Free eLearning Course offer; Course catalog misrepresenting materi

Hello all,

I just signed up for this free eLearning offer:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/el...e/default.mspx The deal states
clearly that the code is for a course and not a collection. Okay, that's fair.

Excited to get some free training, I cruised over to the course catalog and
looked for some good courses. I found one that I liked:
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/e...PriceId=137972

It's a course 2936 for SQL server. I add it to my cart and then try to apply
the code that I received. I get this error message: "The discount code that
you typed is either not valid or has expired. " Huh?! Then I notice that my
shopping cart says "Collection 2936: Installing and Securing Microsoft® SQL
Serverâ„¢ 2005" Wait A minute!! "Collection"? I go back to the course catalog
and it says that 2936 is a course, not a collection.

Hmmm... I tried it with course 2937 and got the same results. The course
catalog says that it is a course but when I add it to the shopping cart, it
suddenly says that 2936 (or 2937) is a collection. Thusly, the code cannot be
used. *sigh*

I'm feeling slightly bait-and-switched at the moment. Can anyone shed any
light on this situation.

Thanks,

DoubleHelix

Looking back on my post, I realise that this may not have been the most
appropriate place to ask this question. I've come here through Microsoft's
web based newsgroup portal, and the heirarchy of topics that got me here was
English -> Learning -> General Discussion. When I look up at the newsgroup
heirarchy I see microsoft.public.certification. Hmm... not quite the same.

Anyway, if there's a better palce to post this, could someone point me to it?

Thanks,

"DoubleHelix" wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I just signed up for this free eLearning offer:
> http://www.microsoft.com/learning/el...e/default.mspx The deal states
> clearly that the code is for a course and not a collection. Okay, that's fair.
>
> Excited to get some free training, I cruised over to the course catalog and
> looked for some good courses. I found one that I liked:
> https://www.microsoftelearning.com/e...PriceId=137972
>
> It's a course 2936 for SQL server. I add it to my cart and then try to apply
> the code that I received. I get this error message: "The discount code that
> you typed is either not valid or has expired. " Huh?! Then I notice that my
> shopping cart says "Collection 2936: Installing and Securing Microsoft® SQL
> Serverâ„¢ 2005" Wait A minute!! "Collection"? I go back to the course catalog
> and it says that 2936 is a course, not a collection.
>
> Hmmm... I tried it with course 2937 and got the same results. The course
> catalog says that it is a course but when I add it to the shopping cart, it
> suddenly says that 2936 (or 2937) is a collection. Thusly, the code cannot be
> used. *sigh*
>
> I'm feeling slightly bait-and-switched at the moment. Can anyone shed any
> light on this situation.
>
> Thanks,
>
>

DoubleHelix

This post was just recently brought to my attention and I'd like to try and
assist if it is still unresolved at this point. What is the best way to
contact you?

"DoubleHelix" wrote:

> Looking back on my post, I realise that this may not have been the most
> appropriate place to ask this question. I've come here through Microsoft's
> web based newsgroup portal, and the heirarchy of topics that got me here was
> English -> Learning -> General Discussion. When I look up at the newsgroup
> heirarchy I see microsoft.public.certification. Hmm... not quite the same.
>
> Anyway, if there's a better palce to post this, could someone point me to it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> "DoubleHelix" wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I just signed up for this free eLearning offer:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/learning/el...e/default.mspx The deal states
> > clearly that the code is for a course and not a collection. Okay, that's fair.
> >
> > Excited to get some free training, I cruised over to the course catalog and
> > looked for some good courses. I found one that I liked:
> > https://www.microsoftelearning.com/e...PriceId=137972
> >
> > It's a course 2936 for SQL server. I add it to my cart and then try to apply
> > the code that I received. I get this error message: "The discount code that
> > you typed is either not valid or has expired. " Huh?! Then I notice that my
> > shopping cart says "Collection 2936: Installing and Securing Microsoft® SQL
> > Serverâ„¢ 2005" Wait A minute!! "Collection"? I go back to the course catalog
> > and it says that 2936 is a course, not a collection.
> >
> > Hmmm... I tried it with course 2937 and got the same results. The course
> > catalog says that it is a course but when I add it to the shopping cart, it
> > suddenly says that 2936 (or 2937) is a collection. Thusly, the code cannot be
> > used. *sigh*
> >
> > I'm feeling slightly bait-and-switched at the moment. Can anyone shed any
> > light on this situation.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >

MS Learning

Hi! Thanks for your response!

I think it would be best to contact me through my Yahoo account:
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I await your contact,


DH

"MS Learning" wrote:

> This post was just recently brought to my attention and I'd like to try and
> assist if it is still unresolved at this point. What is the best way to
> contact you?
>
> "DoubleHelix" wrote:
>
> > Looking back on my post, I realise that this may not have been the most
> > appropriate place to ask this question. I've come here through Microsoft's
> > web based newsgroup portal, and the heirarchy of topics that got me here was
> > English -> Learning -> General Discussion. When I look up at the newsgroup
> > heirarchy I see microsoft.public.certification. Hmm... not quite the same.
> >
> > Anyway, if there's a better palce to post this, could someone point me to it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > "DoubleHelix" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I just signed up for this free eLearning offer:
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/learning/el...e/default.mspx The deal states
> > > clearly that the code is for a course and not a collection. Okay, that's fair.
> > >
> > > Excited to get some free training, I cruised over to the course catalog and
> > > looked for some good courses. I found one that I liked:
> > > https://www.microsoftelearning.com/e...PriceId=137972
> > >
> > > It's a course 2936 for SQL server. I add it to my cart and then try to apply
> > > the code that I received. I get this error message: "The discount code that
> > > you typed is either not valid or has expired. " Huh?! Then I notice that my
> > > shopping cart says "Collection 2936: Installing and Securing Microsoft® SQL
> > > Serverâ„¢ 2005" Wait A minute!! "Collection"? I go back to the course catalog
> > > and it says that 2936 is a course, not a collection.
> > >
> > > Hmmm... I tried it with course 2937 and got the same results. The course
> > > catalog says that it is a course but when I add it to the shopping cart, it
> > > suddenly says that 2936 (or 2937) is a collection. Thusly, the code cannot be
> > > used. *sigh*
> > >
> > > I'm feeling slightly bait-and-switched at the moment. Can anyone shed any
> > > light on this situation.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >

DoubleHelix