MS Office 2019 for cheapest price (not pirated)
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It's been a while since I've had to do this, but new PC new Office, where do you guys go to get your (non subscription) version of Office.
I think I used eBay in the past, but I've had a look and there's very little there so guessing that was all a bit shady.
It would be nice to know it's got support, lifetime usage, and no subscription fees.
I think I used eBay in the past, but I've had a look and there's very little there so guessing that was all a bit shady.
It would be nice to know it's got support, lifetime usage, and no subscription fees.
I used these guys, the download address is Microsoft and seemed legit.
https://ecokeys.co.uk/
You need to uninstall any demo and shell versions on the PC first, download a massive image file then run it like a virtual CD type install. I had no problems.
https://ecokeys.co.uk/
You need to uninstall any demo and shell versions on the PC first, download a massive image file then run it like a virtual CD type install. I had no problems.
Rozzers said:
I used these guys, the download address is Microsoft and seemed legit.
https://ecokeys.co.uk/
You need to uninstall any demo and shell versions on the PC first, download a massive image file then run it like a virtual CD type install. I had no problems.
Good call, I snagged a 2021 pro for £23, all installed, and reg with MS thanks for that.https://ecokeys.co.uk/
You need to uninstall any demo and shell versions on the PC first, download a massive image file then run it like a virtual CD type install. I had no problems.
Rozzers said:
I used these guys, the download address is Microsoft and seemed legit.
https://ecokeys.co.uk/
You need to uninstall any demo and shell versions on the PC first, download a massive image file then run it like a virtual CD type install. I had no problems.
Just bought from these guys on your your recommendation. I got Office professional plus 2021 for £19.49, completely hassle free.https://ecokeys.co.uk/
You need to uninstall any demo and shell versions on the PC first, download a massive image file then run it like a virtual CD type install. I had no problems.
I just cut & pasted the key into the existing Word 365 that was installed on my new laptop, it the prompted whether I wanted to update Office to the correct version. It did the rest.
I would definitely recommended ecokeys.
This isn’t legitimate.
I would steer clear, when a legitimate 365 subscription can be had for £5.99 a month, even less with a corporate home use discount scheme. Costs me around £45 a year direct from Microsoft with the corporate discount.
Paying a paultry sum like £23 for a permanent license is definitely defrauding Microsoft. Even in the best case scenario of a volume license being sold on, which is against their terms and conditions.
Lots of dodgyness abound, people using harvested credit card numbers to launder money etc. A quick Google search will highlight the various issues around these schemes.
I would steer clear, when a legitimate 365 subscription can be had for £5.99 a month, even less with a corporate home use discount scheme. Costs me around £45 a year direct from Microsoft with the corporate discount.
Paying a paultry sum like £23 for a permanent license is definitely defrauding Microsoft. Even in the best case scenario of a volume license being sold on, which is against their terms and conditions.
Lots of dodgyness abound, people using harvested credit card numbers to launder money etc. A quick Google search will highlight the various issues around these schemes.
Alternately, if you don’t NEED MS office and just want to bash out some letters at home, do some simple spreadsheets, open office and other freeware suites are really quite good these days as are free web based software from google etc.
Free and legitimate is even better than paying £23 for something of questionable origin.
https://www.techradar.com/best/free-office-softwar...
Free and legitimate is even better than paying £23 for something of questionable origin.
https://www.techradar.com/best/free-office-softwar...
Edited by wyson on Sunday 3rd April 21:30
wyson said:
This isn’t legitimate.
I would steer clear, when a legitimate 365 subscription can be had for £5.99 a month, even less with a corporate home use discount scheme. Costs me around £45 a year direct from Microsoft with the corporate discount.
Paying a paultry sum like £23 for a permanent license is definitely defrauding Microsoft. Even in the best case scenario of a volume license being sold on, which is against their terms and conditions.
Lots of dodgyness abound, people using harvested credit card numbers to launder money etc. A quick Google search will highlight the various issues around these schemes.
It is absolutely legitimate and completely legal (and has been tested in court). Microsoft don’t like it but that doesn’t make it illegal or incorrect to do this.I would steer clear, when a legitimate 365 subscription can be had for £5.99 a month, even less with a corporate home use discount scheme. Costs me around £45 a year direct from Microsoft with the corporate discount.
Paying a paultry sum like £23 for a permanent license is definitely defrauding Microsoft. Even in the best case scenario of a volume license being sold on, which is against their terms and conditions.
Lots of dodgyness abound, people using harvested credit card numbers to launder money etc. A quick Google search will highlight the various issues around these schemes.
wyson said:
This isn’t legitimate.
Can you please explain why these licences are not legitmate or point to a definative intent source that explains why? As far as i'm aware it's been tested in court. This link is from 2012 but I haven't found anything to indicate it's no longer accurate.https://brodies.com/insights/ip-technology-and-dat...
There's an ongoing case around this issue but it's not about the validity of these licences - it's about how MS tried to get users to give up these transferable licences in exchange for renewing ones which cannot be resold.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/01/valuelicens...
wyson said:
This isn’t legitimate.
I would steer clear, when a legitimate 365 subscription can be had for £5.99 a month, even less with a corporate home use discount scheme. Costs me around £45 a year direct from Microsoft with the corporate discount.
Classic PHI would steer clear, when a legitimate 365 subscription can be had for £5.99 a month, even less with a corporate home use discount scheme. Costs me around £45 a year direct from Microsoft with the corporate discount.
Man recommends something cheap, another tells how you should buy it for much more money.
I got mine because I didn't actually want to have to subscribe monthly, so I got the very last non subscription version.
I've paid my dues to MS over the years I paid out approx £500 back in the mid 90's for Office 95 & Office 98, I should have been compensated for having to install Office 95 on about 25 Floppy disks
I've paid my dues to MS over the years I paid out approx £500 back in the mid 90's for Office 95 & Office 98, I should have been compensated for having to install Office 95 on about 25 Floppy disks
Mr Pointy said:
Can you please explain why these licences are not legitmate or point to a definative intent source that explains why? As far as i'm aware it's been tested in court. This link is from 2012 but I haven't found anything to indicate it's no longer accurate.
https://brodies.com/insights/ip-technology-and-dat...
There's an ongoing case around this issue but it's not about the validity of these licences - it's about how MS tried to get users to give up these transferable licences in exchange for renewing ones which cannot be resold.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/01/valuelicens...
You are quite correct. There is no current law against using these codes. https://brodies.com/insights/ip-technology-and-dat...
There's an ongoing case around this issue but it's not about the validity of these licences - it's about how MS tried to get users to give up these transferable licences in exchange for renewing ones which cannot be resold.
https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/01/valuelicens...
Carbon Sasquatch said:
Sadly nothing for the Mac - anyone got any leads ?
OpenOffice works for MAC, and free is hard to beat.https://www.openoffice.org/why/
NMNeil said:
OpenOffice works for MAC, and free is hard to beat.
https://www.openoffice.org/why/
Thanks - I'll give it a try.https://www.openoffice.org/why/
As they come free with MacOS, I can just about get by with Pages but Numbers drives me mad.
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