Cisco
Nexus 9000 and 3000 series, Catalyst 9000, 3850 and 2960. The broadest secondary market in networking and the quickest to place.
Cisco Nexus and Catalyst, Arista, Juniper, Dell PowerSwitch, Mellanox and Aruba — 1G through 400G, plus the optics that go in them.
Top-of-rack, spine, edge and access — plus the optics and modules that came with them.
Nexus 9000 and 3000 series, Catalyst 9000, 3850 and 2960. The broadest secondary market in networking and the quickest to place.
7050, 7060, 7280 and 7500 series. Strong demand, particularly on the higher-speed leaf and spine boxes.
QFX5100, QFX5120, EX4300 and MX routers. A narrower market than Cisco but a consistent one.
PowerSwitch S-series, Mellanox and Nvidia SN-series, Aruba 6000-series. All bought, all placed.
SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+, QSFP28 and QSFP-DD. Small, easily lost, and worth real money — send them populated.
Line cards, supervisors, fabric modules and power supplies. These price separately from the chassis, so list them out.
We price each unit on what it is worth back in service. Configuration drives the offer — nothing here is weighed.
The biggest factor. A 93180YC-FX and a 93180YC-EX look identical on a rack elevation and do not price the same.
25G, 100G and 400G leaf and spine boxes carry the strongest numbers. 1G access switches are volume rather than value.
Transceivers add up fast across a fabric. A switch with its optics in is worth more than the same switch bare.
Dual PSUs and the correct airflow direction both matter. Reversed airflow narrows the buyer, and that shows in the offer.
Rail kits, brackets and power cords all add to the line, and they are the things most often lost during a decommission.
A complete leaf-and-spine set out of one build prices better per unit than the same boxes sold piecemeal.
The route changes with the size of the lot. What does not change is that we pay for it and you approve the number first.
One or two switches go by parcel on our account. We email the label; you box them with the rails and hand them over.
We supply pallets, wrap and straps, book the carrier and issue the bill of lading ahead of pickup. Insured in transit at the agreed offer value.
Populated is better than bagged separately — fewer parts to lose in transit and a cleaner check-in against the list.
Rail kits, brackets and power cords are worth money and take up almost no space. They are also the first things to go missing.
We check every shipment against the agreed list on arrival, tell you what we found, and pay by ACH — typically the same business day it lands.
Wrapped, strapped, cornerboarded
No. One switch out of a closet is a real order and so is a whole fabric out of a facility close. Small lots ship on a prepaid label; anything on pallets goes by freight we arrange and pay for.
Per unit, on model, port configuration and generation. Never by weight, and nothing is averaged across the lot.
Because two switches with the same model prefix can be worth very different money once port speed, uplink configuration and PSU count are taken into account. Any published figure would be wrong for most people.
Yes, and send them with the switches rather than separately. Optics are small, easily lost and worth real money — a switch that arrives with its optics populated is worth more than the same switch bare plus a bag of SFPs.
Tell us what is on the box. Licensing rarely transfers cleanly on used networking gear, so we price the hardware on its own merits — but where a licence does travel, it is worth saying so.
Yes — Nexus 9500, Catalyst 9400 and 9500, Arista 7500 series and similar. Line cards, supervisors and fabric modules price separately from the chassis, so list them out if you can.
No. We buy hardware that was working when it came out of service, because we sell it on to be used again. If part of the lot is questionable, flag it when you send the list.
ACH once the shipment is checked in against the agreed list, typically the same business day it lands. Wire on request. We don't pay cash, and ID is required prior to payment.
Send the list — one switch or a whole build, anywhere in the USA. Written per-unit offer back within one business day.
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