MS second chance or Ebay voucher

kctxau

Kind of a tough choice. You pay full price for the MS second shot, but you get just that if you need it.
Ebay voucher, you can easily save $40. For instance, I have worked for many years supporting
4000 users in an XP desktop environment in a Windows and Netware environment, VPN, T/S, imaging/ghost etc. I would have thought that the 70-270 eam would be a breeze. However, practice exams reveal I cannot pass a 70-270 exam! Some of the exam scenarios don't seem to be anything anyone would ever encounter. If I did, I would not take the recommended approach, not even in my wildest dream!
That said, I guess I will go with the second shot, its better to get a free $125 chance, than a hopeful $40 savings.

astorrs

The second shot offer can be used with other voucher codes (you enter one then the other).

dvalenzuela

astorrs wrote:

The second shot offer can be used with other voucher codes (you enter one then the other).

That means if I have the 15% voucher that comes in the MSpress Books, I can mix it w/ the 2nd shot voucher code? Is it true??

astorrs

yup

dvalenzuela

It's good to know....... Thanks Astorrs

kctxau

astorrs wrote:

The second shot offer can be used with other voucher codes (you enter one then the other).

Well, now I am confused. According to MS, the second shot cannot be used with other discounts.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/offers/secondshot/faq/default.mspx

Q. Can other offers or discounts be combined with the Second Shot offer?
A. No, the Second Shot offer cannot be combined with any other offer or discount.

dvalenzuela

mmm Interesting........... WELLL THEN?????

astorrs

Interesting, this seems to be a change compared to the previous second shot offer (I doubled up a bunch of them back then). I would call Prometric to confirm if you can use exam vouchers along with the secondshot code - I never failed one so it's possible that one just overwrote the other (the second shot ones never gave any indication they worked for anyone - you had to call and confirm).

dynamik

astorrs wrote:

I never failed one so it's possible that one just overwrote the other (the second shot ones never gave any indication they worked for anyone - you had to call and confirm).

I could definitely see that happening

Everything I've seen says you can't use the second shot with anything else.

astorrs

Just confirmed with someone I know in ACE at Microsoft Learning, and she says I just got lucky.

So please do not listen to anything I previously said, I know nothing.

Now, she says: the secondshot offer cannot be combined with any MSPress discount voucher, MCT discount, corporate voucher, partner skills plus, prepaid voucher, or any other type of voucher/promo code.

The only quasi-exception to this is the currently discounted (because they are retiring) SQL & Developer exams. Since they are already discounted in Prometric's system (by 40%) you can combine them with the secondshot offer.

Sorry

dvalenzuela

Thanks AStorss................................