![]() ![]() Yet it’s still for sale?Įven if Amazon didn’t notice, surely Microsoft’s anti-piracy section should see it and ask Amazon to take the product down? It doesn’t take a lot of effort to find, we found it accidently on the first page of results searching for ‘Office 2019’. From the reviews, it seems Amazon already has one unhappy customer demanding a refund. The price and the fact that it’s not even a retail product is enough. This product should trigger alarms and a take-down at Amazon. ![]() Why does Amazon allow these products to be posted? ![]() Now every install must be approved by Microsoft. In other words, it’s not like earlier versions of Office where you could download the entire software in one package to keep. The company could stop reinstallation or updates by blocking downloads. That means Microsoft can check the licence status whenever the product is installed, reinstalled or updated. Office 2019 is installed using ‘Click and Run’ technology. How is your price so low? Microsoft does not grant volume discounts this deep.” which the seller doesn’t answer.Įven if you successfully purchased and installed one of these Office 2019 Pro Plus packages there’s a real risk that Microsoft will disable the software because it’s an illegally acquired license. ![]() In the Q & A section there’s a direct question “ This is a $400 product. There are two reviews, one is five star but the other reports problems and asking for a refund. The seller sends a product key plus a special link to download the software from Microsoft (presumably from the volume licence downloads site). There are other ‘red flags’ in the final print of the product page. We don’t want to endorse this seller or offer in any way). (after an in-house debate, we decided not to link to this page. UPDATE: it took Amazon long enough, but this pirated product has finally been taken down. It’s selling something that’s not available through retail channels and offering it for a suspiciously low price. There’s no retail version of Office 2019 Professional Plus. Office 2019 Professional Plus sells for around $559 but only as a volume licence. It was surprising and frankly disappointing to see Amazon USA post a very dubious offer for Office 2019 Professional Plus at just US$46.99. ![]()
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