I get that, but why is this being posted by staff when it's clearly grey market keys. So the site promotes this now?
This site promotes Home Depot deal "hacking." Not sure this strays much farther. Funny which lines people choose to step over and which they choose to defend.
BTW, Woot is an Amazon company so "clearly" you aren't just buying these keys from some rando on eBay. Hardly fair to compare these keys to graymarket keys (assuming these even are) from sellers who are just as likely to steal your CC info as provide you a functional product code.
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03-16-2024 at 10:26 AM.
One comment on woot states these may be win 8/10 keys being sold as 11, and MS doesn't allow the same kind free upgrades it used to.
The woot site first comment states, "Buyer beware! I bought the Pro version and then waited a few months before I tried to activate it.
Activation failed and when I contacted Woot they told me too bad, it's past the 30 day warranty!
I complained about it during another "deal" and @ThunderThighs was nice enough to get customer service to send me another key. It failed too!
Turns out (via software found on MS app store) that the first key was for Windows 8? and the second key was for Windows 10 home when I paid for Windows 11 Pro and am already running Windows 11 home.
Use this key right away so you can get a refund when it (likely) fails."
One comment on woot states these may be win 8/10 keys being sold as 11, and MS doesn't allow the same kind free upgrades it used to.
The woot site first comment states, "Buyer beware! I bought the Pro version and then waited a few months before I tried to activate it.
Activation failed and when I contacted Woot they told me too bad, it's past the 30 day warranty!
I complained about it during another "deal" and @ThunderThighs was nice enough to get customer service to send me another key. It failed too!
Turns out (via software found on MS app store) that the first key was for Windows 8? and the second key was for Windows 10 home when I paid for Windows 11 Pro and am already running Windows 11 home.
Use this key right away so you can get a refund when it (likely) fails."
Bought key from woot end of last year, it was clearly 11 pro key. But it was technically same key as those $3 oem key that was all over ebay couple years ago and still selling on some random websites. I'd rather give 7 tries on random websites than spending 20 on these again
Being an Amazon company in no way means these keys are legit. There is plenty... PLENTY .. of scammy sleeze fly by night garbage sold on Amazon marketplace. Amazon does a poor job policing it and lets a lot get through.
There are at least a couple people in the Woot forums saying saying they got keys that didn't work. Woot buys via vendors and so I'm sure this isn't coming straight from Microsoft.
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I get that, but why is this being posted by staff when it's clearly grey market keys. So the site promotes this now?
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Many of these grey market key reseller outlets have good affiliate kickbacks.
work for official installs downloaded from Microsoft
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BTW, Woot is an Amazon company so "clearly" you aren't just buying these keys from some rando on eBay. Hardly fair to compare these keys to graymarket keys (assuming these even are) from sellers who are just as likely to steal your CC info as provide you a functional product code.
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The woot site first comment states, "Buyer beware! I bought the Pro version and then waited a few months before I tried to activate it.
Activation failed and when I contacted Woot they told me too bad, it's past the 30 day warranty!
I complained about it during another "deal" and @ThunderThighs was nice enough to get customer service to send me another key. It failed too!
Turns out (via software found on MS app store) that the first key was for Windows 8? and the second key was for Windows 10 home when I paid for Windows 11 Pro and am already running Windows 11 home.
Use this key right away so you can get a refund when it (likely) fails."
The woot site first comment states, "Buyer beware! I bought the Pro version and then waited a few months before I tried to activate it.
Activation failed and when I contacted Woot they told me too bad, it's past the 30 day warranty!
I complained about it during another "deal" and @ThunderThighs was nice enough to get customer service to send me another key. It failed too!
Turns out (via software found on MS app store) that the first key was for Windows 8? and the second key was for Windows 10 home when I paid for Windows 11 Pro and am already running Windows 11 home.
Use this key right away so you can get a refund when it (likely) fails."
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There are at least a couple people in the Woot forums saying saying they got keys that didn't work. Woot buys via vendors and so I'm sure this isn't coming straight from Microsoft.