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Thread ID: 126467 2012-08-29 22:43:00 Possibly illegal copy of Windows Ultimate curly (6655) Press F1
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1297794 2012-08-30 07:46:00 Install, activate and if it gets flagged get your money back,if they refuse go to TM ,end of story Lawrence (2987)
1297795 2012-08-30 22:09:00 Install, activate and if it gets flagged get your money back,if they refuse go to TM ,end of story

Worst....advice....ever :rolleyes:

Pirated Software can initially Activate, then be de-activated some months later when MS flag it as Pirated.
Ive seen that happen, a few times (bogus trademe Software)

The guy has effectively bought..nothing> just a scrap of paper with a number on it.
he has NO LEGAL Licence for his software
1101 (13337)
1297796 2012-08-30 23:24:00 Microsoft won't care if you install a pirate copy, They won't send the FBI after you, so installing it to test it out is perfectly fine.
You think?
They don't send the FBI, but they do prosecute people,even in NZ.
pctek (84)
1297797 2012-08-31 00:03:00 You think?
They don't send the FBI, but they do prosecute people,even in NZ.

Really? I thought it just disabled updates and nagged you to buy it.
Agent_24 (57)
1297798 2012-08-31 01:46:00 This site may be of some help.
They seem to be pretty active in try to bust scammers on trademe

scambusters.co.nz
1101 (13337)
1297799 2012-08-31 07:04:00 Ive got an OEM Vista cd,perfectly legal as I upgraded my pc and also upgraded to windows 7,but Trade me wouldn't let me sell it,they stopped my sale 24hrs before it was finished,and said I couldn't sell it without a pc as it was an OEM version,so Iv'e got a perfectly good copy of vista sitting here that I can't do anything with.So how did this guy get away with it? Peter Coleman (597)
1297800 2012-09-01 04:20:00 I am the affected person. Must say that Trademe have been very supportive to me and have guided me with absolute professionalism.
I have been supported by no less than two support group team members and I do expect the matter to be resolved in the next few days.

If the seller tries to become obscure, then I have several layers of heavy armour just waiting to be deployed.

I will post details of the final outcome once it happens.
curly (6655)
1297801 2012-09-01 05:07:00 Ive got an OEM Vista cd,perfectly legal as I upgraded my pc and also upgraded to windows 7,but Trade me wouldn't let me sell it,they stopped my sale 24hrs before it was finished,and said I couldn't sell it without a pc as it was an OEM version,so Iv'e got a perfectly good copy of vista sitting here that I can't do anything with.So how did this guy get away with it?

Because it's an upgrade copy of windows 7, not OEM.
icow (15313)
1297802 2012-09-01 05:12:00 Must say that Trademe have been very supportive to me and have guided me with absolute professionalism.

Probably only because Microsoft told them to!

A couple of times I when got ripped off on TradeMe they didn't want to know
Agent_24 (57)
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