What Do You Make Of This?

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:23:53 GMT, "Dee Dee"
scribbled:

Tell me, what do you make of auctions like this?

They’re scams.

At that price it can’t be legitimate. Too good to be true means it is to good to true.

R

"Dee Dee" wrote in message

Tell me, what do you make of auctions like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Adobe-Illustrator-CS2-CS-Full-Version-Tr usted-seller_W0QQitemZ150027118290QQihZ005QQcategoryZ185QQrd Z1QQcmdZViewItem

Would you trust this enough to bid? It looks legitimate to me … but gosh, how can it be so inexpensive?

There are several of these up for auction … and I don’t mind buying it from somebody, if it’s legal and complete … able to be registered, etc. But how do you know it’s ok?

I can buy it locally at a Comp USA that’s closing .. for $160.00 plus tax, but if I could save more .. I’d like to.

Nothing wrong with buying from Ebay … I just want to be safe. Whatcha think?

Dee

In article <Z5YIg.30317$>,
"Dee Dee" wrote:

Would you trust this enough to bid? It looks legitimate to me … but gosh, how can it be so inexpensive?

Read the seller’s feedback.

You are buying a copied disc. That is, you will receive an illegal, bootleg product. This seller is the simplest form of criminal: he has one copy of Illustrator, and he is making copies of the CD and selling the copies.

—
Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
Nanohazard, Geek shirts, and more: http://www.villaintees.com

"tacit" wrote in message

In article <Z5YIg.30317$>,
"Dee Dee" wrote:

Would you trust this enough to bid? It looks legitimate to me … but gosh,
how can it be so inexpensive?

Read the seller’s feedback.

You are buying a copied disc. That is, you will receive an illegal, bootleg product. This seller is the simplest form of criminal: he has one copy of Illustrator, and he is making copies of the CD and selling the copies.

—
Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
Nanohazard, Geek shirts, and more: http://www.villaintees.com

OK .. gotcha .. but a question: how can he be claiming it comes in the box … with the ability to register it?

I’ve decided to buy at my local CompUSA … upgrade for $160.00 (they’re going out of business)

Thanks,
Dee

In article <44f4ad63$0$34578$>,
"Hebee Jeebes" wrote:

At that price it can’t be legitimate. Too good to be true means it is to good to true.

R

"Dee Dee" wrote in message

Tell me, what do you make of auctions like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Adobe-Illustrator-CS2-CS-Full-Version-Tr usted-seller_W0Q QitemZ150027118290QQihZ005QQcategoryZ185QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Would you trust this enough to bid? It looks legitimate to me … but gosh, how can it be so inexpensive?

There are several of these up for auction … and I don’t mind buying it from somebody, if it’s legal and complete … able to be registered, etc. But how do you know it’s ok?

I can buy it locally at a Comp USA that’s closing .. for $160.00 plus tax, but if I could save more .. I’d like to.

Nothing wrong with buying from Ebay … I just want to be safe. Whatcha think?

I was offered a ‘genuine’ copy of Adobe CS a while back. Apparently it was a beta version and when asked to insert the serial, any number would do. Later discovered it was a pre-cracked pirate.

You have to be very careful about these things. If it sells for $10 nobody will buy it cus it’s a fake but price it at $200 and see how many take the bait. Of course Adobe could knock this on the head a reduce the retail price but those who’ve paid $$$ will be screaming for a rebate and also if you use both platforms you’re forced to buy it twice.

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:41:18 GMT, "Dee Dee"
scribbled:

"tacit" wrote in message

In article <Z5YIg.30317$>,
"Dee Dee" wrote:

Would you trust this enough to bid? It looks legitimate to me … but gosh,
how can it be so inexpensive?

Read the seller’s feedback.

You are buying a copied disc. That is, you will receive an illegal, bootleg product. This seller is the simplest form of criminal: he has one copy of Illustrator, and he is making copies of the CD and selling the copies.

—
Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
Nanohazard, Geek shirts, and more: http://www.villaintees.com

OK .. gotcha .. but a question: how can he be claiming it comes in the box .. with the ability to register it?

The word ‘box’ appears nowhere on the page.

Read these words carefully:
"THIS IS THE FULL VERSION & YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SERIAL CODE WITH THE CD"

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:23:53 GMT, "Dee Dee" wrote:

Tell me, what do you make of auctions like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Adobe-Illustrator-CS2-CS-Full-Version-Tr usted-seller_W0QQitemZ150027118290QQihZ005QQcategoryZ185QQrd Z1QQcmdZViewItem

Would you trust this enough to bid? It looks legitimate to me … but gosh, how can it be so inexpensive?

There are several of these up for auction … and I don’t mind buying it from somebody, if it’s legal and complete … able to be registered, etc. But how do you know it’s ok?

I can buy it locally at a Comp USA that’s closing .. for $160.00 plus tax, but if I could save more .. I’d like to.

Nothing wrong with buying from Ebay … I just want to be safe. Whatcha think?

Dee

Most likely you will find that the seller or the copier who made the pirate disk has placed the necessary numbers on the CD.

If I make a backup of something I have bought, I place the key on the CD as it is so easy to lose the original information and without that you are stuck. A little label gets lost and that cannot happen on a CD.
Were I in posisiton to need to make money in a dishonest fashion then that backup disk is something I would copy and sell. However some people need to sleep at night. 🙂

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia

In article <yg4Jg.30368$>,
"Dee Dee" wrote:

OK .. gotcha .. but a question: how can he be claiming it comes in the box .. with the ability to register it?

He isn’t, as near as I can tell. In fact, one of the people who left comments for that seller specifically said the disc does not come in a box. (He’s showing a picture of the box, but he’s not saying that the software comes in the box.)

—
Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
Nanohazard, Geek shirts, and more: http://www.villaintees.com

"Voivod" wrote in message

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:41:18 GMT, "Dee Dee"
scribbled:

"tacit" wrote in message

In article <Z5YIg.30317$>,
"Dee Dee" wrote:

Would you trust this enough to bid? It looks legitimate to me … but gosh,
how can it be so inexpensive?

Read the seller’s feedback.

You are buying a copied disc. That is, you will receive an illegal, bootleg product. This seller is the simplest form of criminal: he has one copy of Illustrator, and he is making copies of the CD and selling the copies.

—
Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
Nanohazard, Geek shirts, and more: http://www.villaintees.com

OK .. gotcha .. but a question: how can he be claiming it comes in the box .. with the ability to register it?

The word ‘box’ appears nowhere on the page.

Read these words carefully:
"THIS IS THE FULL VERSION & YOU WILL RECEIVE THE SERIAL CODE WITH THE CD"

Gotcha!

"tacit" wrote in message

In article <yg4Jg.30368$>,
"Dee Dee" wrote:

OK .. gotcha .. but a question: how can he be claiming it comes in the box
.. with the ability to register it?

He isn’t, as near as I can tell. In fact, one of the people who left comments for that seller specifically said the disc does not come in a box. (He’s showing a picture of the box, but he’s not saying that the software comes in the box.)

—
Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
Nanohazard, Geek shirts, and more: http://www.villaintees.com

Yup, I see that now …. thanks a bunch!

Dee