Gamespot is selling Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License for either PC or Mac at $39.99. The promotional email indicated that this is a 24 hour promotion, and I received the email today (Mar 20) at noon.
https://deals.gamespot.com/sales/...iption-nyp
Office Professional 2021 includes:
- Microsoft Office Word
- Microsoft Office Excel
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office Outlook
- Microsoft Office Teams
- Microsoft Office OneNote
- Microsoft Office Publisher
- Microsoft Office Access
Last year I purchased this MS Office from Gamespot. When you purchase it, they provide the access code for installation. You download the program from Microsoft. My wife installed this MS Office on a Mac for my wife and has had no problem since then.
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It's just a GameSpot skin on the stacksocial site.
What should I search for to get these keys? I already know what I'm getting (grey market)
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It's just a GameSpot skin on the stacksocial site.
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BACKGROUND
The NerdUsed global install-code finder: They function through many marketplace sites (GameSpot, PC World, StackSocial, FastKeys, SoftKeyWorld, Click2Save, AppleInsider, TMZ, ZDNet, MacWorldShop, AndroidAuthority, etc.). Those sites are not endorsements. They are just financial transaction hubs similar to eBay.
NerdUsed is finding install keys through any means possible (MSDN user development license banks, corporate, government, or educational codes, etc.). The deals are limited-time deals and they move on to another marketplace site for a different promo. Often, the deals suddenly end when Microsoft determines complementary for-development codes origining from a legal MSDN account user are exhaused or misused.
More recently, NerdUsed is selling codes through the financial marketplace hubs of 'credible' newspaper and TV news media sites. Their mailbox is in the U.K. but there is no actual office there. From their actual sites that they directly sell through, we know that English is not their language (using translators), so it's almost certain that they're operating out of a non-English speaking country. They likely do not reside in the U.K. Complaints and re-issuing of declined codes is mostly done through their Telegram account for legal and privacy purposes.
The 39 'reviews' are totally fake. Notice they are all very English first and last American and British names - again to appear more legitimate. No bad reviews, yet we know they exist from the many discussion boards complaining of needing replacement codes, not getting responses, etc. It's pretty sick that they be allowed to promote "Regular $349.00" and "lifetime license" - and your recourse if/when your code is diabled? Go to the seller? Go to the reseller? Go to Microsoft? Not.
There is no difference between a $30, $40, $10 or $2 install code from NerdUsed and other gray-market code finders/creators. They are all the same. It's interesting how people feel it's more "authentic" when they pay more money for one. (A used bike seller appears more legitimate when they sell a bike for $100, compared to someone who sells one at $20.) Therefore this is not a "good deal" compared to other gray-market licenses - and this is definitely NOT equivalent to a $300-$600 Microsoft (or other) software license purchased from almost any U.S. store (except Craigslist and marketplace hubs).
Regarding your financial and personal privacy, you're better off purchasing by cash or from a site that does NOT remit your personal contact (or credit card) details to NerdUsed (or any other install code finder/creator). There were a couple of reports from buyers having credit card numbers compromised 1-2 months later, which they associated with their install code purchase; however they purchased from one of NerdUsed's direct-sell sites.
"It installed" does not equal "it's legitimate and for life" when purchasing this way.