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| 1173253 | 2011-01-28 02:43:00 | Just heard from someone who was sent an invoice from their IT company to renew the cert on their SBS server...$5,000. Hmmmmmm |
FAB (6923) | ||
| 1173254 | 2011-01-28 02:57:00 | Renew the certificate for what? As far as I'm aware, SBS is a one-off purchase (as are CALs), and there isn't any kind of subscription involved. Are you sure they weren't purchasing another Windows Server version, rather than renewing their existing one? |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1173255 | 2011-01-28 03:12:00 | Is there a question here? Is there any more specific info? Could easily be a higher-end, longer-duration SSL certificate with extras for that price. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1173256 | 2011-01-28 04:24:00 | That's a good point, it may not be SBS that they're paying for. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 1173257 | 2011-01-28 04:37:00 | Microsoft Software Assurance agreement or something like that perhaps? Which isn't compulsary to renew AFAIK. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1173258 | 2011-01-28 08:42:00 | or possibly a scam | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1173259 | 2011-01-28 20:58:00 | could be authentication certificate | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1173260 | 2011-01-30 18:41:00 | Sorry should have been more specific - was pi$$ed off and just posted a short message. Just an SSL cert that you can pick up for what... US$50 on godaddy? | FAB (6923) | ||
| 1173261 | 2011-01-30 19:37:00 | Seriously? They charged $5k for a bog-standard, normal, not special in any way SSL certificate with a standard expiry (one or two years)? That's a pretty significant breach of trust, and possibly illegal. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1173262 | 2011-01-30 20:14:00 | Yup - I was quite stunned. They *wanted* to charge $5k, luckily I saw the invoice and put a stop to it. I've advised the client to go to another IT provider based on that invioce, plus some other 'discrepancies'. | FAB (6923) | ||
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