I don't mean to start a flame war; Not everyone gets the same deal. It's the customer's responsibility to make sure their side of a mutually beneficial deal is in fact beneficial. But if you don't have a lot of market power as compared to the vendor you may wind up adapting a bit in order to get the deal.
Of course they don't want you to *feel* bad about the deal...heheh.
I completely understand that not everyone gets the same deal. There’s a reason it’s called “volume licensing.” If you have an EA, however, you’re paying at least 5% less than retail. That seems to be consistent across every enterprise I’ve worked.