CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 for $99!!!
WOOHOO!!
Monday, February 21, 2005 by 47songs | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
It arrived today by way of DHS! I had to fight for the price, but it was worth the fight! I am a preschool teacher and I contacted several venders to see if I qualified for the teachers/student version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12, but to not much avail. Most all told me that I had to be a taecher of a K-12 public school system. Well, those venders lost out in the bargain, because I eventually called Corel themselves and they told me that yes, indeed, if my school was licensed under my state's Department of Education then I would indeed qualify. After I acquired my school's licence number, I called back Corel and purchased the suite, minus the paper manuel, for $99!! But, I was able to purchase that official CorelDRAW manuel from Amazon.com for $32.
Not only that, but because I bought directly from Corel, I recieved the cd's to both Photoshop Album 5 (valued at $49), and Corel Knockout 2 (valued at $99) for free! Yikes!
I've spent the last 3 or 4 weeks trying out the trial version, while trying to follow along with Paul Boyers CorelDRAW videos and icon tutorials.
I still feel quite poor in relation to the skills that Paul has, but, today, in all matters of online shopping and bargain hunting, I feel like a RICH WOMAN!
Of all the places I searched, as far as finding a full version, not OEM, the place that had the full version for the cheapest price was:http://www.buybusinesssoftware.com/cogrsu12re.html
Not only that, but because I bought directly from Corel, I recieved the cd's to both Photoshop Album 5 (valued at $49), and Corel Knockout 2 (valued at $99) for free! Yikes!
I've spent the last 3 or 4 weeks trying out the trial version, while trying to follow along with Paul Boyers CorelDRAW videos and icon tutorials.
I still feel quite poor in relation to the skills that Paul has, but, today, in all matters of online shopping and bargain hunting, I feel like a RICH WOMAN!
Of all the places I searched, as far as finding a full version, not OEM, the place that had the full version for the cheapest price was:http://www.buybusinesssoftware.com/cogrsu12re.html
47songs
Reply #2 Monday, February 21, 2005 5:28 PM
Reply #2 Monday, February 21, 2005 5:28 PM
Shopping is in my blood!! Hehe! Something I inherited from my mom! 
E_Dragon
Reply #3 Monday, February 21, 2005 6:22 PM
Reply #3 Monday, February 21, 2005 6:22 PM
Congrats
Personally I LOVE CorelDraw & PhotoPaint and have been using them since version 8 ( I have 8,9,10,11, & 12) by far 12 is the best........ BTW , incase you didn’t know, a LOT of the plugin’s for Adobe PhotoShop will work in Corel PhotoPaint too
Personally I LOVE CorelDraw & PhotoPaint and have been using them since version 8 ( I have 8,9,10,11, & 12) by far 12 is the best........ BTW , incase you didn’t know, a LOT of the plugin’s for Adobe PhotoShop will work in Corel PhotoPaint too
47songs
Reply #4 Monday, February 21, 2005 6:27 PM
Reply #4 Monday, February 21, 2005 6:27 PM
ooh! Thanks for the info E Dragon. I have a few plug ins for Photoshop that I'll try to tranfer. 
Island Dog
Reply #6 Monday, February 21, 2005 7:30 PM
Reply #6 Monday, February 21, 2005 7:30 PM
You can get academic software for real cheap if you qualify. Coreldraw 12 is too much, so I bought CorelDraw Essentials 2.
Corky_O
Reply #7 Monday, February 21, 2005 7:42 PM
Reply #7 Monday, February 21, 2005 7:42 PM
Congrats, 47songs.
I drool every time I drop by the University of Washington's Computer store and see all those amazing prices for the really good, really expensive software (about 25% of cost to regular consumers - including Adobe, Microsoft, Corel, Sony).
It pays to be a student or teacher in a lot of ways.
I drool every time I drop by the University of Washington's Computer store and see all those amazing prices for the really good, really expensive software (about 25% of cost to regular consumers - including Adobe, Microsoft, Corel, Sony).
It pays to be a student or teacher in a lot of ways.
47songs
Reply #8 Monday, February 21, 2005 7:54 PM
Reply #8 Monday, February 21, 2005 7:54 PM
Thanks, and I agree, Corky_O. I have a degree in education and yet I don't make enough to support a family of birds, let alone a family of humans! Heh! Since that is the case, I will take advantage of getting this kind of software for this kind of money for as long as I can.
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Reply #1 Monday, February 21, 2005 5:26 PM