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"www.genuinekey.com" - Is it legit?
KynloStephen66515:
These are most likely MSDN keys. The poster has either an MSDN or technet account , which gives you 10 , 1 time use keys per edition of Windows 7
If Microsoft catches which keys are being sold here , they will look up what account the keys below to and black list all of them!
Regards
hacker1993
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Seems like a plausible idea. Perhaps they received OEM keys or something and are selling excess ones. Legit and Working keys, but by no means legal for resale.
Bamse:
Strange place to advertise for Genuinekey.com http://www.buy-in-gz.cn/ At the bottom there is a Skype address so try call and ask what the deal is! Chinese tricks perhaps http://www.myiptest.com/staticpages/index.php/Reverse-IP/genuinekey.com
mwb1100:
Given that the prices on that site are lower than what even very large OEMs likely pay Microsoft for each copy of Windows (http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-oems-pay-about-50-for-each-copy-of-windows.ars), I think you can be confident that the keys are not legitimate.
I recently visited the MS Company Store, and my recollection is that the prices on the "genuinekey" site are even a bit lower than what MS was charging their employees. MS Company Store purchases include media, which might account for a bit of a bump in price, but "genuinekey" doesn't even include a software download - another sign that the offering is not legit.
KynloStephen66515:
Given that the prices on that site are lower than what even very large OEMs likely pay Microsoft for each copy of Windows (http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/09/microsoft-oems-pay-about-50-for-each-copy-of-windows.ars), I think you can be confident that the keys are not legitimate.
I recently visited the MS Company Store, and my recollection is that the prices on the "genuinekey" site are even a bit lower than what MS was charging their employees. MS Company Store purchases include media, which might account for a bit of a bump in price, but "genuinekey" doesn't even include a software download - another sign that the offering is not legit.
-mwb1100 (March 03, 2010, 02:35 PM)
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They ARE offering the ISO's but not direct from their site, saw the link for the ISO's on their home page, near the comments.
mwb1100:
They ARE offering the ISO's but not direct from their site
-Stephen66515 (March 03, 2010, 02:40 PM)
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I see - I was working off of this item in their FAQ:
Q: Will you send me a copy of the software?
A: No, this listing is not for a copy of the software. You need download install files by yourself, we only offer genuine keys.
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So either I'm misunderstanding the FAQ or they've changed to offer some sort of download somehow.
Even so, there are far more than enough red flags on this to be certain that this isn't a legit offering.
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