From: darth router (darklordrouter@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Sep 15 2007 - 12:24:53 ART
Yea, not to defend cisco or anything (those greedy rat bastards!), but the
paper exams have been increasing over the years. They probably should have
made an announcment in advance. It could show that they are so high and
mighty that they think they can do anything to us. Really, we are their feet
on the street, the extension of the sales force that makes shit happen. On
the flip side of things, I gotta thank cisco for giving me a career path. I
might have been working construction like my old man :P
DR
On 9/15/07, Gary Duncanson <gary.duncanson@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> I suppose if the prices havn't increased in such a long time then it is
> probably fair enough really.
>
> Im self financing so no rush to get to Brussels just yet :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Perrier" <thomas@perrier.name>
> To: "'groupstudy'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:48 AM
> Subject: Re: $1,400
>
>
> > On 15/09/07 4:57, "David Prall" <dcp@dcptech.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In Brussels it is $1512.50 under the old policy
> >>
> >> http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/exam/wire_information.html
> >>
> >> So it is $1400 effective 9/7/2007
> >> http://tinyurl.com/2zlcnz
> >
> > You'll probably have to add the 21% Belgian VAT on those $1400, for a
> > total
> > of $1694 (ouch!). You had to when the lab was priced at $1250, which
> made
> > the $1512.50 price. At least if your company pays for it and is based in
> > the
> > EU, I believe it can get the VAT amount back. But if that's out of your
> > own
> > pocket, I feel the pain!
> >
> > And about the price increase, granted, it's a little steep at 12%, but
> how
> > often does the price get increased? I read on a Cisco support page that
> > the
> > pricing of their exams hadn't changed since 1999:
> >
> > " How often does Cisco change exam prices?
> >
> > Cisco changes exam prices only when warranted by program offerings and
> > market conditions. In most cases, the fees for exams covered by the
> > September 7, 2007 price change have not increased since 1999. "
> >
> > 12% every eight years is perfectly normal; most products' prices
> increase
> > 1
> > to 2% per year. Ever heard of inflation? The written only took a 5% hit
> > since 1999, which is actually a bargain.
> >
> > Correct me if the CCIE exams had been increased since 1999, as the Cisco
> > statement only covers "most" exams (which isn't exactly like "all" :).
> >
> > -Thomas Perrier
> > #18731 (R&S)
> >
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