momsuz123 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Quick question. Amazon sellers is not the place to go to. Where did you buy yours from? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I got mine from the Don Johnston website. Their phone help is very nice, and they had a generous return policy. I'm on a mac, and I had concerns about whether I'd be able to get it to work. (Turns out I have to run it on an older operating system, which requires a little jumping through hoops.) There has been an update in the last few years. My Earobics 1 is called Foundations Home. That's what DJ sells, and I think it is what is currently the newest kind (or was when I bought it). It was around $99. At the time I saw, on other websites, a product that I think was an older version (step 1?) for a much lower price ($65?). I DON'T know what the changes were between editions. They may have been minimal or dramatic, no clue. The Home version allows for 2 user accounts and can be wiped to allow for new after that. So you can use it for multiple children if you do your first two and wipe an account to make room for the 3rd. The dogs miss out, haha. Then you wipe the whole thing to resell. I'm not sure why I couldn't find used. Anyways, that's what I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 why not Amazon? we ordered ours from Amazon, and it arrived fine. It's not here to me yet (we ship to MIL in the US and she packages and sends to us in Brazil) but the package arrived, etc. and she didn't report anything funny...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 why not Amazon? we ordered ours from Amazon, and it arrived fine. It's not here to me yet (we ship to MIL in the US and she packages and sends to us in Brazil) but the package arrived, etc. and she didn't report anything funny...... That's an older version (1997, Step 1). Like I said, I have no clue how much changed. In my case I was concerned with compatability and making sure it would work with my mac and that I could return it if it didn't. So the purchaser at least needs to check the operating systems it will work with. I had to have the newer version to get it to work on my computer. If you look at the reviews on amazon for the earobics they have there, someone mentions that as an issue. Also, the prices there are almost as high as buying the newer version, and with buying it new from a regular dealer, I could return it if it didn't work. As it was, I ended up on the phone with the Earobics company phone support for a while trying to get it installed correctly. BTW, when I was doing my searching, I found that Step version of Earobics for around $60-65 easily online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houseofkids&pets Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I purchased mine on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsuz123 Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 why not Amazon? we ordered ours from Amazon, and it arrived fine. It's not here to me yet (we ship to MIL in the US and she packages and sends to us in Brazil) but the package arrived, etc. and she didn't report anything funny...... Oh, I do buy a lot from Amazon, I just noticed with Earobics, the price was high, and it was the older one, plus what OhElizabeth said. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 hmm, thanks guys :) here's hoping the older version works, I did not even realize there was an older & newer.... we do have older operating systems, so that part is fine/to our advantage, at least. Guess we'll see when we get it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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