Comments on: Free Lunch Or Not

By: Tower of Confusion » Blog Archive » Learn to Speak Fluently in No Time

Tower of Confusion » Blog Archive » Learn to Speak Fluently in No Time — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:06:00 +0000

[...] I have said in a previous post, many people expect everything free from the Internet, but yet they are willing to spend hundreds [...]

By: Edwin

Edwin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:59:15 +0000

Hi Jon, thanks for dropping by.

Actually, I wonder if your website provide the option of having the 1st lesson free. I think this would attract more people to try it out.

By: Jon Bischke

Jon Bischke — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:37:38 +0000

Thanks for mentioning us. We’re working hard to improve our service.

And my sincere apologies for any spam coming from eduFire folks. We have a lot of people eager to spread the word and haven’t communicated to them as well as we should have what is an appropriate way to tell others about the site.

By: No More Skypecast « Tower of Confusion

No More Skypecast « Tower of Confusion — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:53:52 +0000

[...] Skype Prime looks like a good tool to hook up language tutors and students. As mentioned in my previous post, I support the business model in which tutors would charge their students and let the middle men [...]

By: Edwin

Edwin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:51:11 +0000

Thanks, Philip, for the link. Let’s wait and see if this site will last.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:08:30 +0000

I did find another one, apart from the ones in the comments: http://www.studentteacherexchange.com/ which is completely free and uses chat/video/voice and whiteboards as well. They are new but my guess is they will be booming soon since they charge nothing.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:20:36 +0000

It’s hard to learn a language without paying at least a little bit of money. Praxis and Linq have every right to charge what they do for their services.

By: Edufire Spams Everyone

Edufire Spams Everyone — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:43:22 +0000

I’m so sick and tired of seeing the Edufire faking being customers and spamming people all the time. They spammed my blog too. Jeez!

Look at the comment above – a REAL customer would say something like “I find it convenient” not “I’m impressed at how much the site evolves each week” – what a load of B.S.

By: frances

frances — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:00:49 +0000

I have been using the service edufire for almost 4months and I’m impressed at how much the site evolves each week. The team seems to be actively making upgrades to make the site better for me the student and the tutors. good site. I will look at the others you mentioned. thanks