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BobLevine
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February 15, 2008
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Thinking of buying from eBay?

  • February 15, 2008
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Edited October 23, 2008

The original article that this post referred to has expired but there's still quite a bit of good information in this thread.

The point is that eBay software is a risky purchase with much of it illegally pirated.

Bob
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    Participant
    November 5, 2008
    I really think if it was possible for online retailers to get a hold of copies as cheap as that, then there would be more bricks and mortar stores selling it cheaper too.

    Ebay is full of counterfeit clothes etc that are exact replicas of the real products. It would be even easier to make a great copy of software.

    I'd avoid lining the crooks pockets!
    Known Participant
    October 23, 2008
    (Why not edit the link above to say "don't", Bob. Or grab another post that points to the perils of EBay buying. Seems someone else decided to make this post sticky.)
    BobLevine
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    October 23, 2008
    I've been meaning to do that, Don. Thanks for the reminder.

    Bob
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    October 22, 2008
    What's that have to do with the warning about buying from ebay, Ravi?
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    October 22, 2008
    The original post was a link to a Yahoo story. I didn't expect this
    thread to take on a life of its own.

    But there's some good info in the rest of the thread so I'll leave it be
    for now.

    Bob
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    October 22, 2008
    I am getting this message:
    Yahoo - Document Has Expired
    Participant
    October 21, 2008
    i dont think they are legit copies.
    Participant
    October 17, 2008
    Hello,

    The Production Premium CS3 selling at $999, does this sounds like illegal or is it possible being a legal copy with valid serial?

    Is there any way of being confirmed about the validity of a serial key? Can one call Adobe for a confirmation about this? And where should you call at?

    Thank you
    Participant
    October 17, 2008
    I was woundering the same thing. smile.gif
    Participant
    September 23, 2008
    That would rather be a much better idea Terry, since you can not verify the authenticity of a software on e-Bay before you get the product so it would be better to actually visit the person selling before getting your money off your wallet.
    Participant
    September 14, 2008
    I bought a copy of Photoshop 6.0 a long while back from EBay, when it go here it said on the box "For Bundles Only", I never registered it as I thought I had been ripped off and didnt want to get into trouble. Since then Ive been to my local retailer for the correct software.
    Some software items may be legit, but I have never found such an item on Ebay.

    Rob
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    September 1, 2008
    if a deal is togood to be true then most of the time it is, be carefull and think with your head.