{"id":522,"date":"2011-12-07T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Training-budget-use-it-or-lose-it-prepaid-seats-offer.aspx"},"modified":"2013-01-01T20:52:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T04:52:19","slug":"training-budget-use-it-or-lose-it-prepaid-seats-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/training-budget-use-it-or-lose-it-prepaid-seats-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Training budget: use it or lose it &#8211; prepaid seats offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">It&#39;s the end of the financial year for most companies and we&#39;ve had two companies in the last week approach us about pre-paying for 2012 classes to use up 2011 budget.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We&#39;ve put together an offer that will run from now through the end of April (to entice you to spend 2012 budget early too!) where you can <strong>pre-pay six class seats for the price of five<\/strong> at the early-bird price (i.e. $14,975 &#8211; saving $2,995).<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Here&#39;s how it works:<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">You go to our <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/reg\/eventregistration.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">registration page<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\"><font size=\"2\"> and select <em>&#39;Pre-paid 6 seats for the price of 5 for 2012 classes&#39;.<\/em> You can pay using any of our methods &#8211; and we can also invoice a PO if you want.<\/font><\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The six seats MUST be used for classes in 2012 in the US (we can discuss the UK classes over email &#8211; it&#39;s more complicated).<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The seats can be used in any combination of US classes and do not have to be in the same class or the same person.<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">It covers the class fees but does NOT register anyone automatically. Class attendees need to register for the desired class ASAP to secure their seats, as seats are only available in a class until the class is sold out.<\/font>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n\t<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The process to register for a class using a pre-paid seat is to select the &#39;Check\/Wire Transfer\/Prepaid Block&#39; payment option for the desired class, use the discount code &#39;prepaid&#39;, and complete registration. 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