Yesterday I was looking for a few software titles at Ebay India and guess what I came across. An Ebay seller from Pune who has for sale a software bundle whose price is upwards of $4000. He is selling it for around 5,000 INR. Do you think he has an authentic license bundle or just pirated copies?
- Windows 7 – $125
- Office 2010 – $150
- Adobe cs4 master – $2099
- Visual studio 2010 – $550
- Roxio creator 2009 – $99
- Dragon naturally speaking – $99
- Windows XP SP3 – $190
- System Mechanic pro – $69
- Vista ultimate – $399
- Nero 9 – $99
- Powerdvd – $99
TOTAL WORTH = $3843
Update: The seller is also providing a storage device. It’s a Kingston 32GB USB flash drive worth $80. So, the software apparently comes free with the purchase of the device.
Moreover, these are only few of the many software titles that exist in the given bundle.
Am I doing the right thing?As a blogger I’m just bringing to light whatever I came across. All I’m interested in is whether the listing is fake or not. I also mailed the seller, but am yet to receive a response from him. So what next? If it’s illegal and thus violates ebay’s policy they will themselves delete the listing. If not I’d be the first one to go and make a purchase. I have purchased a good number of licenses from ebay in the past including that of Antivirus software and Rapidshare points. This is an effort to make everyone aware and make sure that no one falls prey to illegal and fraud transactions. Of course, Paisapay is a boon for all buyers as it guarantees refund against purchase.What do you think about this piracy?
So what do you think? Is it possible for someone to sell authentic software of so much worth at such a low price? Do you think it’s fake/piracy too? If not, do you see this as a golden opportunity to grab so many titles for so less?
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Article by Rajat Kumar
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I really appreciate your concern Rajat. Three cheers for that!
I think they are not authentic for sure. Such low prices and so many titles, Ooh!
It happens all the time :p
Funny that the email id of the seller is backdoor1.0@gmail.com. I wonder if he has also bundled some backdoors with the software for free
you have a point Mayur
Selling such bundles privately is itself dangerous. Just what stuff is the seller made of?! What ebay would do is a different matter. Just think of what Microsoft and Adobe could do to that guy!
Oh yes! why would someone buy Windows7 for $125 and Windows XP for $190?!
i’ll explain that to you. here’s how Samir. Windows XP has just two variants home and pro while windows vista and 7 had more. the seller has not mentioned the version so i have only estimated the prices for the common version as my software vendor advised me.
The seller’s going to be in a big trouble!
Already these things available for free. And is selling. Probably peoples will buy windows 7. Because it is not easily available. But windows 7 is available in 7-10k
I don’t recommend promoting piracy by downloadin from warez sites.
I agree Rahul but you can easily find authentic windows 7 license for around 10k on ebay itself.
Hey Rajat,
thanks for informing us all, well, the answer is obvious and everyone knows that it is a scam deal. All softs will be pirated, they will work but there is no way in this universe that you can get these for such low costs, i mean c’mon, a loss $3800+ is like unimaginable…
so…
you’re welcome. as for the loss i agree. yet to get a word from the seller.
Looks like its pirated to me … ebay itrader is also 0 if he was a genuine seller he would have sold so many items for sure… fishy…
lol .. ((-:
BTW MS Win 7′s bulk dealers price tag starts from Just $47 (-:
but still it can’t beat this eBay listing ((-:
Ha ha……If Ebay doesn’t delete this listing then I’d be the second one to purchase this set of softwares……
sure you’ll have more followers