From this and earlier posts it is clear what the seller has to provide if it is a legiimate retail license that can be activated on your system,
if it is an oem licensee you have bought online, this is breaking the licensing rules, and coining a phrase "Maybe not today. Or tomorrow. But someday, ..."
it will stop working and despite calling MS they may not take pity on you, per crinkletoes case, and legitimise it.
For the few posts on here, about folks being 'successful', Amazon, for example, has lots of feedback to the contrary, and the earlier links show the 'transient' seller strategies,
where they maximise their profits, before the oem volume license is revoked en masse.
if it is an oem licensee you have bought online, this is breaking the licensing rules, and coining a phrase "Maybe not today. Or tomorrow. But someday, ..."
it will stop working and despite calling MS they may not take pity on you, per crinkletoes case, and legitimise it.
For the few posts on here, about folks being 'successful', Amazon, for example, has lots of feedback to the contrary, and the earlier links show the 'transient' seller strategies,
where they maximise their profits, before the oem volume license is revoked en masse.