Re: Buying MS Office on Ebay


"Chris Schatte" <caschatte@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> BP,
> Why not just purchase a retail copy that you know is new and not activated
> by someone else previously? Retail copies of Office 2003 allow for 2
> installs, one desktop and one mobile and is fully upgradable. OEM copies
> are
> bound to the system you install on only, non-transferrable to any other
> machine.
> Buying software previously owned is never a good idea. You could do a
> search
> on this group for the multitudes of problems people run into by purchasing
> software in this way...
>
> Chris Schatte
> --
> use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
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>
>
> "BP" wrote:
>
>> I need to upgrade from my Office 97 suite. I am looking on Ebay at Office
>> Pro 2003. There are many "new" full retail and OEM versions but there are
>> also some "used" (previously installed) versions available at a much
>> lower
>> price. I know Office 2003 has an activation procedure. What are the EULA
>> and
>> practical restrictions/problems with buying someone else's software in
>> this
>> way.
>> TIA
>>
"Why not just purchase a retail copy"? To answer your question it is a
simple matter of cost . Not everyone can afford the inflated price MS
charges for their software, yet the widespread adoption of the MS software
virtually obliges its use. The word monopoly comes to mind. Yes, I do know
about Open Office.


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