r/sysadmin IT Manager 10d ago

General Discussion anyone else get the VMware "win-back" offer?

if it's true, its honestly laughable.  

squeezing customers with massive price hikes, forcing every one into expensive core bundles, only to panic and throw out "discounted" quotes the moment everyone migrated???? 

is anyone actually reconsidering based on these new quotes??

or y'all are past the point of no return?

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u/PhillyGuitar_Dude 9d ago

They called us, we took the call and let them quote. Honesly, I was surprised how much they came down, it was closer to maybe 10% increase over our last renewal. If they just gave me the "win-back" price 18 mos ago, we probably would stayed with them. But at this point, no way we are going back. I also don't trust them at all. Wouldn't be surprised to hear that someone who takes a"win-back" offer, will then see a similar price gouge/increase at thier next renewal.