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Rosetta Stone V3: Portuguese, Level 1

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I ordered this product based on the title, "Portuguese, Level 1". When it arrived it was "Portuguese - Brazil", which is not at all the same language. There were other Rosetta Stone "Portuguese - Brazil" shown, so I had no reason to believe that regardless that it shows it as a different product, they were all the same. I was going on an important business meeting in Angola (where they speak Portuguese) and was totally unprepared. I immediately (within an hour) returned the "wrongly advertised" product, but over 3 weeks have passed and I have not received refund. Upon calling Rosetta Stone (because there is no way to call Amazon) they informed me that they don't make a "Portuguese" version, even though they acknowledge that there are several countries (including Portugal) that use that language, where the only country that uses "Portuguese - Brazil" is...you got it, Brazil. Misrepresented by Amazon...Limited thinking by Rosetta Stone...Unhappy customer.

As another reviewer pointed out, this is NOT standard Portuguese. It is Brazilan... which has a VERY different pronounciation and words. As Amazon listed several different Portuguese products, some labeled "Brazilian" and some not, that clearly indicated that the ones that were not labeled Brazilian should have been standard (continental) Portuguese. VERY misleading by Amazon. They should immediately label all of these products with a "Brazilian" label. I am very surprised they didn't do this after the very first compliant.

In reading the first reviewer, I am shocked to see they contacted Rosetta Stone and they didn't even offer standard Portuguese! After seeing the dozens of languages they offer, I can't believe they are mis-representing the Portuguese language that way.

I just received it today and will be sending it back immediately.