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"The Story of English" update (was RE: Wanted: Opinions on a grammar book)
Subject:"The Story of English" update (was RE: Wanted: Opinions on a grammar book) From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:28:05 -0700
Dori Green wrote:
> Richard Combs wrote:
>
> $249.95 from Amazon.com:
>http://www.amazon.com/Story-English-Programs-1-9/dp/6302892058
>
> **********
>
> #1 - your local library might have it.
>
> #2 - if you buy it, check into donating it to the local
> library for a tax break. You can still pretty much watch it
> whenever you like.
>
> #3 - pester your local station to rebroadcast it. Include
> your request with a $100 check.
>
> #4 - wait for it to show up on Amazon "New & Used".
>
> #5 - look for it on Ebay and post it in Ebay Wanted.
#s 1 & 3: Worth checking, but they're unlikely to have it. It's a 1986
series (although the tapes were released in 2001).
#2: Someone bought the one I linked to. Was it someone on this list?
#4: My link was to the only one available, a used set (5 VHS tapes)
offered by an Amazon Marketplace Seller.
The price was 2 1/2 times the original list (and it sold), so if you
bought a set when they came out, you're much better off reselling it
than donating it for a tax deduction. :-)
#5: I checked eBay. They have "The Story of English Furniture" at
bargain prices...
I checked pbs.org, too -- nothing.
Richard
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Polycom, Inc.
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303-223-5111
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