- Sep 14, 2011
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ebay i don't trust that much, but when they're prolific on amazon, i figured maybe they're legit as, after all, the OS is 10-11 years old, so i purchased one of the product keys.
Seller emailed me the key as well as a link to his website (china based) to download Win 7 Ultimate. I would never download from an unknown asia based website, and in fact had downloaded a 30 day trial copy of win 7 ultimate direct from Microsoft. When i tried to activate the MS copy of Win 7 Ult, it came back stating the product key i'd typed in had been BLOCKED by MS.
That wording caught my attention, as it didn't just say it was an invalid key but blocked.
I only paid $13.77 and i'm comfortable amazon will refund the purchase, but it's surprising amazon hasn't policied these vendors off their market place
here's a screen capture of the activation denial
Seller emailed me the key as well as a link to his website (china based) to download Win 7 Ultimate. I would never download from an unknown asia based website, and in fact had downloaded a 30 day trial copy of win 7 ultimate direct from Microsoft. When i tried to activate the MS copy of Win 7 Ult, it came back stating the product key i'd typed in had been BLOCKED by MS.
That wording caught my attention, as it didn't just say it was an invalid key but blocked.
I only paid $13.77 and i'm comfortable amazon will refund the purchase, but it's surprising amazon hasn't policied these vendors off their market place
here's a screen capture of the activation denial
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