MomtoCandJ Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 (edited) I got an e-mail today from home educating family association for a free trial of Reading Eggs. If anyone wants the code please PM me. I recieved 35 day trial with the code and the first time trail. The code is for an additional 21 days. Edited March 21, 2012 by melissamathews spelled trail instead of trial, added specific number of trial days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emagine Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I got that email with code and it will not work :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amselby81 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I hope you all don't mind me sharing this, but the homeschool group on Babycenter is running a little discount co-op on Reading Eggs. A bunch of the ladies over there had stacked codes and were pretty upset when the codes were taken away. So one of them contacted Reading Eggs to see if they could offer a group discount. Reading Eggs said yes, but the order has to be at least 100 kids by March 26th! I'm not sure how the price compares to what's being offered on Homeschool Buyers Co-op right now, but on the Babycenter co-op the first child is $46.50 and additional children are $23.25. Here's the thread. I'm not participating b/c I just bought an Ooka Island membership. But I'd like to help them out by passing the word. http://community.babycenter.com/post/a32263715/reading_eggs_discount_co-op?cpg=1&pd=-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emagine Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I am interested. Through HSBC the cost is ok for 1 child but not for 2. Cheaper to go to Reading Eggs itself for that. But this deal is better. I signed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 that's odd it didn't work, mine worked just fine but you have to select which child you want the code for first. I was about to throw a fit until I read the little box that said select child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adventumacademy Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 that's odd it didn't work, mine worked just fine but you have to select which child you want the code for first. I was about to throw a fit until I read the little box that said select child. Same thing here .. be sure to add your children first THEN enter the code and select each child one at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidbits of Learning Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 It isn't working for anyone that had stacked codes. I had to call and get my paid subscription back on after they took away the stacked codes. Now I can't use any free codes for the kids even though I got the email also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 It isn't working for anyone that had stacked codes. I had to call and get my paid subscription back on after they took away the stacked codes. Now I can't use any free codes for the kids even though I got the email also. What do you guys mean by them taking away the stacked codes? You applied them and no longer have them? Our you just didn't get a chance to apply them? Mine still says we have 1495 days left on our free trial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidbits of Learning Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I applied them and they were there...they are going through and taking off all the stacked codes except for 1. When that free trial is up, you will not be able to add any more free trials to your account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2hunangirls Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Does it matter if I get the parent trial? or the teacher trial? Are they the same except for the number of students? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 My stacked codes were taken just last week so they seem to be still working on taking back stacked-code-time. They took two of my kids all the way down to zero and the other down to April 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 They took all my stacked codes and it won't let me add any more either. Luckily they didn't take my paid subscription though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Ok, glad I can warn the kids! They love it, but I don't think it's worth what they charge ($30 a year would be sufficient). Some warning from them would be nice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Ok, glad I can warn the kids! They love it, but I don't think it's worth what they charge ($30 a year would be sufficient). Some warning from them would be nice... We got an email after it had happened. Ours has expired now and we won't be paying 1) it's too expensive and 2) DD found the pace much too slow and hated all the repetition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 We got an email after it had happened. Ours has expired now and we won't be paying 1) it's too expensive and 2) DD found the pace much too slow and hated all the repetition. Hmmm... I haven't gotten such an e-mail. I've warned the kids anyway, as I doubt I'll escape the purge. :tongue_smilie: It's actually been perfect for the younger 2, though one of them is still 2 years old. ;) The 5 year old will be fine without it, since he's doing great with Dancing Bears. I definitely have some issues with the program - lesson 25 doesn't load the individual screens on the left side properly, so if you stop mid-lesson, it starts you over at the beginning on that one; then there are the speed things that freak my 5 year old out (he can do them, but it's just too much stress... the treadmill lessons are especially evil); then there is the inconsistent method of getting something to somewhere else - either clicking on the letter and then clicking on the space OR clicking and dragging the letter - you never know which one it'll be!; the lessons sometimes get locked up and have to be reloaded; it still says "BETA" across the top, which suggests to me that it shouldn't be full price yet. So yeah, not worth $75/year. And even HSBC prices have been more than I think it should be. If it were $20, I'd get it for all 3 kids. At this price, nope, not happening. I only used it with the 2 year old because it was free and he likes it. I wouldn't pay much for him though, since well, he's just 2. He'll teach himself to read before he's 4 years old, I'm sure (he's been doing very well in Reading Eggs and is in the middle of map 3). If I paid for my 5 year old to use it, the other 2 kids would insist on also getting to use it. If they take away my codes, we'll just not have it anymore. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I escaped the purge...until today. Good thing I hated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmer Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Got the email today...good news I will never pay to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I also got the purge today. Unfortunately, my kids LOVE it, but I don't think it's worth $75 a year! My friend got it when HSBC had it for something like $13? I'd totally do $13 a year. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 So question for those who had your stacked codes removed... Can you still use the code when purchasing through HSBC? Or will they shut you out? I'll be deciding between Reading Eggs and Ooka Island today, and if Ooka Island will work for us, we'll do that instead, but if it won't work, I could purchase a one-kid membership for Reading Eggs through HSBC. I just don't want it to prevent me from putting in a code for a paid subscription. Hopefully Ooka will work, as I get an icky feeling about the Reading Eggs business... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Has anyone tried the PBS Kids' Island thing? I keep meaning to set up an account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbollin Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 So question for those who had your stacked codes removed... Can you still use the code when purchasing through HSBC? Or will they shut you out? I'll be deciding between Reading Eggs and Ooka Island today, and if Ooka Island will work for us, we'll do that instead, but if it won't work, I could purchase a one-kid membership for Reading Eggs through HSBC. I just don't want it to prevent me from putting in a code for a paid subscription. Hopefully Ooka will work, as I get an icky feeling about the Reading Eggs business... I don't have the icky feeling about their business. check out this thread from yesterday for what I did to use my HSBC code. http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=366007 sounds like this might be a problem that they will start to figure out needs a solution. -crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I don't have the icky feeling about their business. I get the icky feeling because they promised Babycenter folks one price, then changed their mind to a different price. And didn't that happen with HSBC last year also? I'm fine with them taking the codes away. No problem there (though they probably should have taken them all away at once... do they have someone hand picking them or something? :confused:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I get the icky feeling because they promised Babycenter folks one price, then changed their mind to a different price. And didn't that happen with HSBC last year also? I'm fine with them taking the codes away. No problem there (though they probably should have taken them all away at once... do they have someone hand picking them or something? :confused:). Yep. Mine was removed this morning also. DS got bored after a week of it, so I don't care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I get the icky feeling because they promised Babycenter folks one price, then changed their mind to a different price. And didn't that happen with HSBC last year also? Yes it did :glare: I got the cheap price from HSBC before they pulled it so I have a paid subscription till August but my kids have lost interest in the lessons -they mostly just want to play the games on it now. It didn't help my DD learn to read but it helped my DS (I think -he might have just picked up reading on his own anyway). I won't be renewing after my sub runs out -its not worth it and I don't like their business practices either. I have tried a couple times to contact them about issues and have yet to ever get a reply :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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