Lee
Guild of Calamitous Intent
I've bought 2x lifetime, MS Office Home & Student 2019 licenses off eBay in the past couple months, from 2x different sellers. Saved $80-100 vs. buying direct from Microsoft. Both sellers had good ratings, though low number of reviews, I believe the first one was just around 100, and the second only had 14. Each had several reviews claiming other folks had bought good working product keys from them.
There were about 3-4 weeks between purchases, when I wanted to buy the second key, I went to my purchase history, the listing was no longer available, and the seller no longer has anything for sell, so I went in search for another, and actually found a better deal.
Both sellers offered a USB thumb drive with the Office install files shipped to you, but also email you the key. I waited for the thumb drive on the first one, worked great, registered with MS, installed without a hitch, and auto updated with Windows update.
For the second seller, I just downloaded and installed direct from Microsoft, using the key they emailed me, I'll probably have a thumb drive show up in the mail sometime later this week.
So what gives? The keys are really cheap, but they appear to be valid. Is eBay or Microsoft shutting down these sellers, and why? I actually got an email from eBay about the second purchase letting me know the item is no longer available, and to contact them if I haven't received my purchase, no details on why, I guess eBay shut the seller down. I already got Office installed, so I don't guess I care.
Are they selling stolen keys, or what's the deal?
There were about 3-4 weeks between purchases, when I wanted to buy the second key, I went to my purchase history, the listing was no longer available, and the seller no longer has anything for sell, so I went in search for another, and actually found a better deal.
Both sellers offered a USB thumb drive with the Office install files shipped to you, but also email you the key. I waited for the thumb drive on the first one, worked great, registered with MS, installed without a hitch, and auto updated with Windows update.
For the second seller, I just downloaded and installed direct from Microsoft, using the key they emailed me, I'll probably have a thumb drive show up in the mail sometime later this week.
So what gives? The keys are really cheap, but they appear to be valid. Is eBay or Microsoft shutting down these sellers, and why? I actually got an email from eBay about the second purchase letting me know the item is no longer available, and to contact them if I haven't received my purchase, no details on why, I guess eBay shut the seller down. I already got Office installed, so I don't guess I care.
Are they selling stolen keys, or what's the deal?