Where is the catch? Am I being stupid today?

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  1. mushky

    mushky gimme snails

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  2. Shadow_101

    Shadow_101 Minimodder

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    looks a bit to good to be true + all his other sales seem to be porn...
     
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  3. chemo

    chemo True Jungle Brother

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    people do this sort of stuff all day long mate.
    you can litterally get anything from ebay.
    and ofcourse some people would look at that and think it was a real bargain and buy it so thats why the sellers like this do it.

    supply and demand.
     
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  4. tm36usa

    tm36usa What's a Dremel?

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    Why not just try it, its cheap enough, and ebay can help (sort-of) if he scams you.
     
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  5. Sp!

    Sp! Minimodder

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    if these are pirate, (which for £10 I'd assume they are) arn't microsoft giving away free copyies of windows XP if you have a recipt and you give them full details of where you purchased it.
     
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  6. smoguzbenjamin

    smoguzbenjamin "That guy"

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    You will receive Microsoft Windows XP pro and Microsoft Office 2003 on 2 CD ROM’s in a clear CD wallet. Both programs come with all required CD keys.

    These Programs have no boxes or instructions.

    The italic bits sound funky to me :blah:
     
    smoguzbenjamin, 29 Jul 2005
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  7. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Not to mention the 'CD ROM' bit. Pressed CD != CD-ROM.

    MS won't swap you a cheap genuine XP in return for a burnt copy, only in exchange for faked pressed copies, AFAIK. :nono:
     
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  8. DaSuperFly

    DaSuperFly What's a Dremel?

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    I think the catch is that you will indeed get a copy of XP & Office but they won't exactly be legal.
     
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  9. dom_

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    i vote for being stupid today :D
     
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  10. mushky

    mushky gimme snails

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    I read about this. You have to fill out a "piracy form". There is no real info on how to do this, so I'm not sure about the credibility just yet.
    http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/26/technology/microsoft_windows.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
     
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  11. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    theres nowhere that its says it isnt warez, so it blatantly is, especially for that price
     
    Mister_Tad, 29 Jul 2005
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  12. DivineSin

    DivineSin What's a Dremel?

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    Yea, i'de say that considering it comes with no box, no instructions, and comes in a clear cd sleeve that it is indeed a pirated copy.
     
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  13. XUntitled

    XUntitled What's a Dremel?

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    Other auctions are good. If its pirated just report it.. odds are though its hot, and just fell off a truck as they say.
     
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  14. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Or they came with 10,000 OEM PC's somewhere and he simply "acquired" the software package?

    Anyway, it seems like a bit of a dodgy one tbh. Worth a try though :p
     
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