Thinking of buying from eBay?

Adobe had the same thing happen when they bought Macromedia.

I once bought adobe on ebay, it came in a box, shrink wrapped and all, thinking I got a good deal but unfortunately it was just filled with fluffy foam. Thankfully I did not pay much but I learned my lesson to never buy software on ebay.

Congratulation if you got the genuine one that cheap.

But I suggest that,next time, if you want to make sure that you got genuine one, just buy straight from the company or their authorized reseller.

And you may get some discount if they're running promotions. But not likely that the company itself willing to sell it for very low price without running a grand campaign to public eyes.

Some Pirated copies DO go through the automated computer serial system, but they get flagged as Pirated. Meaning if you ever try to uninstall and reinstall you won't be able to, or if you ever try to upgrade or sell it it won't work. Buying software online is a HORRIBLE idea unless you buy from the software company. It's just plain common sense.

Nick, unfortunately, this is not always a safe way to obtain a legitimate discount either.

While the upgrade product may be legitimate, the 'base' or qualifying product (if it even comes with one) may not be - some sellers just supply a paper license with a serial number that may already be registered, or from a keygen...
when they do supply a legacy product, this may also be counterfeit, so it's still a case of 'if it sounds too good to be true... it usually is'.

There are some legitimate discounts on ebay, though not so steep. As is well known, some sellers provide the upgrade version and also include a full unopened legacy version, such as 6 (how I bought cs2). This will net a full current version with a pretty respectable discount.

;)

or what john said.

> Perhaps "Made in Singapore" is not a definite clue to holding a pirated copy.

no. from what i understand there is a legit adobe manufacturer in singapore. it's just that the most pirated copy seems to have been taken from an original that was made there so that many of the pirate copies out there bear the 'made in singapore' tag.

Could be the pirates got their original from there.