On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:40:13 -0500, Wolf K wrote:

On 2016-12-15 11:21, Mayayana wrote:
"Wolf K" wrote

| The ISO is free. I hve one on this box. The key is what costs. I would
| buy a key only from MS, or buy the ISO plus key from a legitimate
| reseller such as Newegg:
|
|
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-804-_-Product
|
| A 2nd-hand key may work if it was bought by an end-user, because you can
| transfer the licence if you do a hardware upgrade. However, an OEM key
| will definitely not work.
|

I'm not talking about a second-hand key or
questionable sources. That's why I'm asking
this question. I want the cheapest way
to get legitimate Win7, perhaps buying just
the key to save money. But I want to know
whether sites selling just the key are selling
legitimate keys.

Samples:

https://softwareempire.com/product/w...um-sp1-64-bit/

http://www.softwareking.com/microsof...Speed=noscript

I have no knowledge of those vendors. To me, their names are a red flag.
Kking??? Empire???

www.resellerratings.com used to be the place to go to check on whether a
company was legit. Not sure how relevant it is these days, with
everything moving to Facebook lately.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/The_Software_King

They get a high rating, but a very small number of reviews, only 377.
Not enough reviews for me to trust them at this point. Newegg, OTOH, has
a slightly lower rating, but over 40K reviews. I've ordered from newegg
literally hundreds of times and never had a problem.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Newegg

I don't even see an entry for Software Empire, so that's a red flag.


The NewEgg link shows no price.

$139.99 shown in right-hand box. I've dealt with them, they are
reliable. So is Tigerdirect IME.

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Char Jackson