All three assignments

Waterville TG, summer 2026

30 switches obtained under warranty

Situation

In summer 2026, replacing the switches at Waterville TG was one of the six assignments IT management gave me.

I sat in on the system administrators’ infrastructure meetings, and the assignment came out of those discussions.

What I did

As a level 2 support intern, I checked the manufacturer’s lifetime warranty, model by model, then prepared the claims.

Result

$63,486 in purchases avoided, before tax, at public prices on August 5, 2026.Note 1

The claims were accepted and 30 switches were supplied at no cost.

How it went, May 25 to August 14, 2026

  1. My second internship at Waterville TG started, this time in level 2 support.

  2. Coverage check

    I checked each model in the fleet against the manufacturer’s lifetime warranty.

  3. Claims

    I prepared the claims, and they were filed under that warranty.

  4. By the date of my internship report, the claims had been accepted.

  5. My internship ended with this assignment delivered.

Notes

  1. How the avoided costs were calculated

    The $63,486 total, before tax, comes from public prices on August 5, 2026, compared across three supplier pages for each model.

    For each model, the three prices match; gaps under $0.01 count as equal.

    Only posted retail prices are used.

    The report also gives $176,520 in equivalent catalogue value for the same 30 units.

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