Buying from ebay

I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that. I see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they send it to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel

It's not legal. Enterprise is a volume license so someone is violating the
license.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that. I see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they send it
to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

It's not legal. Enterprise is a volume license so someone is violating the
license.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that. I see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they send it
to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel


.


Who can I report this too. Seems from what I can tell a lot of sellers are
doing this. Or should I even report it. Any ideas

Joe

Enterprise versions of Office are VL (Volume License) versions which the public are
not able to purchase. The one that is selling this Enterprise version is either
selling a pirated version or a stolen version. He will not be able to sell you a
legal license key because that can be traced or it is already blocked. You and
anybody else trying to purchase it will be in for a rude awakening when trying to
activate. Stay away from this and as a matter of fact from any software that needs
an activation that is being sold on EBay. Chances are very high that it is pirated
or stolen.

You can of course report this to Microsoft using the phone number supplied in the
below link . Just scroll down to the United Sates number towards the bottom of the
page. It is a free 800 number . They take this type of reporting among many other
issues. At this moment the site is down for servicing but will up shortly

https://licensing.microsoft.com/eLic...3/overview.asp


--
Peter

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"Joe" wrote in message
...


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

It's not legal. Enterprise is a volume license so someone is violating the
license.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that. I see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they send it
to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel


.


Who can I report this too. Seems from what I can tell a lot of sellers are
doing this. Or should I even report it. Any ideas

In addition to what Peter states, you could try notifying eBay. There's no
guarantee something will be done but at least you would have tried.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

It's not legal. Enterprise is a volume license so someone is violating
the
license.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that. I
see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they send
it
to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel


.


Who can I report this too. Seems from what I can tell a lot of sellers are
doing this. Or should I even report it. Any ideas

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

Joe

Enterprise versions of Office are VL (Volume License) versions which the public are
not able to purchase. The one that is selling this Enterprise version is either
selling a pirated version or a stolen version. He will not be able to sell you a
legal license key because that can be traced or it is already blocked. You and
anybody else trying to purchase it will be in for a rude awakening when trying to
activate. Stay away from this and as a matter of fact from any software that needs
an activation that is being sold on EBay. Chances are very high that it is pirated
or stolen.

You can of course report this to Microsoft using the phone number supplied in the
below link . Just scroll down to the United Sates number towards the bottom of the
page. It is a free 800 number . They take this type of reporting among many other
issues. At this moment the site is down for servicing but will up shortly

https://licensing.microsoft.com/eLic...3/overview.asp


--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Joe" wrote in message
...


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

It's not legal. Enterprise is a volume license so someone is violating the
license.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that. I see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they send it
to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel


.


Who can I report this too. Seems from what I can tell a lot of sellers are
doing this. Or should I even report it. Any ideas



.


Thanks peter. I knew there had to be some thing wrong with that. From what I
was told that the software has never available for download. So when I saw
the ads. And I did try and contact ebay about it and well you all ready know
the answer to that. They didn't care. Thanks for the information. I'll have
to try to find a copy that is legal at a price I can a ford.

Joe

Thanks Joeann. I tried that and they didn't care.

Joe


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

In addition to what Peter states, you could try notifying eBay. There's no
guarantee something will be done but at least you would have tried.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

It's not legal. Enterprise is a volume license so someone is violating
the
license.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that. I
see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they send
it
to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel


.


Who can I report this too. Seems from what I can tell a lot of sellers are
doing this. Or should I even report it. Any ideas



.

"Joe" wrote in message
...


"Peter Foldes" wrote:

Joe

Enterprise versions of Office are VL (Volume License) versions which the
public are
not able to purchase. The one that is selling this Enterprise version is
either
selling a pirated version or a stolen version. He will not be able to
sell you a
legal license key because that can be traced or it is already blocked.
You and
anybody else trying to purchase it will be in for a rude awakening when
trying to
activate. Stay away from this and as a matter of fact from any software
that needs
an activation that is being sold on EBay. Chances are very high that it
is pirated
or stolen.

You can of course report this to Microsoft using the phone number
supplied in the
below link . Just scroll down to the United Sates number towards the
bottom of the
page. It is a free 800 number . They take this type of reporting among
many other
issues. At this moment the site is down for servicing but will up shortly

https://licensing.microsoft.com/eLic...3/overview.asp


--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Joe" wrote in message
...


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

It's not legal. Enterprise is a volume license so someone is violating
the
license.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers
are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that.
I see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they
send it
to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place
an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel


.


Who can I report this too. Seems from what I can tell a lot of sellers
are
doing this. Or should I even report it. Any ideas



.


Thanks peter. I knew there had to be some thing wrong with that. From what
I
was told that the software has never available for download. So when I saw
the ads. And I did try and contact ebay about it and well you all ready
know
the answer to that. They didn't care. Thanks for the information. I'll
have
to try to find a copy that is legal at a price I can a ford.

Joe


While not Office Enterprise, Open Office is a free product that has a
"similar" look and feel to it that Office 2003 had. In it's core 4
programs, 3 of which can open and write to Microsoft Office Word, Excel and
PowerPoint files (if you set the defaults to .doc, .xls, and .ppt they will
do so without a Save As). I haven't tried to use their database program so
I have no idea how compatible it is with Access. www.openoffice.org

While everything from Office will not work in exactly the same way, you
really can't beat the price and I have installed onto many different
computers and have had no complaints from those that have used it.

Sometimes all we can do is try. It's a sorry state of affairs, isn't it?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
Thanks Joeann. I tried that and they didn't care.

Joe


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

In addition to what Peter states, you could try notifying eBay. There's
no
guarantee something will be done but at least you would have tried.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

It's not legal. Enterprise is a volume license so someone is violating
the
license.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Joe" wrote in message
...
I wanted to buy Office 2007 Enterprise off ebay.com. and the sellers
are
offering it as a download. My question is. Is it leagle to do that.
I
see
from most of the descriptions that it can be downloaded, Or they
send
it
to
you on a flash drive.

Any ideas from any one would be helpful. I just didn't want to place
an
order for one of these to find out that's it's not leagel


.


Who can I report this too. Seems from what I can tell a lot of sellers
are
doing this. Or should I even report it. Any ideas



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