Thinking of buying from eBay?

I agree. Buying Adobe Photoshop from eBay may create headache. Why not buy it from authorized distributors and resellers? Amazon is a good place to buy from.

Yeah, even those some people don't have a problem with pirated software, it's really hard to find working patches and serials sometimes.

The old adage "if it seems to good to be true something ain't right" is always true. Don't try and kid yourself into believing something that in your heart of hearts you know not to be.

Definitely never buy on ebay.
My brother got a copy last year,what a disaster.
It is deinitely worth paying fullprice
Dominic

So to the core, it's hard to know whether software you bought is legitimate, unless it was from a publisher/credible store?

I've been interested in the idea that Adobe sent a confirm email like 1 month later. does it means the registered item appears in the account after 1 month. why they don't do that right away so we can walk at ease?

is the activation the same process as typing in the serial? since as i know, activation is totally different than registration.

is this sound like bootleg for you guys: the key is green check marked when typed in but is confirmed as invalid with an Adobe agent!!

thank you for all the suggestions from you guys

My husband just bid on ebay and I had to cancel it.. I don't trust ebay for software as far as I can throw them.. better off to buy from the store..

Kim

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Not only shrink wrapped and with a manual, but the hologram labels on disc or box are reproduced

Some of these fakes are good enough to fool even the buyers for retail or online outlets... I can't remember the name of the program (simply too many messages and not enough memory space) but I know that I read a report sometime in the last year or so that fake software was being sold by a legitimate store because their wholesale buyer got "stung"

I still buy online, but I ONLY do so from a store that has a good return policy, to cover bad software

> unless it is in the box and sealed

No! No! No! No No!

Didn't you read the thread?

Good fakes come shrink-wrapped and with a printed manual!

It is really a bad idea to buy software from someone online unless it is in the box and sealed. You never know what you get. It could be pirated, the serial could already be used, etc.

I wouldn't recommend you do it either. Seems really risky and that's a chunck of change. I would go for the real version and then you know what you are getting.