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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2024, 11:10:59 AM »
There's cheaper too, like this, $17.10 after code PROMO

https://www.groupon.com/deals/maq-software

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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2024, 11:23:02 AM »
Are any of these legit?
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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2024, 11:26:44 AM »
Are any of these legit?
I guess we will have to wait and see if Dan puts it on the website. lol.

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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2024, 11:27:51 AM »
Are any of these legit?
If you click through, they both seem to be Microsoft partners, whatever that means.

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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2024, 11:36:22 AM »
I've bought a few of these in the past year (from different listings), no issues so far.

Guessing it's an enterprise license etc

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« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2024, 11:43:20 AM »
Are any of these legit?
Grey market. Legit licenses, of the type that is never reusable, being sold in a way that Microsoft doesn't like but has no way to stop. Of course, you have to make sure you buy from somewhere that will be accountable. I see sales all the time for almost this cheap. If the sale is quoted on one of my legit computer news sources, I trust it. (Never buy it myself, though.)
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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2024, 12:18:34 PM »
Just bought from Groupon yesterday, works fine, just make sure you delete any Office before install, but that's true always.

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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2024, 12:20:44 PM »
Just bought from Groupon yesterday, works fine, just make sure you delete any Office before install, but that's true always.

I have no doubt that this works. But as pointed out above, these are likely enterprise licenses that are not supposed to be resold. I'm not sure what the ramifications are.
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2024, 12:41:56 PM »
I have no doubt that this works. But as pointed out above, these are likely enterprise licenses that are not supposed to be resold. I'm not sure what the ramifications are.
If there were any ramifications they would have happened by now. The real problem is differentiating between grey market and black market. The former Microsoft can do nothing about, the latter they can - and also, you have to trust the seller, which is a worse problem.
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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2024, 01:01:05 PM »
If you click through, they both seem to be Microsoft partners, whatever that means.

I mean, Microsoft themselves called me yesterday I should send them gift cards. maybe they are partners with them.

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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2024, 07:55:02 PM »
Is there any difference between buying it from someone who is selling and just getting it from the same place they did?

Microsoft is 100% aware of what people are doing, some argue they actually prefer it.
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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2024, 09:57:58 PM »
Microsoft is 100% aware of what people are doing, some argue they actually prefer it.

Source? You mean they prefer it over piracy?
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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2024, 10:52:00 PM »
Source? You mean they prefer it over piracy?
Don't remember the first place I've seen it but from a quick Googling
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-fi-micropiracy9-story.html

I suppose it's the idea that the average household can pirate it (or obtain from someone else who did) while the businesses pay for it. And the argument is that the businesses would prefer to use the software most people are comfortable with.
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Re: is this a good deal? Microsoft Office 2021 Professional Plus $22.50?
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2024, 11:01:44 PM »
Don't remember the first place I've seen it but from a quick Googling
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-fi-micropiracy9-story.html

I suppose it's the idea that the average household can pirate it (or obtain from someone else who did) while the businesses pay for it. And the argument is that the businesses would prefer to use the software most people are comfortable with.

That’s ancient. While it’s true on the macro that they preferred to keep market share by being the gold standard for businesses and consumer piracy was a secondary concern, it doesn’t mean they completely turned a blind eye to piracy. It’s also likely their strategy has since changed.
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« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2024, 11:54:17 PM »
That’s ancient. While it’s true on the macro that they preferred to keep market share by being the gold standard for businesses and consumer piracy was a secondary concern, it doesn’t mean they completely turned a blind eye to piracy. It’s also likely their strategy has since changed.
As I said
some argue they actually prefer it.
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