expiredTedusmc2009 posted Aug 23, 2023 04:56 PM
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expiredTedusmc2009 posted Aug 23, 2023 04:56 PM
Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 Lifetime License for Windows or Mac
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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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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.
It it worth the extra $10 to get it through Groupon? Does Groupon provide any additional layer of reassurance that this code will work? Does it mean anything that Nerd Used is listed on Microsoft's website as an authorized partner? https://appsource.micro
This seems like a great deal, especially at $25 for the Pro version direct from the vendor, but it also seems too good to be true. It feels like the risk of it being deactivated at some point is non-zero.
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.
nvm. it is embedded in the link.
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So we'd have to not upgrade for a few years to come out ahead AND, we wouldn't be getting the cloud storage on OneDrive.
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Read the stuff on the web - MS will end support for Office 2021 in 2026. I do not know if this means your licenses stop working. As stated above - my supposedly lifetime license through (MCD****Keys) just ended and the software is unusable.
There is no way I want to go to subscription for office apps - fine if you are going to stop updating them - but I want to own my SW apps.
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