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Valued Member
United States
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I was just on the Wildman Software website. They are now offering Krause's 2008 Standard catalog of World Coins for $25.00. This is a 3 DVD set and includes the respected series: 1801-1900, 1901-2000 and 2001-Present. Features of this electronic edition include: Images that can be clearly enlarged up to 300% without distortion Printable pages, allowing you to print only what you need to use when you are away from your computer Using the country-by-page index, you are able to navigate directly to the country you are seeking to reference. Check out their site if you are interested. http://www.exactchange.info/Krause.htmI just purchased my copy and wanted to let everybody else know about this deal. Edited by ClearwaterCoins
05/31/2008 9:43 pm
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 United States
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$25 ain't that bad...it's WAY cheaper then even one of the books
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almost Everyone has it for $99 and a few have it for $89. This for $25 seems rather shady to me. Most software has about a 40% markup from wholesale. There is NO WAY they can charge this and make a profit...unless they are making a profit on their software only and are drawing a crowd to their website.
I'll wait to you gets yours in first. Please lemme know if they are legit versions of the DVDs and not copys
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05/31/2008 10:20 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
177 Posts |
I'll let you know. The last time I was on their site they where selling it for $96.00.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a good price, in contrast to those heavy newsprint books.  Is the CD PDF based? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, they are all PDF's. VERY LARGE ones... 1-2GB's each.
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Valued Member
United States
177 Posts |
My set was shipped yesterday and should be here in 2-3 days. I'll post here what I think when I get them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"LARGE ones... 1-2GB's each."
Yikes...does that pose a problem in loading the catalog? That gotta be a memory hog, lol.
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 United States
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Yes, they are all PDF's. VERY LARGE ones... 1-2GB's each. Quote:
Yikes...does that pose a problem in loading the catalog? That gotta be a memory hog, lol. Those detailed images do not come without a cost!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It definitely takes a while for the file to load.. what I do is look at the beginning index where it lists what country is on which page (on one DVD it's actually in a separate file - kinda handy that way) then use the "go to page" at the top, rather than trying to page down to it via the keyboard. Egads, I only tried that ONCE. And that's on a 2GB-RAM machine. Quote:
Those detailed images do not come without a cost! DVD should say "RAM not included" ..  |
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United States
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Quote:DVD should say "RAM not included" .. |
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United States
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If you own a copy all you have to do is rip it to your computer for quicker access
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Very tempting.... Must resist..... Can go without food for a day or two.........
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Though the picture on the website shows a 2008, I wonder it you'll get an older version? For that matter, is 2009 the "current" version making 2008 "obsolete" and thus explaining how it can be only $25?
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If you own a copy all you have to do is rip it to your computer for quicker access That was the second thing I did.. the first was to boggle over the file size. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I received my DVD set today. It is the original set from Krause. I also looked for the 2009 version online. The 2009 DVD has not been released yet. It will be included with the book when it is released according to Amazon.com . They are taking prerelease orders now for the 2009 version. |
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United States
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done and done thanks |
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Posted 05/31/2008 10:49 pm
