Campion Language Studies – Linguaphone CoursesAnthonyLauder, yet another interesting discovery! I followed the link that you provided to the 19 cassette Linguaphone English course on eBay.com and came across an offer for a “Campion Language Studies” edition of Linguaphone French.
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Seeing this offer caused me to recall a post by
dgc1970 from September 2018 which he had filed under the
“Vintage Language Courses of Lesser Renown” discussion thread, introducing us to the “Campion Language Studies” editions of Linguaphone courses …
dgc1970 wrote:I just paid $5.00 at a garage sale for the Campion Language Studies French course. It's simply the Linguaphone course with a different cover. I believe this was only made for the Canadian market in the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The course used cassette tapes, all which appear to be in perfect condition (I'm pretty sure the books were used once, to the end of the first chapter).
I graduated high school in 1988 and remember seeing this course constantly advertised in magazines and newspapers. Since my school had a Swedish exchange student I decided to purchase the Swedish course. The price was not advertised so anyone interested had to mail in a magazine insert, checking the box of the language you were interested in. I now know that any time you have to ask the price it's going to be expensive.
About three weeks later I received a letter in the mail, the price was $800! In 1990! I just used an inflation calculator and that works to $1368.66 in today's money. So I didn't buy it. But I remember clearly that about 6 weeks later I received another letter, this time offering the exact same course for $400. 50% off! I didn't reply and about 6 weeks later I was mailed another offer: $200! I didn't reply again and finally received an offer for $150! I was sent this final offer a few times before they stopped mailing me. To this day I wonder about the percentage of people who bought the course that paid the full amount.
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UPDATE: 12 September 2019
Sales Inquiry to Campion Language StudiesIn early August 2019, through searching the internet, I came across the last known business address of the publisher/vendor of the "Campion/Linguaphone" series (see below).
Campion Language Studies
199 Avenue Rd
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5R 2J3I sent a letter to the above address expressing my deep interest in their editions of the Linguaphone courses and inquiring if they might still have copies (new or used) of these materials in stock. In addition, I confirmed that I was a serious buyer and that I was confident that we would be able to come to terms as to pricing. I provided my Email address. That was about six weeks ago and I have still not received a reply (damn!). I conclude that the company is no longer in business.
Should anyone happen to have a copy of the Campion Language Studies "German" course, I would be quite interested in purchasing it.