Windows XP OEM question

[M. Tanner]

I know I can get a copy of Windows XP Home DSP (OEM) for about $100.
However, I recently ran accross a site that claims to be selling windows XP
Pro OEM for $50! This seems a little fishy, if not illegal to me.

The website is http://www.qualityoemsoft.biz

If this is really legit, then dang! I've found a new supplier of operating
systems for cheap!

But I certainly don't want to get burned. Does anyone here have exprience
with this site or others claiming to sell OEM software really cheap?

- Matt

[Alex Nichol]

M. Tanner <M. > wrote:

>I know I can get a copy of Windows XP Home DSP (OEM) for about $100.
>However, I recently ran accross a site that claims to be selling windows XP
>Pro OEM for $50! This seems a little fishy, if not illegal to me.
>
>The website is http://www.qualityoemsoft.biz

If you look a little deeper you see it is sent by International Air
Mail, and if a little deeper still from somewhere in Eastern Europe.
Draw your conclusions.


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Bruce Chambers]

M. Tanner wrote:
> I know I can get a copy of Windows XP Home DSP (OEM) for about $100.
> However, I recently ran accross a site that claims to be selling
> windows XP Pro OEM for $50! This seems a little fishy, if not
> illegal to me.
>
> The website is http://www.qualityoemsoft.biz
>
> If this is really legit, then dang! I've found a new supplier of
> operating systems for cheap!
>
> But I certainly don't want to get burned. Does anyone here have
> exprience with this site or others claiming to sell OEM software
> really cheap?
>
> - Matt


Actually, if you were to clicked the links provided and then read
the site's self-contradictory,broken English "FAQ," you'd probably
have known it was a scam. Full OEM CDs that are full retail versions
that are legal as backup media? Shipped from eastern Europe? All CDs
shipped with the serial number included in a text file? Definitely
not legitimate CDs.

Those people who have reported back here after making purchases
from several of such web sites have
indicated that what they actually received was a copy of the
widely-known-to-be-pirated Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro. They
couldn't even install SP1 without being informed that the had an
invalid Product Key.

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[MDTanner]

Thanks man. I won't be buying from there anytime soon.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> M. Tanner wrote:
> > I know I can get a copy of Windows XP Home DSP (OEM) for about $100.
> > However, I recently ran accross a site that claims to be selling
> > windows XP Pro OEM for $50! This seems a little fishy, if not
> > illegal to me.
> >
> > The website is http://www.qualityoemsoft.biz
> >
> > If this is really legit, then dang! I've found a new supplier of
> > operating systems for cheap!
> >
> > But I certainly don't want to get burned. Does anyone here have
> > exprience with this site or others claiming to sell OEM software
> > really cheap?
> >
> > - Matt
>
>
> Actually, if you were to clicked the links provided and then read
> the site's self-contradictory,broken English "FAQ," you'd probably
> have known it was a scam. Full OEM CDs that are full retail versions
> that are legal as backup media? Shipped from eastern Europe? All CDs
> shipped with the serial number included in a text file? Definitely
> not legitimate CDs.
>
> Those people who have reported back here after making purchases
> from several of such web sites have
> indicated that what they actually received was a copy of the
> widely-known-to-be-pirated Volume Licensed version of WinXP Pro. They
> couldn't even install SP1 without being informed that the had an
> invalid Product Key.
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having
> both at once. - RAH
>
>
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

MDTanner wrote:
> Thanks man. I won't be buying from there anytime soon.
>


You're welcome.

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Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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both at once. - RAH