From: Vladimir Shchutski (vshchutski@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 14:42:32 GMT-3
certification costs less -> less valuable -> worse aka
MS??
Cisco should raise price to 1251.00 at least :)
--- Nathan <nathan@arteck.com> wrote:
> Now I have heard of competitors dropping prices to
> match their competitor,
> but never heard of someone raising them to match
> their competitor! I find
> it odd that this $1250.00 price that has Cisco has
> raised their lab price to
> is the exact price that Juniper had set months
> ago... any comments?
>
> /n
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ccie@cisco.com [mailto:ccie@cisco.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 10:44 PM
> > To: nathan@arteck.com
> > Subject: Change in CCIE Lab Price
> >
> >
> > March 1, 2001
> >
> > Dear CCIE Candidate,
> >
> > We are contacting you to confirm that you are
> currently scheduled for a
> > CCIE lab exam and that we will soon be
> implementing some program
> > changes that may have an impact upon you.
> >
> > After a rigorous evaluation of our current cost
> structure, we find it
> > necessary to increase our CCIE Lab exam fee to
> reflect our current cost
> > of doing business. The present $1,000 lab fee has
> been in effect since
> > the CCIE organization was first launched in 1993.
> Effective on April 1,
> > 2001, we will begin charging customers $1,250 US
> per lab attempt, (plus
> > any applicable local taxes).
> >
> > Since you have already received an email
> confirmation from Cisco
> > regarding the current lab fee of $1,000 US (plus
> any applicable taxes),
> > we would be happy to honor that price as long as
> we receive payment no
> > later than March 31, 2001. If we receive payment
> from you following that
> > date, the new lab fee will apply. If you decide to
> pay after April 1,
> > 2001 this email will also serve as a new
> confirmation.
> >
> > To make immediate payment, please contact the
> customer service
> > representative in the region where you will be
> taking your exam:
> >
> > North and South America: ccie_ucsa@cisco.com
> > Europe, Middle East and Africa:
> ccie_emea@cisco.com
> > Asia and the Pacific Rim: ccie_apt@cisco.com
> >
> > Best of luck with your lab exam!
> >
> > Lorne Braddock
> > Sr. Manager, CCIE Program
> >
>
>
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