Anybody ever order your MCTS Certificate from Microsoft?

I recently passed my first M$ exam and I noticed that you have to pay $10 to receive the certificate.
Does anybody how know big the actual certificate is or what the level of quality is? Is the seal on it real or is it just ink?
P.S. I searched this thread, but there is no mention of the size or seal and the certs being discussed are older.
Thanks in advance
Does anybody how know big the actual certificate is or what the level of quality is? Is the seal on it real or is it just ink?
P.S. I searched this thread, but there is no mention of the size or seal and the certs being discussed are older.
Thanks in advance

WGU B.S. Information Technology (Completed January 2013)
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Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
In progress: CLEP US GOV,
Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
That's cool, but I asked specific questions about the quality of the certificate for those who have purchased it.
Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
In progress: CLEP US GOV,
Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
WGU MS:ISA Completed October 30th 2013.
Microsoft charged over $100 for Windows ME, IIRC, and it was far less useful then a thick piece of paper.
Humor aside, I'm very serious in my insinuation that Microsoft would charge money for something that was crappy and worthless. Most businesses would. "Everything is worth what it's purchaser will pay." Perhaps I am too stingy, but I would not pay $0.10 for an embroidered certificate I've already spent hundreds or thousands of dollars on when the sub-one-cent printed PDF will do.
Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
In progress: CLEP US GOV,
Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
I would rather pay Microsoft $10 each for every certificate I'm entitled to, than spend $100 for a crappy O/S like Windows ME....(at the time it came out, of course...lol. I was smart enough to stick with W2K Pro...)
More humor aside, I hate Microsoft's slickness when it comes to charging for their certificates....carbon footprint nonsense. I'm with Hyp, though...and just get the MCITP:EA cert.
I'd rather have Voltron than the individual lions anyway.
It's standard 8.5 by 11. The paper and print quality is good, but the seal is printed in ink. I last ordered a certificate over a year ago so things may have improved.
The certificates originally did have metallic seals. My first three MCTS certificates (received in early 2009) have metallic seals, so they actually look better (shiny = good
MCSA 2003, LFCS, LFCE (expired), VCP6-DCV
I received certificates from Microsoft when they automatically mailed them to you and did not charge. Since they started charging, I haven't ordered any. To be honest, I don't even think I could find my old certificates. Cisco still mails you certs for free.
They aren't really worth anything unless you want to frame them and hang them. I wouldn't do that for an MCTS that builds up to an MCITP... just do the MCITP. If your life is SCOM or SCCM, then maybe you do it for those, because that is all there is, however.
They really aren't worth having unless you want to frame them - we have a wall in the office for certifications which is the only reason I bought one.
Anyway, if you want to hang them up, I'd spring for the $10 certificate. Also, when I bought mine, I'm thinking each additional certificate was like 1 buck, so I ordered 2 of each. It's crazy, I know, but it made me feel better about getting 2 for $11 vs 1 for $10. :P
to be fair, I think Cisco gives you the choice of a digital copy or a physical copy for free. And then if you choose physical, and then go back and get a digital copy, you have to pay for said digital copy..... which I thought was crazy when I got the CCENT.
CWTS, then WireShark
this cracked me up
CWTS, then WireShark