The real price of Windows OS

[Malaka]

Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
$5.000!

[Slimer]

On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
> $5.000!

You should have purchased it.

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Slimer
OpenMedia, GreenPeace Supporter & SPCA Paw Partner
Encrypt.

[Malaka]

"Slimer" escreveu na mensagem ...
>
>On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
>> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
>> $5.000!
>
>You should have purchased it.
>

It's the price of a second-hand car. I can't buy nothing outside my country
(credit card lack).

[Kirk Bubul[_2_]]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:45:22 -0000, "Malaka"
> wrote:

>"Slimer" escreveu na mensagem ...
>>
>>On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
>>> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
>>> $5.000!
>>
>>You should have purchased it.
>>
>
>It's the price of a second-hand car. I can't buy nothing outside my country
>(credit card lack).

Are you saying that the cost was FIVE THOUSAND dollars? (In the
U. S., we would write that $5,000 - with a comma.) In the U.S.,
the decimal point separates dollars and cents.

[Malaka]

"Kirk Bubul" escreveu na mensagem
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>On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:45:22 -0000, "Malaka"
> wrote:
>
>>"Slimer" escreveu na mensagem ...
>>>
>>>On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
>>>> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
>>>> $5.000!
>>>
>>>You should have purchased it.
>>>
>>
>>It's the price of a second-hand car. I can't buy nothing outside my
>>country
>>(credit card lack).
>
>Are you saying that the cost was FIVE THOUSAND dollars? (In the
>U. S., we would write that $5,000 - with a comma.) In the U.S.,
>the decimal point separates dollars and cents.

Yes, thousand. About $5000.00. How much is Autocad?

[Malaka]

"Malaka" escreveu na mensagem ...
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>"Kirk Bubul" escreveu na mensagem
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>>On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:45:22 -0000, "Malaka"
> wrote:
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>>>"Slimer" escreveu na mensagem ...
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>>>>On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
>>>>> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
>>>>> $5.000!
>>>>
>>>>You should have purchased it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>It's the price of a second-hand car. I can't buy nothing outside my
>>>country
>>>(credit card lack).
>>
>>Are you saying that the cost was FIVE THOUSAND dollars? (In the
>>U. S., we would write that $5,000 - with a comma.) In the U.S.,
>>the decimal point separates dollars and cents.
>
>Yes, thousand. About $5000.00. How much is Autocad?

The Windows 8.1 Apps at $0.99 is irony.

[Ken Blake, MVP[_4_]]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:41:01 -0400, Slimer > wrote:

> On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
> > Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
> > $5.000!
>
> You should have purchased it.


The punctuation mark to separate thousands from hundreds is different
in different parts of the world. Like you, in my part of the world, I
read $5.000 as five dollars. But undoubtedly he's using the dot as
what we would use the comma for, so he means five *thousand* dollars.

[philo]

On 03/25/2015 07:56 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:41:01 -0400, Slimer > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
>>> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
>>> $5.000!
>>
>> You should have purchased it.
>
>
> The punctuation mark to separate thousands from hundreds is different
> in different parts of the world. Like you, in my part of the world, I
> read $5.000 as five dollars. But undoubtedly he's using the dot as
> what we would use the comma for, so he means five *thousand* dollars.
>



$5000 for Windows is of course absurd, assuming "$" = USD


OTOH "$" can also = Peso

which would put the price a bit over 300 USD

[R. C. White]

Hi, Philo - and Ken.

Which Peso? Mexican? In Philippine pesos it would be a little over $100.
(About $112 today.)

But Malaka (the OP) said it was on a "webpage from US", so...???

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3528.0331) in Win8.1 Pro w/Media Center


"philo" wrote in message ...

On 03/25/2015 07:56 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:41:01 -0400, Slimer > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
>>> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
>>> $5.000!
>>
>> You should have purchased it.
>
>
> The punctuation mark to separate thousands from hundreds is different
> in different parts of the world. Like you, in my part of the world, I
> read $5.000 as five dollars. But undoubtedly he's using the dot as
> what we would use the comma for, so he means five *thousand* dollars.
>



$5000 for Windows is of course absurd, assuming "$" = USD


OTOH "$" can also = Peso

which would put the price a bit over 300 USD

[Ken Blake, MVP[_4_]]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:13:08 -0500, philo > wrote:

> On 03/25/2015 07:56 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:41:01 -0400, Slimer > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2015-03-25 6:39 PM, Malaka wrote:
> >>> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
> >>> $5.000!
> >>
> >> You should have purchased it.
> >
> >
> > The punctuation mark to separate thousands from hundreds is different
> > in different parts of the world. Like you, in my part of the world, I
> > read $5.000 as five dollars. But undoubtedly he's using the dot as
> > what we would use the comma for, so he means five *thousand* dollars.
> >
>
>
>
> $5000 for Windows is of course absurd, assuming "$" = USD



Of course, which is how I read the exclamation mark in his message.

