Re: XP Home to XP Pro Upgrade
- From: "Michael Stevens" <xpnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 02:21:10 -0700
Michael Stevens wrote:
"Ground Cover" <ground@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
The seller IS aware he is scamming the OP. The seller is a thief and
knows what they are doing and it is highly unlikely a refund would
ever be given. He could possibly get a refund through his credit card
provider. You are very naive if you think a person selling only the COA
without
any media is a legit seller. The COA's, would only work on the HP
media it was intended to work and activate on.
Why should Microsoft compensate him for reporting a scam artist? MS
was not the one that stole his money, it was the scam artist. Find
out how to hurt the guilty party, not the one of the victims being
ripped of. The link below illustrates what the OP would face if he
successfully
installed using the COA received from the scammer.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/oemeula.htm
For another reason standalone COA's are a scam, see the link below.
http://blogs.msdn.com/mssmallbiz/search.aspx?q=coa&p=1
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