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Old February 28th, 2008, 09:43 PM
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OEM software ... is it proper to buy??
hello

was looking to purchase certain adobe software packages.... then found a site offering these packages as greatly reduced prices.... the software is said to be OEM and so is for one computer.

does anyone know if this is proper option?

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Old February 29th, 2008, 03:32 AM
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Howdy:

What is the name of the site?

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Old February 29th, 2008, 03:56 AM
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I am 99% sure that Adobe does not have an OEM version. Places that sell it are selling you pirated versions of the software. Of course there is that 1% chance that I could be wrong.
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Old February 29th, 2008, 01:37 PM
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The website we've found is:

http://www.cheap-office-software.com/

Not sure about the OEM concept anyway.... but the bit we were warey of, is there seems not to have any 'revealed' business contact info.

any thoughts / knowledge on subject
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Old March 2nd, 2008, 12:46 AM
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My advice is keep away from it!. Based on my own experience a few years ago. Bought an office program, came with all the labels and a key. Installed it , it worked for a few days, then would not start-up. I tried to re-install it, but when I entered the key that came with it, got a message: "Wrong Key".
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Old March 2nd, 2008, 01:43 AM
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And I'm 100% sure Adobe doesn't have OEM software. It's all retail. If this site is offering OEM, it could be burned to a cd by them or their cohorts and totally illegal. As has already been stated, stay away from them.
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Old March 2nd, 2008, 11:46 AM
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Thanks for thoughts.

I would agree with 'stay away' principle. If it is not selling genuine stuff then we would be part of the rip off to adobe if purchased... and prob be ripped off ourselves by vendor if software doent 'take' to working (as mentioned).

The fact that the site hides contact details within itself was the uncomfortable realisation that this site maybe 'unaccountable' and therefore not a fair player in commerce. As nothing has been said to settle concerns then we'll steer clear.

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