Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true?

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Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - nzoomed - 10-12-2024

I have had a number of people ask me today about the offer on grabone for MS office professional, it seems ridiculously cheap to me, and appears they have done this before on there with mixed experiences going by what im reading and some have had issues activating.
I suspect they are on selling volume licence keys or something to that effect?

RE: Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - king1 - 10-12-2024

sounds dodgy, an overseas training website selling coupons that you redeem online to purchase office

RE: Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - nzoomed - 10-12-2024

Yeah, it's the same crowd who had the deal there about 3 years back.
I'm amazed how these slip through on there, apparently it got taken down last time. I've just told everyone to avoid it.

RE: Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - Agent_24 - 15-12-2024

Why bother? I suspect most home users would find a free alternative like LibreOffice to be quite sufficient.

RE: Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - nzoomed - 19-12-2024

(15-12-2024, 03:19 PM)Agent_24 Wrote: Why bother? I suspect most home users would find a free alternative like LibreOffice to be quite sufficient.

I install libreoffice on many peoples computers, however there is always a certain number stuck on their old ways and dont want to "change"
In one case all I had to do was rename the libreoffice icons to word and excel and it was enough to get them to switch lol

RE: Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - Agent_24 - 19-12-2024

(19-12-2024, 10:43 AM)nzoomed Wrote:
(15-12-2024, 03:19 PM)Agent_24 Wrote: Why bother? I suspect most home users would find a free alternative like LibreOffice to be quite sufficient.

I install libreoffice on many peoples computers, however there is always a certain number stuck on their old ways and dont want to "change"
In one case all I had to do was rename the libreoffice icons to word and excel and it was enough to get them to switch lol

RE: Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - bevy121 - 20-12-2024

Is it cheaper than this?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/software/ms-office/listing/5078583431
lol

I have bought eset av for me and 5 other family from him for about 6 years now - never had a prob

I know... you said it before when I posted last time "must be dodgy"

Probably is!

*edit* here's all his office pro listings
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/software/ms-office/search?member_listing=6428503&search_string=MS%20office%20professional

RE: Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - nzoomed - 21-12-2024

(20-12-2024, 12:14 PM)bevy121 Wrote: Is it cheaper than this?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/software/ms-office/listing/5078583431
lol

I have bought eset av for me and 5 other family from him for about 6 years now - never had a prob

I know... you said it before when I posted last time "must be dodgy"

Probably is!

*edit* here's all his office pro listings
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/software/ms-office/search?member_listing=6428503&search_string=MS%20office%20professional

Seems that many sellers seem to get away with selling Volume licence keys, has been going on for quite some time.
Stupid how big corporations can buy them for next to nothing in bulk, but the average consumer has to pay through the roof.

RE: Grabone microsoft office deal, too good to be true? - 1101 - 31-12-2024

(21-12-2024, 12:01 PM)nzoomed Wrote: Stupid how big corporations can buy them for next to nothing in bulk, but the average consumer has to pay through the roof.

When I had to buy Genuine Vol licenses , they werent discounted in any significant way.

I know some of these cheap lic keys being sold , are from other countries where the pricing will be quite different to NZ .
Ive had re-activation refused for one of those cheap Office Keys . MS said the key wasnt from NZ so wouldnt re-activate it .