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| BrianDeAlabama Groupie United States Joined 4518 days ago 89 posts - 113 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 6 21 October 2012 at 9:51am | IP Logged | ||
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I stumbled upon his name in the context of language learning on youtube and then looked
for his material on amazon.com and nearly passed out. I have observed some psychopaths or sellers trying to sell Michel Thomas cd's for over $2,000.00! Is his material that good or is there some better way? I've read his praises and saw his list of celebrity clients over the years and wasn't impressed. I don't think any of the celebrities were renowned for their multilingual abilities. Anyone that runs around too scared to sow seed because there is a dark cloud in the sky will doubtless not have a harvest. Does anyone know how to get some affordable and reasonable priced Michel Thomas material? I am still studying Spanish (verb tenses are my weak area). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kyle Corrie Senior Member United States Joined 4828 days ago 175 posts - 464 votes | Message 2 of 6 21 October 2012 at 11:27am | IP Logged | ||
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Some people have been known to find libraries extraordinarily useful in their language
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| vermillon Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4677 days ago 602 posts - 1042 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, German | Message 3 of 6 21 October 2012 at 11:42am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I don't know where you've looked, but I'd say that his packs are more in the range of 50-70£ (which is far from 2000$ even if you're counting in Taiwan dollars).
And that's for the legal options. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4609 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 4 of 6 21 October 2012 at 2:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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The publisher of the Michel Thomas method series just repackaged the whole line if I'm
not mistaken. I noticed that the old edition went on sale around here about six months ago at a deeply discounted price ($12.99 CAD). You might find a few left at the Indigo bookstore website. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| jazzboy.bebop Senior Member Norway norwegianthroughnove Joined 5417 days ago 439 posts - 800 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian | Message 5 of 6 21 October 2012 at 3:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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If the CDs you speak of are the ones that say "Es posible/C'est possible" on them, then
that is a version for use in schools with CDs, workbooks etc and are sold at a much higher price. MT School Version Website Having had a look myself though, I see what you mean. There are a number of the original line of courses (i.e. Foundation-Advanced etc. format) selling at stupidly inflated prices. This gives a breakdown of the newest re-marketed editions: MT Method Current Courses While some sellers are selling the old editions of the courses at inflated prices, I see the marketers have also inflated the claims of the efficacy of the products...
You should be able to find used copies cheaply enough on eBay though, alongside overly expensive ones. Edited by jazzboy.bebop on 21 October 2012 at 3:32pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| BrianDeAlabama Groupie United States Joined 4518 days ago 89 posts - 113 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 6 22 October 2012 at 5:49am | IP Logged | ||
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I forgot all about ebay. Maybe I can locate some reasonably priced ones soon when I
scrape up some more money. I will definitely take some of the suggestions that I read on here. Thanks for your input folks. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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