1. Marco said that on the forum long after I gave up on v-racks. 2. My sales person NEVER stated that they would extend the sessions.
Bottom line, it's still a customer service issue. They're well aware that they could tweak their system and policy to better meet the needs of their students and they choose not to. It's very much like the errors that are in the workbooks that come up on the forums occasionally. Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Bob McCouch <[email protected]> wrote: > Two comments on your experience, Rob: > > 1) I believe Marko has stated before at you can contact ProctorLabs > support to start a session after the designated start time, but then > you'll get less than your 8 hours (slot still ends at the same time). > > 2) Regarding voucher expiration, I was told when I purchased the BLS > that vouchers could be extended by the sales team. Indeed, most of > mine were set to expire last month and I contacted a sales rep and > asked for an extension. They were extended for another year. > > However, I also find the PL time blocks to be inconvenient (and hard > to schedule when I want them, they always seem all booked), so I built > a home lab using 3560/3550 switches, a Dynamips/IOU server, and 3 > 1841s to act as R1, R7, and R8 (as they don't need frame connectivity > to the other devices). This hybrid lab gives me just about everything > I need and with smart eBay shopping and some ingenuity I put the whole > thing together for about US$2500 (including a 3750 breakout switch, a > small server, rack, power control, console server, etc). > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 31, 2012, at 11:30 AM, Rob Pool <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't remember how many sessions came with my End-to-End solution, but I >> ended up letting a significant amount of them expire. It was very >> frustrating to have spent a lot of money and not get that value. I could >> have even dealt with the 8 hour window if they would have at least allowed >> you to schedule a rack after the window started if there was one available. >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Jay McMickle <[email protected]> >> To: Rob Pool <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; >> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:46 AM >> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] vrack time slots availability >> >> >> LOL. >> I have VRACK time, but I don't want to burn 8 hour slots, either! My >> suggestion- cut the cost in half or make 4 hour sessions available! >> >> Regards, >> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (R&S) >> Sent from iJay >> >> On May 31, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Rob Pool <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Haha, It seems like I'm good at getting myself in trouble. :) Hopefully >> Marco won't put the smack down on me too badly. >>> >>> >>> I really don't believe that I said anything that wasn't true. I'm sure that >>> most everyone at IPX knows that their customers want a shorter time slot >>> and have for quite some time. The last time this email thread came up I >>> believe Marco made mention of some potential technical issues with going to >>> 4 hour time slots. The reality is IPX will require a big enough business >>> driver to make it worth their effort to overcome the technical issues. >>> Business Driver=Money. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Jay McMickle <[email protected]> >>> To: Rob Pool <[email protected]> >>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; >>> "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:56 AM >>> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] vrack time slots availability >>> >>> Uh oh. I think I hear Marco coming. You are sooooo in trouble! ;) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (R&S) >>> Sent from iJay >>> >>> On May 31, 2012, at 6:22 AM, Rob Pool <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nothing against IPX, because they've provided invaluable training >>>> material. However, they've been talking about 4 hour time slots at least a >>>> couple years and it hasn't happened yet. I went out and bought my own rack >>>> of gear to the tune of over $11k. Fortunately for those that haven't done >>>> that yet, the prices have dropped significantly and you could probably do >>>> it for less than half of that. My suggestion is do the same if you want >>>> the freedom and flexibility to train when you have time. Also, the best >>>> way to institute change is with your money going somewhere else. A vendor >>>> can ignore requests when you're still spending money, but they can't if >> revenues are dropping. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On May 31, 2012, at 4:43 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello IP Experts, >>>>> >>>>> A few weeks if not months ago I asked the same already, whether there >>>>> will be a chance for booking the vracks for 4hour slots instead of >>>>> current 8hours. The reasoning why I provided that time and looked like >>>>> there are much more people from this community who are interested in the >>>>> same than anyone including me could expect. >>>>> >>>>> The response from the IPX instructor that time was that IPX is thinking >>>>> of implementing 4hour slots but had not definite plan for that. Let me >>>>> therefore ask you again the same, will you please make the 4hour vrack >>>>> time slots available for those who are based in Europe, those who just >>>>> need to spend labbing time on individual technologies >> and are not interested yet in practicing the mock labs where 8hour slots are >> understandable? >>>>> >>>>> Marian Franc >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >>>>> visit www.ipexpert.com >>>>> >>>>> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out >>>>> www.PlatinumPlacement.com >>>>> >>>>> http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >>>> visit www.ipexpert.com >>>> >>>> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? 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