I bought all 4 sections of the Becker FINAL REVIEW CDs last year. All four sections expired exactly 1 year later. (Becker has now extended that time to 18 months.) Unfortunately, I failed FAR the first time I took it. By the time I took FAR again, BEC and AUD expired. Therefore, I threw the expired Becker materials into the trash!
Expiration dates are my #1 pet peeve about Becker! I have enough to do for these exams without worrying about Becker's expiration dates. I want to own their software. I do not want to lease it for only for 18 months. Only Roger is more rigid. Roger expires after only 9 months!
There is no such thing as a free lunch with Becker materials after 18 months. After the expiration date you will have to come up with a lot of money, even if you sent in a performance report showing that you completed 100% of the lectures, and got 90% of the homework multiple choice questions correct. It is going to cost you $250 ($155 for new materials plus $95 shipping) per section ($1,000 total). If you did not send in a performance report, it will cost you a discounted price as a former student of $550 ($455 materials + $95 shipping charges). That is a total of $2,200 for all four sections! That is in addition to the almost $3,000 that you paid for all four sections the first time! (Note: Beckers renewal prices have gone up.)
Employers may pay for Becker the first time, but I do not think that they will pay to renew Becker after the expiration date of 18 months.
You can buy Yaegers Home Study with Jeffs discount for less money than you can renew Becker at the discounted price of $560! Additionally, Yaeger does not expire.
