Only thing I could think of is maybe a retail company went out of business, auctioned off their inventory and someone (all4drop) got a great deal.
I guess someone can forge all of the MS attempts to differentiate between pirated and legit software, but it would be difficult. And it would be near impossible for the end-consumer to know the difference if the forger is really good. ________________________________ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Price of Office 2007 Pro Maybe they fell off the back of a truck... On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Phillip Partipilo <p...@psnet.com<mailto:p...@psnet.com>> wrote: That's whats funny, there is no verbiage like that. Here's some pix. Hope it makes it thru the listserv. Got these at http://www.all4drop.com/ which is a Yahoo store, figured it had to be legit. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -----Original Message----- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Price of Office 2007 Pro The home use program disc boxes I've seen were plastered all over with verbiage to that effect. They also don't have that obscenely-difficult-to-open hinged plastic case. (Or is that part just me?) -----Original Message----- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Price of Office 2007 Pro Could be someone buying through an employee purchase program or something similar and then illegally reselling it to make some quick cash. It would still be pirated software though, even in original shrink wrap. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Price of Office 2007 Pro Not 100 percent certain but that sounds like less than our EDU price. -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Price of Office 2007 Pro Maybe call this a jaded Friday for me, but get a load of this. I found this seller on the tubes that is selling full retail box Office 2007 Professional for $165 apiece. Is this an insane number or normal? It costs so much more everywhere else. And today the order arrived in the mail, and it is the real frickin deal, shrinkwrapped real product, hinged plastic case, with the hologrammed COA and discs, it looks damn legit to me. How the heck could this have been so cheap? Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6OTc3ODU5NDIzOnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
