Anyone have experience with "Open Box" Operating Systems?

Draydince

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Long story short, I bought a used computer off Craigslist to give to a friend, and the guy put a pirated copy of windows on it. I'm in the process of trying to get the guy to pay for the cost of a legal os, but chances are he'll be a scumbag.

In the good chance that he does end up not paying, has anyone had any experience with Open Box os's? I'm looking for the cheapest possible way to get windows 7 64 bit and there are open box 7's on Amazon for 70.

Would this still contain an unused key?

Also if anyone knows a cheaper way to get a legal os, that would be great. 7 64 bit highly preferred, but 8 and 10 aren't out of the question. It must be a 64 bit, though. Thanks for your time.
 
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i wouldn't trust an open-box OS at all. for $5 i might risk it, but between that and full price is a huge gray zone.

if you have $100 or so, you get legit Windows from a store, in person, sealed package.
if you don't have $100 or so, you decide to learn Linux.

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i wouldn't trust an open-box OS at all. for $5 i might risk it, but between that and full price is a huge gray zone.

if you have $100 or so, you get legit Windows from a store, in person, sealed package.
if you don't have $100 or so, you decide to learn Linux.
 
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