Re: XP Home to XP Pro Upgrade
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 12:16:27 -0700
Ground Cover wrote:
Kerry Brown wrote:
Ground Cover wrote:
Kerry Brown wrote:
You got ripped off. The COA's will only work with HP supplied
Windows on an HP computer. Report the seller to Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/default.mspx
No, first attempt to return for a refund. If the price is refunded
then just drop it. He is not obliged to be Microsoft's snitch, nor
spend precious time doing their investigative legwork.
The person who sold the COA's is a criminal. They have commited at a
minumum the crime of fraud in any jurisdiction I know of. Would you
knowingly watch someone pull a credit card fraud and not report
them? If the OP doesn't want to report them to MS then it should be
reported to the local authorities where the seller is located. If
the seller is not stopped other people will get ripped off. It has
nothing to do with protecting MS but with protecting other
unsuspecting buyers.
--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
I agree with your sentiments. But there's a couple considerations:
1. I'm just not convinced just from the posts above that a crime has
taken place. As per the OP, Colin A., if the seller is willing to
admit a mistake and provide refund or amends, well then, there's no
crime. So he should contact them first, not Microsoft, not the cops.
2. As a citizen I'm hesitant to cop call (snitch) unless I'm very sure
there's serious criminal activity (violence to person or serious
violence to personal property - drug crime and light theft I turn a
blind eye to). I agree that, if the OP were sure there was a crime
committed and not just some error or misunderstanding, further steps
might be undertaken. Yet still, he's not obliged to Microsoft at all
and if they (Microsoft) want him to investigate they should pay him
for his time, costs and effort.
You may be right but I find it hard to imagine that someone selling HP COA's
doesn't know they are doing something wrong.
--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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