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Content by silverfish
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silverfish (UK)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Terrible customer service so pray you don't need it, 15 Dec 2009
I was initially very happy this monitor, but after 4 months it began to develop vertical lines which increased daily until it was unusable. I returned it to Acer customer service on October 23rd and have *still* not received a replacement 7 weeks later. When I check my "case status" on the Acer website it still says "under repair" although on Nov 10th I was told that I would receive a replacement within 10 working days. E-mails and phone calls have not resulted in my getting either a replacement or a refund. It is mid-December and now clear I will not have a 23" monitor here by Christmas (I am borrowing my son's 15", which is difficult for me to do my work on, being far too cramped for my needs.
Just appalled by Acer's customer service. I told them I'd be leaving a 1 star review if I hadn't heard anything more from them within 5 days of my last phone call and I haven't, so here it is. They clearly don't care. Pray yours doesn't go wrong.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Stodgily written, 10 Jun 2009
Personally I was very disappointed by this book. I have a biology degree and have recently developed an strong interest in the link between emotions and disease since learning Emotional Freedom Technique. I was hoping this book would be the sort of book I could pass on to some of my sceptical scientific rationalist family/friends. But even though it is on a subject that interests me enormously, it is so stodgily written that I simply couldn't finish it. I found it long-winded and felt it wasn't telling me anything I didn't know already. The historical chapter, in particular, really tried my patience - and I'm a person who is extremely interested in history. I couldn't get on with the author's writing style. Perhaps I am not the right audience for this book - it may be aimed at those who don't know anything about the connection between emotions and health and in my case was preaching to the converted - but it is certainly not one that I would recommend.
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The best poetry handbook on the market, 10 Jun 2009
Like the other reviewer, I've been a poet for over twenty years, and been teaching poetry (at all levels, including undergraduate and postgraduate) for 12. This is the best book about writing poetry that exists, and I've probably read most of them. This is the book I recommend to all my students and is on my primary reading list. I confess I was gutted when it was temporarily out of print - because none of the other handbooks or guides for aspiring poets comes close, when compared with Jerome, to explaining the nuts and bolts of poetry. Jerome explains everything you need to know about poetical composition (particularly the technical parts) in clear, readable prose, giving fantastic examples which I have often used myself while teaching. I'm thrilled this book is back in print and widely available (very cheaply) on Amazon Marketplace.
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Follow the instructions!, 16 Mar 2009
Store in the fridge, not the freezer, as it says on the instructions. It's not meant to be frozen. My little girl loves hers and has asked for another one since her father was mucking about with it and broke it.
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The best book to date on Marlovian authorship theory, 27 Feb 2009
Pinksen's book is a very readable and well put-together summary of the argument that Christopher Marlowe faked his own death in 1593 and went on to write plays and poems under the name of William Shakespeare, using the man of that name as his "front" to escape detection by the authorities. Pinksen is particularly good on his comparison of the religious witch-hunt of the 1590s with the communist witch-hunt of the 1950s, and the necessity of a "front" (rather than a simple pseudonym) in order to avoid persecution (which in Marlowe's case would have entailed death).
Engaging and thought-provoking.
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