[The Silent Warrior]

A copy of Windows 7 Ultimate was selling for $167.50 on Sunday, while a copy of the Professional version was going for $132.50. Numerous other eBay sellers are hawking other editions, at varying prices.



Some sellers are pitching retail boxed versions of the software while others, the majority, are offering registration keys (above pic). Microsoft has already released Windows 7 to businesses, so it's possible the sellers obtained access to the software keys through their jobs or other professional contacts.

It's buyer beware, however. The software may lack Microsoft's official Certificate Of Authenticity and other piracy protection measures. So it's questionable whether purchasers will receive support for the product, or whether it will even run at all.

Under some circumstances, reselling software violates Microsoft's licensing terms and may also be illegal. The software maker has sued numerous eBay members in the past, accusing them of distributing pirated or counterfeited versions of its products.

News: Informationweek

[AMIRZ]

Wow only $22.99?

[Munkypoo7]

AMIRZ, on 05 October 2009 - 03:20 PM, said:

Wow only $22.99?

Most likely owns a TechNet account, as sells off the extra keys (s)he is able to get...

[pm_41]

Wow... I knew it would happen. But I didn't expect it to hit e-bay this fast!

I'm gonna get my Win 7 copy from Newegg when it's released. Signature Edition OEM FTW!!!

[zool]

Haha.. ebay is growing too much.. I bet some of them sell pirated or illegal items. This could pose dangers to the users as some of them doesn't have enough knowledge to distinct between original and counterfeit items

[Syzygy]

zool, on 06 October 2009 - 02:17 PM, said:

Haha.. ebay is growing too much.. I bet some of them sell pirated or illegal items. This could pose dangers to the users as some of them doesn't have enough knowledge to distinct between original and counterfeit items

There is alot of counterfeit software - an example would be GPS maps...

And there are even idiots who try to sell freeware.

[zool]

^Are you serious.. I could have done that and sell freeware

[AMIRZ]

zool, on 06 October 2009 - 03:20 PM, said:

^Are you serious.. I could have done that and sell freeware

Hahaha yes you could sell feewares just by providing CDs

[Liskiller]

OEM version is the best deal so far.

[adrynalyne]

Not when you have a free MSDN sub.

[ThunderROM]

eBay is risky! Newegg is the best place for buying genuine softwares.