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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With Interexchange and contemplating going with APIA.  Has anyone negotiated more than the match fee ($425).  The program fee is about $2000 more with APIA.  Just curious what to ask for.  We like an au pair with APIA and want to make an offer soon.  [/quote]

Most agencies have a switching discount as long as the new AP would be with you for at least 30 weeks or so. We moved from APC to CCAP and got $1500 discount. Everytime that we are ready for a new AP, I open myself up to multiple agencies and call them for their switching discount information and search for the best AP for us. Ended up with CCAP for the 3rd year in a row.. but who knows about next year[/quote]

I agree--I look at more than one agency each year at matching time.  But I learned this year after switching back to CCAP after matching with APIA that they will only give you the switching discount once (I got it when I switched from APC in the past).  That was annoying because they would let me have the "repeat family" discount, but not the early match discount because I was switching from another agency.

And last year CCAP fees were several hundred less than APIA.  This year, both have the same program fees.  Feels a little like collusion.  Guards against the kinds of negotiating we are talking about here.  And yes, we did get APIA to match the CCAP fees when we switched to them last year.  [/quote]

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