Should you steer clear of grey market Cisco CCIE training companies?

Are CCIE training companies not affiliated with the Cisco 360 Learning Program inferior at training new CCIEs?

The leader of a training vendor affiliated with the Cisco 360 Learning Program for CCIEs appears to be disparaging those CCIE training companies not affiliated with Cisco's 360 Program (see below 2 comments that were posted to the Cisco Learning Network): Should CCIE candidates steer clear of grey market Cisco CCIE training companies?

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