Windows Product Code dot com. Legit?

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Hi all, trying to buy a Windows product key and found the above website selling them for next to nothing. Well you know what they say, if something's too good to be true, it probably is.

What do people think? Is this a legit site? Is there any way they could be selling genuine product codes at such a low low price??

(sorry if this contravenes any forum rules, I'm just interested to know if anybody's had any dealings with sites like this in the past....)
 
When you go to pay it takes you through to PayPal for a gmail.com address? Wouldn't even get my barge pole out for this.
 
See, I'd have said the same, but I recently bought a product key for Battlefield 3 from some guy on eBay for like £15, same deal, pay to a gmail paypal address - came through straight away, worked like a charm! I don't know how the money behind these things works, but isn't it possible that the retailers buy what is essentially a digital product with no overheads/shipping/storage costs etc and then decide their own price based on what they think customers would pay? for like £20 I'm almost tempted to give it a try! If it is truly 'legit', it'll be the first legit copy of Windows I've ever owned! :-D (because I'm a Mac user, not because I'm a software pirate.....obviously......)
 
EBay buyers and a commercial site are so so different. The fact its not got its own SSL (thus avoiding any verification etc) speaks volumes. Use with a view to losing your money imo.
 
peanutismint said:
Well considering I just paid $32 for Windows 7 Ultimate and got my working product key about 5 mins later, I'd say - yes! ;)
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Just because it works doesn't mean it's legit.
Have you done the ms genuine test yet? Even if it passes it doesn't stop MS blocking the serials at a latter date. I imagine they are selling volume license.
 
A quick search bought this up ...."Windowsproductcode.com is 1 week old and located on the IP 184.22.117.163. According to our analysis, it is visited by 3 visitors daily."

Sounds dodgy to me.
 
Oh dear. I can get product keys for Windows 7 for free, whether they're legitimate and will continue to work for a lifetime is a completely different case, sounds like wasted money.
 
Reported to piracy@microsoft
Obviously illegal, the prices alone should make people see this - but of course people like cheap so spend.

Either have the balls and be a free-loading pirate or buy the legitimate license. Don't pay someone else to do the pirating for you and somehow get this "strange feeling" that you're doing the right thing just because you spent some money.
 
peanutismint said:
See, I'd have said the same, but I recently bought a product key for Battlefield 3 from some guy on eBay for like £15, same deal, pay to a gmail paypal address - came through straight away, worked like a charm! I don't know how the money behind these things works, but isn't it possible that the retailers buy what is essentially a digital product with no overheads/shipping/storage costs etc and then decide their own price based on what they think customers would pay? for like £20 I'm almost tempted to give it a try! If it is truly 'legit', it'll be the first legit copy of Windows I've ever owned! :-D (because I'm a Mac user, not because I'm a software pirate.....obviously......)
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peanutismint said:
Well considering I just paid $32 for Windows 7 Ultimate and got my working product key about 5 mins later, I'd say - yes! ;)
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Hopefully your copies will still be working in months to come.
 
peanutismint said:
Well considering I just paid $32 for Windows 7 Ultimate and got my working product key about 5 mins later, I'd say - yes! ;)
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What has happened is that you have bought an MSDN version of it

Once they sell the key that they sold you a few more times ( and it has been activated) it will invalidate that key and you have paid $32 for nothing
 
Site registered around two weeks ago.
whois guard used to protect the person who registered the domain address.
Domain registration provided by a service that provides registration on the cheap as well as protection.

Obvious scam site.
 
Hahah yes, some of the grammar is slightly suspect..... okay, well if it stops working I suppose I can always buy a proper one! Well worth a try though.

As far as the 'piracy' issue goes, I don't think it's quite like buying a pallet of stolen DVD players for £50... Yes it's cheaper than 'retail' but that's not to say that you should automatically assume that something untoward is happening. I've seen other 'resellers' offering 'discount' software in the past that has been completely legitimate (we used to refer customers in the IT shop where I worked to some Microsoft site that was selling MS Office to students for hugely discounted prices, like £25...).
 
well as long as they post you out a valid COA sticker then you are fine otherwise you might as well of just downloaded a hookey version for $0
 
Product keys are never sold separately by Microsoft. If you see a listing on an auction site, online classified ad, or other online page advertising product keys, it’s a good indication that these keys are likely stolen or counterfeit.
 
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