frontpageDesertGardener | Staff posted Feb 03, 2026 07:39 AM
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frontpageDesertGardener | Staff posted Feb 03, 2026 07:39 AM
Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Lifetime License (3-PC/Windows 10/11 Digital)
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There's always comments or questions about why Slickdeals allows these types of things here, and it's been answered that they simply get a cut.
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The full Office paid version (not this grey market variant) may be ok. Maybe I'll just uninstall it first to avoid any issues.
Buyer beware.
And the pro-rated return value is just how the receipts print EVERYTHING with a discount, that isn't a permission slip or implied consent. I get a military discount at HD, which I could abuse the crap out of if I wanted via returns without a receipt. For example, if I bought a $1000 item were I received a a 10% discount. I could then return it 2 minutes later for $1000 without a receipt, I could easily get a $100 extra store credit. Is that abuse or just a "hAcK?" "Pro-rated return value" is literally on the receipt..so Home Depot is almost begging me to do it....right???? Same horrible logic.
And "over zealous returns counter person?" You mean the person who is actually applying policy as opposed to just scanning things as quickly as possible so they can go on their break? LOL, apparently doing your job is now "over zealous" and only the lowest performing min wage employees dictate company wide policy.
FWIW, I love how everyone is just "assuming" and projecting all these reasons that Home Depot really wants them to hack all of these deals. Phrases like "She was asking for it"...."sometimes no means yes"....."if you didn't want it to happen you shouldn't have been there"....come to mind. (clear hyperbole)
In the past, re-activation worked. But my last version of Office didn't. Instead of buying a relatively new cheap key, when compared to Microsoft retail or a 365 subscription, I decided to give Libre Office a try. So far so good.
And the pro-rated return value is just how the receipts print EVERYTHING with a discount, that isn't a permission slip or implied consent. I get a military discount at HD, which I could abuse the crap out of if I wanted via returns without a receipt. For example, if I bought a $1000 item were I received a a 10% discount. I could then return it 2 minutes later for $1000 without a receipt, I could easily get a $100 extra store credit. Is that abuse or just a "hAcK?" "Pro-rated return value" is literally on the receipt..so Home Depot is almost begging me to do it....right???? Same horrible logic.
And "over zealous returns counter person?" You mean the person who is actually applying policy as opposed to just scanning things as quickly as possible so they can go on their break? LOL, apparently doing your job is now "over zealous" and only the lowest performing min wage employees dictate company wide policy.
FWIW, I love how everyone is just "assuming" and projecting all these reasons that Home Depot really wants them to hack all of these deals. Phrases like "She was asking for it"...."sometimes no means yes"....."if you didn't want it to happen you shouldn't have been there"....come to mind. (clear hyperbole)
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And you said that was how the hack works....now it doesn't work like that? Which is it? Your goal post was that "pro rated return" amount means it is allowed, and almost condoned. Home Depots' "intent" even. Now you've moved the goalpost. How convenient.
And why hasn't Microsoft created their "system" to prevent gray market keys...so that means it is within their "intent of the system?" Again, your logic, your goalpost. But again, the goalpost has been moved. Odd how that keeps occurring.
TLDR: If Microsoft or Home Depot really wanted / intended / whatever you to do these things, they'd just sell the items for those prices without the dozen extra steps or 3rd parties involved. To pretend they have these shadow processes, to project intent, make "assumptions" of theoretical motivations, etc are just coping mechanisms to make you feel better about abusing "weak links." Regardless if you do them "all the time" or not.
Even with leakage from Enterprise (large corporate) licenses, they are getting paid by the Enterprise (corporation) on a per load basis, or the Enterprise contract is ginormous (tens to hundreds of millions of dollars), so they get paid anyways. Example, "in late 2023, it was reported that Amazon signed a massive five-year, $1 billion deal to migrate its employees from on-premise Office to the Microsoft 365 cloud-based suite." Granted, this is the cloud version, but many corporations aren't on Office 365, or don't plan to anytime soon.
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