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| Chris Heptaglot Senior Member Japan Joined 7124 days ago 287 posts - 452 votes  Speaks: English*, Russian, Indonesian, French, Malay, Japanese, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Korean, Mongolian | Message 1 of 53 31 January 2010 at 6:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've made no secret of the fact that I dislike Rosetta Stone's overpriced, gimmicky products, but I've just come across even more reason to be wary, and spend that $500 on something else. The following review was recently posted on Amazon.com (source in URL). I'll post it here because I don't imagine it will last long without the RS cyber-goon-squad breathing on Amazon's spectacles and pushing for deletion:
(one star) Don't buy, January 25, 2010 By Jeff (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews I purchased the program, but found it confusing and hard to navigate. Poor program overall. Worse, when I attempted to sell on Ebay, Rosetta Stone canceled the auction. You DON'T own the program even if you purchase - Rosetta claims ownership and will threaten to sue if you try to sell, even if the product was never used. I will never buy their products. http://www.amazon.com/Rosetta-Stone-Spanish-America-Companio n/product-reviews/B001AFFZM2/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&show Viewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#RO74TDDM3SEI1 So, you can't resell it, and I believe you cannot return a software item to Amazon on grounds of dissatisfaction, only for a faulty product. You have been warned! 27 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kinan Diglot Senior Member Syrian Arab Republic Joined 5569 days ago 234 posts - 279 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)*, English Studies: Russian, Spanish | Message 2 of 53 31 January 2010 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Rosseta Stone is not hard to navigate and i found it useful but it's annoying to not be able to resell it.
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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6922 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 3 of 53 01 February 2010 at 1:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Does Rosetta Stone use the same interface/program for all the languages or is the program re-designed/re-worked for the peculiarities and structure of each language?
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| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6371 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 53 01 February 2010 at 4:08am | IP Logged | ||
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From what I've seen, it's about the same in all (or almost all) the languages. The first lessons are all the same.
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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5970 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 53 01 February 2010 at 4:32am | IP Logged | ||
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I've never used Rosetta Stone, it's far too expensive for me. The company must have an enormous advertising budget, though; lately it seems that the huge vivid yellow sales display in the bookstore just gets bigger and bigger. During the holiday season there was a Rosetta Stone language-learning kiosk set up at a local shopping center.
Is it really $500.00? I know it's really pricey, but that seems exorbitant. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| BaldOldWhiteGuy Newbie United States Joined 5781 days ago 5 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, French | Message 6 of 53 01 February 2010 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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I noticed the same thing with the used Fluenz auctions... all of a sudden they disappeared.
I guess I'm sticking with Pimsleur and Assimil, as I refuse to buy something if the company wants to enact draconian policies against the buyer. Screw 'em. 7 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5588 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 7 of 53 01 February 2010 at 7:45pm | IP Logged | ||
$500 is only for a few levels I believe. The full Spanish course is close to $800! Think about how many assimil programs you could buy! :D I've used rosetta stone. If you're at an intermediate level, it's fine, but going blindly into it is a HUGE mistake. No grammar, no translations, Really basic stuff. Put your money else where... for that price you could probably GO TO THE COUNTRY! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6014 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 8 of 53 01 February 2010 at 9:49pm | IP Logged | ||
Historically, they were completely identical. I've been told there's now three (I think) different sets of graphics, but that the courses are still identical. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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