Update: Price is now reflective of
$34.99 w/ promo code
SAVE thru September 14, 2023.
Groupon offers
Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 Lifetime License for Windows or Mac on sale for $35.99 ->
Now $34.99
Thanks to Community Member
Tedusmc2009 for finding this deal.
Available:Includes:- Microsoft Office Word
- Microsoft Office Excel
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office Outlook
- Microsoft Office Teams
- Microsoft Office OneNote
- About this deal:
- After purchasing this deal, you'll need to visit the merchant's website to complete redemption
- All sales final.
- About this product:
- Lifetime license for MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, & OneNote One-time purchase installed on 1 machine (Windows or Mac) for lifetime Microsoft Office use at home or work Instant delivery & download.
- Microsoft Office 2021 is incompatible with iPad and Chromebook
- See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.
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"NerdUsed" knows they couldn't get away with it as an Amazon Marketplace Reseller.
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. There are many different categories of freely-provided or minimum-fee install codes that are provided throughout the world and amongst many different environments (students, corporates, developers, non-profits, etc.).
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.
There is no difference between a $2 and a $50 office install code from these install code providers. They are all the same. It's interesting how people feel it's more "authentic" when they pay more money for one. 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, PayPal, Virtual Credit Card with limits, or from a site that does NOT remit your personal contact (or credit card) details to the install code provider.
"It installed" does not equal it's a "legitimate software license", it's "for life", and it's a "consumer retail license".
Groupon is not the install-code provider. Groupon will take their 7-15% commission, hold the money for at least 30 days (past the credit card charge back period) then send the remaining to NerdUsed's foreign bank. Groupon is not held liable for the future failure of any product in its Marketplace site. Groupon is not responsible for the authenticity or claims made by its product/service resellers.
Microsoft is not responsible for verifying the authenticity of each code install, just as GM does not verify that each Escalade driver is the actual owner. Microsoft should sue Marketplace sites? They can't. Craigslist can't be sued for having imitation products posted on their site. Also, all these install-code resellers are internationally located in non-western countries. At best, they have a post office box and a Telegram account.
Microsoft software is sold as a license to use, not as a physical product disc. Successful install activation is not software license approval. There is no immediate check to verify that it's being installed on a computer owned by a specific company, college, charity, software developer, etc. However, when their status changes, or other flags come up in the future, license codes can be deactivated - easy to do thanks to ongoing internet verifications. It may work for a week, or 10 years. The Marketplace Hub offers no additional credibility as to the life of the product.
Therefore, buying an international app install code from Groupon or StackSocial offers no additional quality than buying it from the luckyapps site in Kazakstan. Paying $50 gives you nothing more than paying $5. For all we know, NerdUsed may be located in Kazakstan.
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"NerdUsed" knows they couldn't get away with it as an Amazon Marketplace Reseller.
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. There are many different categories of freely-provided or minimum-fee install codes that are provided throughout the world and amongst many different environments (students, corporates, developers, non-profits, etc.).
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.
There is no difference between a $2 and a $50 office install code from these install code providers. They are all the same. It's interesting how people feel it's more "authentic" when they pay more money for one. 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, PayPal, Virtual Credit Card with limits, or from a site that does NOT remit your personal contact (or credit card) details to the install code provider.
"It installed" does not equal it's a "legitimate software license", it's "for life", and it's a "consumer retail license".
Groupon is not the install-code provider. Groupon will take their 7-15% commission, hold the money for at least 30 days (past the credit card charge back period) then send the remaining to NerdUsed's foreign bank. Groupon is not held liable for the future failure of any product in its Marketplace site. Groupon is not responsible for the authenticity or claims made by its product/service resellers.
Microsoft is not responsible for verifying the authenticity of each code install, just as GM does not verify that each Escalade driver is the actual owner. Microsoft should sue Marketplace sites? They can't. Craigslist can't be sued for having imitation products posted on their site. Also, all these install-code resellers are internationally located in non-western countries. At best, they have a post office box and a Telegram account.
Microsoft software is sold as a license to use, not as a physical product disc. Successful install activation is not software license approval. There is no immediate check to verify that it's being installed on a computer owned by a specific company, college, charity, software developer, etc. However, when their status changes, or other flags come up in the future, license codes can be deactivated - easy to do thanks to ongoing internet verifications. It may work for a week, or 10 years. The Marketplace Hub offers no additional credibility as to the life of the product.
Therefore, buying an international app install code from Groupon or StackSocial offers no additional quality than buying it from the luckyapps site in Kazakstan. Paying $50 gives you nothing more than paying $5. For all we know, NerdUsed may be located in Kazakstan.
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I am still using a versiin from 2006. It is a corporate edition from my previous employer and it works fine.
However, as you alluded to, this product with an expiration in Oct 2026, means you will pay $12 per year for 3 years up front for guaranteed vendor support (support = vendor will update for malware/exploits, not provide you free tech support to get your app to work in your environment).
The lifetime simply means lifetime of the company's support and your own risk management.
I would say this is a good slick deal, as $1 / month is cheap for Office.
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Here's a cheaper vendor on Groupon but seems to be a little less legit reseller of a reseller. I don't like the fact the vendor contact has a Gmail account
$28.80/lic with promo.
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Also, while this will not be supported after October 2026, this is like getting O365 (minus OneDrive) for $12 bucks a year.
Thanks OP, great deal!
Successful installation has nothing to do with legitimacy.
I can successfully use an install code for a college in India, an MSDN developer in Israel, a corporation's code who pays annual license fees for its employees, or a non-profit. They'll all install just fine, because Microsoft can't deny them just on location.
However, many will get deactivated at some point in the future for violating the terms of the software license agreement. Microsoft later uses metrics that compare actual use to the intended volume, or special license, owner. The only thing that Microsoft does initially check in the beginning was if that install code was already used. That's completely different from the software license agreement. Software isn't a disc these days. It's a license agreement based on owner and intended use.
If my name is John Smith, can I use the professional credentials of all other persons named John Smith (a doctor, cop, etc.)? There's no question of legitimacy if my license ID matches the name on a doctor's business card? There's a difference between authentic owner use and momentary successful use. One is legitimate, the other is not. You can buy a "Rolex" watch for $2,000 or $10. They'll initially look and function the same.
Let's not call these grey market specials, since these install codes are NOT equal to normal install codes bought in all the traditional ways. Otherwise, no one would pay $150-$400 for real codes instead of $5-$10 on the international install-code finding marketplace. It's a joke to pay these international code finders/creaters $25-$50 because they also sell them for $5-$10 on many other sites internationally. The marketplace media site is NOT guaranteeing the lifetime license. It's the seller (NERDUSED) that is making this claim. After the credit card chargeback period expires, you're insurance expires. So paying more than $5-$10 is so funny.
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