[VanguardLH[_2_]]

philo wrote:

> Malaka wrote:
>
>> Once I saw Windows 7 for sale on a shop webpage from US. It was about
>> $5.000!
>
> $5000 for Windows is of course absurd, assuming "$" = USD

Not if it were a volume license for, say, 500 to 1000 seats. The OP's
"shop webpage from US" seems deliberately nondescript so we can't check
what was really being sold. Another possibility is that Malaka screwed
up using a currency converter (since "from US" indicates he is not *in*
the US[A]), so it could be 5000 is the US price converted to his
currency and he accidentally added the dollar sign. His claim is
unsubstantiated by not giving a URL to the "shop page". We also don't
know what might've been included with that sale of Windows, like some
high-end gaming or CAD machine.

Of course, anyone can ask any price they want. I forget the specific
but I recall a story about a guy who sold something like $4.10 for
hundreds of dollars on eBay. It wasn't rare coinage, just pocket change
he had that day. He claimed it was a joke but I don't think eBay saw it
that way.

[philo]

On 03/25/2015 08:47 PM, R. C. White wrote:
> Hi, Philo - and Ken.
>
> Which Peso? Mexican? In Philippine pesos it would be a little over
> $100. (About $112 today.)
>
>


I did not take into account which country the Peso was from
but the $5000 was obviously not a US price
as he said the figure was "$5.000".


Had it been a US price it would have been listed as "$5,000".


Of course the OP could very well just be trolling for all I know.

[Paul]

philo wrote:
> On 03/25/2015 08:47 PM, R. C. White wrote:
>> Hi, Philo - and Ken.
>>
>> Which Peso? Mexican? In Philippine pesos it would be a little over
>> $100. (About $112 today.)
>>
>>
>
>
> I did not take into account which country the Peso was from
> but the $5000 was obviously not a US price
> as he said the figure was "$5.000".
>
>
> Had it been a US price it would have been listed as "$5,000".
>
>
> Of course the OP could very well just be trolling for all I know.
>

Likely to be the same person who "had a friend sell him
a PC for $5000".

Paul

[philo]

On 03/26/2015 11:32 AM, Paul wrote:
> philo wrote:
>> On 03/25/2015 08:47 PM, R. C. White wrote:
>>> Hi, Philo - and Ken.
>>>
>>> Which Peso? Mexican? In Philippine pesos it would be a little over
>>> $100. (About $112 today.)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I did not take into account which country the Peso was from
>> but the $5000 was obviously not a US price
>> as he said the figure was "$5.000".
>>
>>
>> Had it been a US price it would have been listed as "$5,000".
>>
>>
>> Of course the OP could very well just be trolling for all I know.
>>
>
> Likely to be the same person who "had a friend sell him
> a PC for $5000".
>
> Paul




Yes, when I see stuff like that I assume it's just a troll. but I often
answer anyway just for the heck of it.

[Gene E. Bloch[_2_]]

On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:00:45 -0500, philo wrote:

> Of course the OP could very well just be trolling for all I know.

He seems to be our nym-shiiitng Portuguese friend.

He's a surrealist, rather than a troll, IMO.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

[Gene E. Bloch[_2_]]

On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:12:00 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:00:45 -0500, philo wrote:
>
>> Of course the OP could very well just be trolling for all I know.
>
> He seems to be our nym-shiiitng Portuguese friend.
>
> He's a surrealist, rather than a troll, IMO.

Not sure how my spell-checker missed it[1], but obviously I meant
"nym-shifting", but in this case maybe Freud got it right.

[1] Yeah, it was probably marked and *I* am the one who missed it...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

[philo]

On 03/26/2015 01:14 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:12:00 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:00:45 -0500, philo wrote:
>>
>>> Of course the OP could very well just be trolling for all I know.
>>
>> He seems to be our nym-shiiitng Portuguese friend.
>>
>> He's a surrealist, rather than a troll, IMO.
>
> Not sure how my spell-checker missed it[1], but obviously I meant
> "nym-shifting", but in this case maybe Freud got it right.
>
> [1] Yeah, it was probably marked and *I* am the one who missed it...
>



A lot of times typos are way better than what we've intended.

Freud was right.

[Malaka]

"philo" escreveu na mensagem ...
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>On 03/26/2015 01:14 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:12:00 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:00:45 -0500, philo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Of course the OP could very well just be trolling for all I know.
>>>
>>> He seems to be our nym-shiiitng Portuguese friend.
>>>
>>> He's a surrealist, rather than a troll, IMO.
>>
>> Not sure how my spell-checker missed it[1], but obviously I meant
>> "nym-shifting", but in this case maybe Freud got it right.
>>
>> [1] Yeah, it was probably marked and *I* am the one who missed it...
>>
>
>
>
>A lot of times typos are way better than what we've intended.
>
>Freud was right.

Lots of candidates for a troll doctor part-time, diagnosing diseases for
free, based on english writing weakness.
Only humans make mistakes.