buying product keys?

[AMD]

hey guys hope your all well

I build pcs and sell them on,I have both Vista Ultimate and Vista home premium disks which have valid licence keys and have both been installed on a machine each.

my question is,Where can i buy more product keys so i can still install Home premium or Ultimate from my disks onto new pcs that i build?

i would like to use these disk and be able to install it on other pcs but have valid product keys from MS,can product keys be purchased without buying the disks again?

tks

[Negeva]

Originally Posted by AMD hey guys hope your all well I build pcs and sell them on,I have both Vista Ultimate and Vista home premium disks which have valid licence keys and have both been installed on a machine each. my question is,Where can i buy more product keys so i can still install Home premium or Ultimate from my disks onto new pcs that i build? i would like to use these disk and be able to install it on other pcs but have valid product keys from MS,can product keys be purchased without buying the disks again? tks

Just buy the OEM disks again, and then you can input the license key and give your clients their own copy of the disk. I've always thought of it like this; buy the CD-Key get the disk free.

[AMD]

the problem is though theyre very expensive,i dont want the disk i just want valid product keys.

£60 just for a copy

[flanzig1]

You can buy system builder packs that have 3/10/30 keys with 1 DVD. The cost will only be about 10 to 15% less than buying individual builder CDs.

[glc]

You aren't going to save money. For what little more an OEM pack with licence and media costs than just a license, you can provide your customer with GENUINE media (not just a burned copy). This selling point is worth something. Not only that, as a system builder I don't think you can legally burn a copy of your media and give it to a customer, license notwithstanding. You would have to create custom restore DVD's locked to the system's bios to stay legal.

[Negeva]

Originally Posted by AMD the problem is though theyre very expensive,i dont want the disk i just want valid product keys. £60 just for a copy

Doesn't matter, even buying from a distributor you don't save that much money. If you're a system builder then join a buying group like Brigantia.com (UK based), where you can get some extra discounts on purchases. You have to prove you're a business though.
And of course glc makes some valid points in his post below;

Originally Posted by glc You aren't going to save money. For what little more an OEM pack with licence and media costs than just a license, you can provide your customer with GENUINE media (not just a burned copy). This selling point is worth something. Not only that, as a system builder I don't think you can legally burn a copy of your media and give it to a customer, license notwithstanding. You would have to create custom restore DVD's locked to the system's bios to stay legal.

You love your BIOS lock-ins. There is no need to tie restore media to the BIOS. In fact, there is no real need for an OEM to provide a disk or other form of recovery. A license is just that - a 'right' to use but not to own the software. Many OEMs provide a recovery option due to the nature of Windows and for customer relations whilst some will actually charge extra for recovery media: in the UK both Time/Tiny and Gateway use to sell recovery media as an extra so their PCs would be cheaper than the competition. Even, Dell did it and I think they still do on some of the cheaper models.

[glc]

Very few OEM's provide media any more. It's all in a restore partition. Some OEM's provide a utility for you to burn your own recovery media. Microsoft is pretty picky about what OEM's who use volume licensing can do. You will keep yourself out of trouble by buying OEM system builder packs where there is a DVD/CD with each license. They are generally offered as a 3 pack.