Auction site serial key

Ish · 12 Nov 2015 at 18:54

Hi

Are the serial keys that you buy for Office 2013 Pro on auction sites genuine?

The sellers seem to have good feedback and have been selling for a reasonable amount of time.

nutcase · 12 Nov 2015 at 22:13

If it doesn't come with a physical key - not a hope in hell. If it comes with a physical key, maybe but proceed with extreme caution.

lurkio · 13 Nov 2015 at 10:20

if it seems too good to be true adage hold for this type of thing

malachi · 13 Nov 2015 at 10:42

I wouldnt trust them.

Conan257 · 13 Nov 2015 at 14:02

They are almost certainly MSDN keys. If you have an MSDN account you are given a number of keys to test environments etc. My accounts give 2x Windows 10 Pro for example (along with lots of others).

They are 100% retail keys, assuming they come from the MSDN. They are, however, not meant to be resold, so the seller is breaking their terms and conditions.

Once the key is activated with Microsoft, it will continue to work as a retail key. The only issue is if the key is not activated and the MSDN account is suspended, in this situation the key will not activate.

linktoinsanity · 13 Nov 2015 at 16:24

I'd avoid Auction Site keys personally. They are almost always MSDN keys or old OEM keys pulled from an older PC.