment in the condition promised--or even at all. The stories of misrepresentation and outright fraud we hear lead us to the conclusion that as a buyer, you always need to do your homework and be wary of any deal that seems too good to be true. It probably is.
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