You can easily check if these are retail keys after installing and activating. Microsoft gives you the instructions on how to do this here: https://learn.microsoft
Here below is a cut-and-paste from the terminal window of what someone get with a key from this deal. (The ID fields sanitized to protect my own license, of course). Some people are getting MSDN subscription Retail version of MS Office 2021 ProProfessional.
MSDN subscription keys are NOT supposed to be resell and should ONLY be use by the single MSDN subscriber.
PS C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16> cscript ospp.vbs /dstatus
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
---Processing--------------------------
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PRODUCT ID: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-AA467
SKU ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-c4a078e8912d
LICENSE NAME: Office 21, Office21ProPlus2021MSDNR_Retail edition
LICENSE DESCRIPTION: Office 21, RETAIL channel
LICENSE STATUS: ---LICENSED---
Last 5 characters of installed product key: XXXXX
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Stacksocial support did get back to me later in the day with a new key that did work though.
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Now I'm trying to fight with Stacksocial support to get my money back. I should have known if something sounds too good to be true, it is.
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