Yeah buy one piece and play with it for awhile them move on
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bolton, Travis"
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: What to buy for CCIE written Poll [7:15318]
> Sounds like you've got this all thought out. I'll try to influence her
> based on these replies. Just don't want to get into debt up to my head.
> Guess I'll have to buy it piece by piece. Just wished I started doing
that
> 10 years ago. Thanks for your input it's really appreciated. Wish I
could
> get a advancement from a company to buy these things.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald B Johnson jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 1:39 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bolton, Travis
> Subject: Re: What to buy for CCIE written Poll [7:15318]
>
>
> Yeah that is what I need your wife (boss) and my wife (boss) teaming up on
> me.
> Next thing you know my CCIE lab is for sale on e-bay the whole kit for a
> song-and-dance. :>(
> On a serious note it is All about ROI, you know that the more
> experience/certs you have the more money you can make. Also most of the
> stuff you buy can be tax deductable if purchased with the intent of
> furthering your career. (You get so much per year tax credit) Also I
donate
> alot of stuff to the local library which is another deduction. ( Have
> someone inventory it with the prices, say list price on a book you donate
> and have the person sign it). You can get 50% percent purchase price back,
> ex. A sybex CCNA study guide for 49.95 will net you a twenty five dollar
tax
> deductable donation. And the libabry is more than happy to receive these
> kind of materials. So save your reciepts and donation inventories and
bring
> them to your tax man you will be plesently surprised. You can't resell the
> testing software or the czone labs and subscription but any hardware you
buy
> you will get back your money if you decide to sell it later. Ex the PA-A1-
> OC3MM and NM-16A cards I bought last month for 1,000$ will easily sell for
> that much or more on e-bay after I pass my lab. So really it is an
> investment not an expense. I recently put about 2000$ on ABIZ at 81/2 it
is
> currently 41/4 so I am going to see a better return on the cards than the
> stock short term. If you explain this to your wife you may be surprised at
> the cooperation you recieve, if not just tell her "Trust me in a year or
two
> you'll be able to buy all the shoes you want" :>)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bolton, Travis"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 7:42 AM
> Subject: RE: What to buy for CCIE written Poll [7:15318]
>
>
> > Sounds like a fair assumption. So if I do that can I have my wife call
> > you??? :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Donald B Johnson jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 7:03 PM
> > To: Bolton, Travis; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: What to buy for CCIE written Poll [7:15318]
> >
> >
> > I would buy both just to wear down the wife. Wait till you have to put
> some
> > ATM, ISDN or Voice in your life. That is when you need the fancy dance.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bolton, Travis"
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:17 AM
> > Subject: What to buy for CCIE written Poll [7:15318]
> >
> >
> > > Team,
> > >
> > > If you had a choice between getting a 6 month subscription to
> > > Certificationzone.com or buying all three of the Boson Exams which
would
> > you
> > > do if you had to choose one? I'll have to try to convince the boss
> (wife)
> > > one or the other to purchase :-) Thanks.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Travis Bolton
> > > Network Engineer II
> > > CCNP
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