Are these inexpensive copies of Photoshop on Ebay a scam?

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:36:47 GMT, showyourtits! wrote:

I’m seeing some copies of Photoshop CS selling for around $300.00
U.S. and ver7 for as little as $90.00 (unopened packages). This seems
far too good to be true, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask here. Anyone here have an opinion, can people put a scam on Ebay and get away with it? It seems like Adobe would be having these auctions shut down if they weren’t legit, but then again I don’t know much about how Ebay polices their site. Thanks for any info you can give.

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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:36:47 GMT, showyourtits! wrote:

I’m seeing some copies of Photoshop CS selling for around $300.00
U.S. and ver7 for as little as $90.00 (unopened packages). This seems
far too good to be true, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask here. Anyone here have an opinion, can people put a scam on Ebay and get away with it? It seems like Adobe would be having these auctions shut down if they weren’t legit, but then again I don’t know much about how Ebay polices their site. Thanks for any info you can give.

Sorry if that username offended anyone, I gotta stop letting people use my account.

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"BrockLanders" wrote in message
| On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:36:47 GMT, showyourtits! wrote: |
| > I’m seeing some copies of Photoshop CS selling for around $300.00 | >U.S. and ver7 for as little as $90.00 (unopened packages). This seems | >far too good to be true, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask here. | >Anyone here have an opinion, can people put a scam on Ebay and get | >away with it? It seems like Adobe would be having these auctions shut | >down if they weren’t legit, but then again I don’t know much about how | >Ebay polices their site. Thanks for any info you can give. |
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| Sorry if that username offended anyone, I gotta stop letting people | use my account.

Good idea. With a tag like that makes you wonder what else they might be up to in your name.

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:36:47 GMT, showyourtits! graced us with:

I’m seeing some copies of Photoshop CS selling for around $300.00
U.S. and ver7 for as little as $90.00 (unopened packages). This seems
far too good to be true, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask here. Anyone here have an opinion, can people put a scam on Ebay and get away with it? It seems like Adobe would be having these auctions shut down if they weren’t legit, but then again I don’t know much about how Ebay polices their site. Thanks for any info you can give.

Likely what you are getting is either used copies that someone never registered/or activated via a crack so they keep their copy and you get one that has a clear registration, or NFR (Not for Resale) copies given to distributors.

Either way, someone is breaking the law. As far as why would Adobe let this go on; even a company as large as Adobe doesn’t have the resources to dedicate to prosecuting individual abusers – the return on the investment simply doesn’t warrant it.

If you’re looking for a cheap way to buy CS, look into educational versions – they’re available to students and teachers (you know at least one or the other, surely) and are usually available at greatly reduced costs. If you have a kid in college he/she can probably get you one at the bookstore.

subdude

Yes most are scams and no ebay doesn’t seem to stop them selling. I paid over a

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:03:08 GMT, BrockLanders
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Thanks for the responses everyone.

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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:36:47 GMT, showyourtits! wrote:

I’m seeing some copies of Photoshop CS selling for around $300.00
U.S. and ver7 for as little as $90.00 (unopened packages). This seems
far too good to be true, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask here. Anyone here have an opinion, can people put a scam on Ebay and get away with it? It seems like Adobe would be having these auctions shut down if they weren’t legit, but then again I don’t know much about how Ebay polices their site. Thanks for any info you can give.

Sorry if that username offended anyone, I gotta stop letting people use my account.

Bet you were a hit at Mardi-Gras, huh?!?

It seems that there are some true scammers, who list PS (and many others) for very low prices. Many of these just want your credit card # and you will get nothing, except a full account. Some, are selling bootleg copies and a crack. Others, seem to be selling OEM (Germany only for the moment, as no other country seems to have OEM PS), and legit activation #’s. Don’t know how legit these might be, nor what Adobe might think of them. An associate did get some other Adobe software and all seems to be fine with registration, etc. so these might be legit. Now, if one wishes to take one’s chances, then it might be worth the $ (or whatever), however, I’d always rather buy from a true reseller, and be done with the worry, or take the chance that I’ve just bought warez goods from Adobe – they have been too good to me for lo these many, many years. I guess that the choice is yours, but I just bite the bullet and pay the upgrade prices to Adobe, Publishing Perfection, etc. and just charge the difference to my clients.

Maybe others have true first-hand experience and can tell you the legalities of it all, plus who the real cheap resellers are.

Hunt

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:36:47 GMT, showyourtits! wrote:

I’m seeing some copies of Photoshop CS selling for around $300.00
U.S. and ver7 for as little as $90.00 (unopened packages). This seems
far too good to be true, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask here. Anyone here have an opinion, can people put a scam on Ebay and get away with it? It seems like Adobe would be having these auctions shut down if they weren’t legit, but then again I don’t know much about how Ebay polices their site. Thanks for any info you can give.

Sounds like you are answering your own question.

Had a look on Ebay, and there are loads of copies of Elements. Look closely at the product photograph and you can clearly see the words ‘Not for Resale’ on the cd. I would have thought a half descent scammer would have been able to rub that out with CS!

John D

Likely what you are getting is either used copies that someone never registered/or activated via a crack so they keep their copy and you get one that has a clear registration, or NFR (Not for Resale) copies given to distributors.