|
 |
Getting the Pimsleur courses cheaply? | ||
Tags: Low budget | Pimsleur | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Language Programs, Books & Tapes |  | |
| Yinon Diglot Newbie Israel Joined 5852 days ago 24 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English, Modern Hebrew* Studies: German | Message 1 of 20 01 February 2009 at 3:02pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Hello,
(despite the fact that this post must have been made already in the past, the search results didn't fish a thing.) I was wondering if anyone could share an insight of how to acquire the Pimsleur courses - for a fair price. I want to study languages sincerely, but I lack the financial resources to do so. I did figure out a work-around, but it's which one might consider "indecent". Anyway, for various reasons (poor quality, out-dated edition, conscience) I decided not to download the course off the internet, but rather to purchase a rightful copy of it. And since I haven't got the money to invest in it (~500$), I hoped any of you people might have a clue on how to get it for a reasonable price (second hand, third hand, under a curse, etc.). I shall be eagerly awaiting your comments. Edited by Yinon on 01 February 2009 at 3:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Britomartis Groupie United States Joined 5808 days ago 67 posts - 74 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 2 of 20 01 February 2009 at 3:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
You might be able to buy it used for much less and you might be able to haggle the price down. After all, once people go through it, they don't really need it anymore.
Which Pimsleur are you trying to buy? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Yinon Diglot Newbie Israel Joined 5852 days ago 24 posts - 22 votes Speaks: English, Modern Hebrew* Studies: German | Message 3 of 20 01 February 2009 at 3:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
Second hand is a good option, but I wasn't able to find sites offering it. I'm looking for the German course. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Britomartis Groupie United States Joined 5808 days ago 67 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 5 of 20 01 February 2009 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | |||||
Did you check Ebay or Craig's list? I know someone who downloaded the German Pimsleur (all three levels) and he seemed pleased with it. Not that I advocate piracy at all. Why must language programs be so overpriced? They're just losing customers and discouraging people from learning languages. Edit: I think Amazon sells used versions for less, but it's still probably pretty expensive. Edited by Britomartis on 01 February 2009 at 3:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Hollow Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States luelinks.netRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6538 days ago 179 posts - 186 votes Speaks: French*, English*, SpanishB2 Studies: Korean | Message 6 of 20 01 February 2009 at 8:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
If you're not hellbound on owning them try the local library... I heard rumors they don't charge for their services ^^
1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ChiaBrain Bilingual Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5807 days ago 402 posts - 512 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: Portuguese, Italian, French Studies: German | Message 7 of 20 01 February 2009 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
not to advocate piracy but you could rip them to mp3 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7145 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 8 of 20 02 February 2009 at 12:14am | IP Logged | |||||
|
You can download the Pimsleur courses for free from Netlibrary and use the file for three weeks. You can renew the download (without downloading again) after each three weeks or you can simply record the file for yourself.
I have got a number of Pimsleur courses this way. 1 person has voted this message useful |
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
