Re: Buying MS Office on Ebay
- From: "Chris Schatte" <caschatte@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 06:36:01 -0700
BP,
> Because the item price exceeds my action price point. I don't *need* to
> upgrade.
Then don't buy retail, get a second hand copy from ebay...
> That's terrible! So you can't actually OWN microsoft products? You can only
> pay for use (rent)?
OEM copies are licensed this way. Your not renting just buying one license.
> Why? I own lots of previously owned software. It all works great. Even
> Microsoft software. I bought Windows 98SE a couple of years ago to upgrade
> and older machine. Project 97 (98?) to upgrade from 3.0 (!). All work just
> like you'd expect from quality software products. What's wrong with Office
> 2003? Bugs? I don't want to pay any money for crippled software.
Nothing wrong with Office 2003. It will work just like you would expect it
to. Just trying to give you a heads up on buying second hand software. Caveat
emptor...
As I suggested do a search on the group for this subject.
Chris Schatte
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"BP" wrote:
> What are the problems?
>
> "Chris Schatte" <caschatte@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:308C2019-7CE9-49A9-BAFE-A6DCDAF6F9D8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > BP,
> > Why not just purchase a retail copy that you know is new and not activated
> > by someone else previously?
> Because the item price exceeds my action price point. I don't *need* to
> upgrade.
>
> >Retail copies of Office 2003 allow for 2 installs, one desktop and one
> >mobile and is fully upgradable.
> Now this is pertinent information!
>
> >OEM copies are bound to the system you install on only, non-transferrable
> >to any other machine.
> That's terrible! So you can't actually OWN microsoft products? You can only
> pay for use (rent)?
>
> > Buying software previously owned is never a good idea.
> Why? I own lots of previously owned software. It all works great. Even
> Microsoft software. I bought Windows 98SE a couple of years ago to upgrade
> and older machine. Project 97 (98?) to upgrade from 3.0 (!). All work just
> like you'd expect from quality software products. What's wrong with Office
> 2003? Bugs? I don't want to pay any money for crippled software.
>
> >You could do a search on this group for the multitudes of problems people
> >run into by purchasing software in this way...
> I never thought of that.......
>
> >
> > Chris Schatte
> > --
> > use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
> > In Office System 2003 applications:
> > Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities
> >
> >
> > "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
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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