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What does this mean?

1) The 2 international winners will receive their books directly from Cisco Press. Sorry, no sticker for you.
2) The 3 winners from the US will receive their books from me. Yes, with a sticker.
3) For this month only, I need to pick 2 more winners from the States that I can ship the extra copies to. Yes, with a sticker.
4) Cisco Press rocks!


Pretty awsome of them. So two more random draws?

Just as a side thought are they willing to do digital copies or just hard covers? DC might be easier to get out to people oversees.

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that1guy15 wrote:
Steve wrote:
What does this mean?

1) The 2 international winners will receive their books directly from Cisco Press. Sorry, no sticker for you.
2) The 3 winners from the US will receive their books from me. Yes, with a sticker.
3) For this month only, I need to pick 2 more winners from the States that I can ship the extra copies to. Yes, with a sticker.
4) Cisco Press rocks!


Pretty awsome of them. So two more random draws?

Just as a side thought are they willing to do digital copies or just hard covers? DC might be easier to get out to people oversees.



I was thinking the same thing....and that's Awesome of Cisco Press to offer to do that

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So anyone outside the states loses out??
That's not cricket :naughty:

Cisco Press and Cisco need to realise that the rest of the world make up a lot of their customer base :?

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So anyone outside the states loses out??
That's not cricket :naughty:

Cisco Press and Cisco need to realise that the rest of the world make up a lot of their customer base :?


Are you for real? This is *my* shipping issue not Cisco Press'.

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Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth. Gees. :roll:

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Very cool of Cisco Press. 2 more winners announced after lunch today?

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Any suggestions on how to pick the other 2 winners? I can't be sure that a random pick from the list is from the US.

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Give all the US entrants a day to check in via a PM to you and then do a random drawing on the order of their checkin. Like if I checked in via a PM first I would be #1 and if Vito checked in next he would be #2 and so on.

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Either a PM to you or a seperate thread (or use this one). You have x hours or days to respond to the thread or PM. Randomize how you want from there. Wirerat's suggestion is along the lines of what Im thinking.

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Steve wrote:
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So anyone outside the states loses out??
That's not cricket :naughty:

Cisco Press and Cisco need to realise that the rest of the world make up a lot of their customer base :?


Are you for real? This is *my* shipping issue not Cisco Press'.


Man Steve! Now you hate people with PO Boxes and those outside the US?!? Tisk tisk :D
Just joking, you da man!

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Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth. Gees. :roll:


The way I was reading what was said was that there would be 2 extra winners in the US and I commented such.
I do appreciate what is being done with the book giveaway.

If it offended sorry, but an explanation would have sufficed, still apology offered unreservedly.

To any others who commented...............

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Just randomly pick people, and then if they turn out to be an international person give them the opportunity to pay part of the shipping costs or pass on the book?

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Just randomly pick people, and then if they turn out to be an international person give them the opportunity to pay part of the shipping costs or pass on the book?

The shipping costs are 2-3 times more expensive than the book. Sharing the costs would not help much.

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expaddy wrote:
The way I was reading what was said was that there would be 2 extra winners in the US and I commented such.


Cisco Press offered 5 books and shipped them to me. There were 2 intl winners and 3 in the states. I freaked out at the cost of shipping internationally. Cisco Press saved the day by offering 2 *additional* books that they would ship to the international winners. That leaves me with 5 books. Since *I* have the issue with the cost of shipping internationally, those 5 books are going to people in the states.

So yes, 2 *extra* winners in the states, but that has nothing to do with Cisco/Cisco Press which is why this:

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Cisco Press and Cisco need to realise that the rest of the world make up a lot of their customer base :?


Pissed me off.

In regards to an explanation sufficing...how about asking for one or clarification before disparaging the folks providing the bounty???

Though I thought this covered the explanation:

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Ok, here's the scoop...I looked up FedEx and UPS shipping costs to the international winners' addresses and found out they are $100+. Not exactly what I had bargained for. :)

So I emailed Cisco Press asking for advice on shipping and how their other partners handle it. They said that they (CP) normally handle the shipping of promotional books. Not sure why they initially shipped them all to me but that's done. Being the classy sons-of-guns that they are, they have offered to ship out 2 new books to the international winners at their expense.

What does this mean?

1) The 2 international winners will receive their books directly from Cisco Press. Sorry, no sticker for you.
2) The 3 winners from the US will receive their books from me. Yes, with a sticker.
3) For this month only, I need to pick 2 more winners from the States that I can ship the extra copies to. Yes, with a sticker.
4) Cisco Press rocks!


Ok, I feel better now. :)

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The group has been cleared of members and re-opened. If you're in the states and want a copy, add yourself to the group by Thursday at 12 PM central. We'll decide the additional winners on Friday.

Thanks guys!

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Steve wrote:
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The way I was reading what was said was that there would be 2 extra winners in the US and I commented such.


Cisco Press offered 5 books and shipped them to me. There were 2 intl winners and 3 in the states. I freaked out at the cost of shipping internationally. Cisco Press saved the day by offering 2 *additional* books that they would ship to the international winners. That leaves me with 5 books. Since *I* have the issue with the cost of shipping internationally, those 5 books are going to people in the states.

So yes, 2 *extra* winners in the states, but that has nothing to do with Cisco/Cisco Press which is why this:

expaddy wrote:
Cisco Press and Cisco need to realise that the rest of the world make up a lot of their customer base :?


Pissed me off.

In regards to an explanation sufficing...how about asking for one or clarification before disparaging the folks providing the bounty???

Though I thought this covered the explanation:

Steve wrote:
Ok, here's the scoop...I looked up FedEx and UPS shipping costs to the international winners' addresses and found out they are $100+. Not exactly what I had bargained for. :)

So I emailed Cisco Press asking for advice on shipping and how their other partners handle it. They said that they (CP) normally handle the shipping of promotional books. Not sure why they initially shipped them all to me but that's done. Being the classy sons-of-guns that they are, they have offered to ship out 2 new books to the international winners at their expense.

What does this mean?

1) The 2 international winners will receive their books directly from Cisco Press. Sorry, no sticker for you.
2) The 3 winners from the US will receive their books from me. Yes, with a sticker.
3) For this month only, I need to pick 2 more winners from the States that I can ship the extra copies to. Yes, with a sticker.
4) Cisco Press rocks!


Ok, I feel better now. :)


As a point of interest, I have had books shipped from the states before and it only cost something like 15 bucks or less?
This was via snail mail and yes it was more than once.

But I do see your point and I was a little bit hasty with the comment but, again it was a comment, nothing more. :cheers:

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I was too harsh/hasty too. My apologies. :cheers:

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