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6 Exams for 39 $ Think again they are only 5 exams: Rip off

by marwaradwan Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:08 pm

Guys

hope you will post this

You guys sell 6 exams for 39 dollars when they r only 5 and you count the free one as sixth
[Edited by Stacey: this is not actually true. Please see my reply below.]

Your product descritpion is at fault and you do not even man enough and put it in the email you send to your customer

Shame on you breaking even while riping off students
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Re: 6 Exams for 39 $ Think again they are only 5 exams: Rip off

by ajafari Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:06 pm

As a MGMAT student, I can honestly say MGMAT does not nickel and dime its students. It's actually quite the contrary as I will explain below. But to address your point directly, I believe there are 6 exams plus a 7th that is free. In addition, by purchasing just one of their books for ~$20, you have access to all 7 exams. Compare this to other GMAT companies that charge as much as $20 PER exam.

Now to address the cheapness or lack of cheapness for that matter. Their classrooms have an abundance of free snacks, notebooks, pens, organic teas, ALL FREE to the students. As an added benefit they order pizzas and sodas on your last day of class. When I first discovered this, I wondered why the company would so such a thing...Surely its competitors would avoid these costs which eat into their profits. It's called customer satisfaction. Think about it, if MGMAT is willing to spend extra amounts of money on pizza and notebooks for students, it means that they're not likely to be cutting costs across the board i.e. making sure their instructors stop right on the clock, restricted office hrs slots, not having adequate coverage on the forums. I think most of their students feel they received a good value for their money. In addition, MGMAT has instructors that go beyond the call of duty in spending extra time with students, and an awesome customer support staff. In all, I think most students would agree that its money well spent.
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Re: 6 Exams for 39 $ Think again they are only 5 exams: Rip off

by marwaradwan Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:38 pm

I have not argued that MGMAT is not a good value for money.....am saying they are selling less than they advertize.

and since you said "you believe that they are 6 and 7th free" then i can affirm that u do not know first hand like myself

Had they said that that they are willing to give me only 5 exams for the 39 dollars then i would have been just as fine...but it was their choice to do this the cheap way

and when u r income is 1000 dollars a month then one exam makes a difference and there would not be enough money for pizza and notebooks so u deserve to get what u pay for your money all the way
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Re: 6 Exams for 39 $ Think again they are only 5 exams: Rip off

by tomslawsky Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:05 pm

Dude- go to the "rain Forest" book store and buy one of the MGMT study guides for 18 bucks. You get all of the tests included with the book purchase and it's half the price of buying the exams directly from MGMT.
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Re: 6 Exams for 39 $ Think again they are only 5 exams: Rip off

by StaceyKoprince Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:57 pm

Actually - the free exam is separate from the 6 exams that you buy. The question pool for the free exam does not overlap in any way with the question pool for the other 6 exams. They are actually two completely separate products - not just in the way that we sell them, but in the way that they exist in our computers.

I'm not sure why you think that it is not this way - if you're having some kind of technical problem, please contact tech support and they'll help you straighten things out.

Also, as others have pointed out, if you buy a book, you get access to the 6 exams for a lower price. :)
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