You said it would happen I said it would not

[doubledragon5]

A few months ago I purchased a license for Win7 on Ebay, and was told that the license was genuine. For my own concern after I purchased it, I called MS to verify, that indeed the key was real, and that I would have no problems with the software in the future. They said yes it was legit, and after being on the phone with them for sometime, the said it was now activated and I am good to go.

Well today after coming home from the store, I noticed my desktop screen was black, and a message came up that the software was not genuine.. Pissed as I am I called MS, and now I have to wait until tomorrow to get a hold of them about this problems as they are closed for the day. Now I have to worry about if indeed I was scamed, MS said not, but now who the hell knows..

[ryuk999]

The fact that MS recognized the key as legit, then recognizing the key as not being legit several months later makes you wonder how MS makes their keys....I mean seriously what do they do pull it out a monkey's butt and say "Oh here you go customer here's what we think of you!" lol

[doubledragon5]

I have no idea, as I said I talked to them on the phone, before it was even activated.. But I will get this fixed one way or the other tomorrow.

[Hpro]

Hi there

May I can help you..

I can't help you to change a screwed license to become a real one.. shure not.
But may I can help you to change your Desktop back to normal, without doing a System Restore.. This is what most would do..

Click on START then on SEARCH, then type
CMD and wait that it appears on top in the Search Box.
Right Click on it and select Run As Administrator

here Type

SLMGR /REARM

Usually it will come back and tell you that the Process has been Completed Sucessfully.
When asked to RESTART the Computer then RESTART it.

If you get Access Denied, then you didn't elevate into Admin Status..

This is a Build in Windows 7 Reactivation Tool - and this will be good for another 30 Days, if you haven't used it before. This Reactivation Tool is usually valid for 3 Reactivations.

Then call Microsoft and ask them what actually happen to the KEY.
Just BTW as long the key hasn't been used it's always GOOD.
Now the guy he sells you the key but may he kept a copy of it and used it..
And may even he registered it with Microsoft then you are in to buy a new one or file charges against that guy... who sold the Key to you.

Don't forget to send all the Buy Sell Stuff to Microsofts Anti Piracy Deparment.

Happy Computing

Chris

[EzyStvy]

If 187 other people bought the the cd and keycodes after you did........

[quartet-man]

That was my thought that someone else might have slipped in and used the license number.

[doubledragon5]

Originally Posted by EzyStvy If 187 other people bought the the cd and keycodes after you did........

Ms said it was not activated prior to me, but we will see as I'm calling them in a few minutes.

Just called Ms, They said the number is a MSDN and that's why it is no longer valid.. What pisses me off is that they could have told me that back when I purchased it in January. This way here I would have gotten my money back, not it is to late..

[Anomo]

Originally Posted by doubledragon5 Ms said it was not activated prior to me, but we will see as I'm calling them in a few minutes. Just called Ms, They said the number is a MSDN and that's why it is no longer valid.. What pisses me off is that they could have told me that back when I purchased it in January. This way here I would have gotten my money back, not it is to late..

Not to piss you off or seem like a smart alex. NEVER buy ANYTHING that has a lisense that will stop you from using the product if it has ANY chance of it being used. Office, antivirus, OS etc. are all things that you DO NOT BUY online unless it is at an actual store and not a bidding site like ebay. Not even if the code has been confirmed. Many things can happen between it is shipped and you receive it.

[doubledragon5]

Well here is a update, I just talked to the seller via his home phone number, which got through ebay.. I informed him about the license issue, (he was shocked) that someone who who purchased a item from him 5 months ago would actually call.. So he was informed that the key was a MSDN key, and that it only had a limited life cycle. I also informed him, that he was dubious on the item description, and that I had talked to MS, and ebay about the item.. He told me he would refund me the money via check. I told him no you send it to me via bank check, as I do not accept personal checks. And if the check did not arrive to me I would turn this matter over to the authorities. This may only be a $30 transaction, but it is my money that I considered being scammed out of..

[quartet-man]

Good for you. I doubt you are the first person who got scammed by him, but you might be the only one to go after him all these months later. LOL. I hope others do, but suspect most either think it is too late, have lost the info, or think it is MS' fault.

BTW, he should have known not to mess around with someone from Texas.

[Lespaul20]

Good thing you were able to call the seller. Keep us updated.

[bozo]

Originally Posted by doubledragon5 He told me he would refund me the money via check. I told him no you send it to me via bank check, as I do not accept personal checks. And if the check did not arrive to me I would turn this matter over to the authorities.

I would TAKE the check...if it bounces, then you can turn it over to authorities...never know it may be good!

[Strider]

I don't know can a person who cashes in a bad check get into trouble? I don't know if I would want to take that chance.

[doubledragon5]

Originally Posted by Strider I don't know can a person who cashes in a bad check get into trouble? I don't know if I would want to take that chance.

From what I have learned, if you do get a check that you feel might be bad. Just call the bank that it came from before hand, and check to see if the there a funds available to cover it.. I will give it to the end of the week to see if that bank check actually arives, before I make another call.

[bozo]

Originally Posted by Strider I don't know can a person who cashes in a bad check get into trouble? I don't know if I would want to take that chance.

No, you are not breaking any law to cash a check that ultimately was bad, BUT the person who wrote the bad check IS breaking the law.

The bank that you cashed the check from will debut your account for the amount.

If you receive a bad check, simply turn it over to the states attorney's office, and they will pursue collection.

[quartet-man]

The deal is the bank will debit the account if there is no money in the person's account, but if you don't have enough left in the account to cover the checks you have written (in other words you are spending that money too) then they will likely charge you $20 or so for insufficient funds. So, if you put it in your account, be sure that you keep at least that much extra in there for a while until you are sure that the check has successfully cleared.

[doubledragon5]

I'm still waiting for that check, will give it until Saturday before calling him again. Right now I reinstalled Vista Home Premium 32 bit. It was a night mare to get it installed. It actually took almost 7 hrs, as it kept given me the BSOD, because of my wireless adapter.. Once I get it to work, and installed all updates it's been fine, no hiccups so far. So this will be my choice of OS, until I can buy me a REAL copy of Win7.

[doubledragon5]

Received my $30 refund on Friday afternoon, and cashed it on Saturday.

[bozo]

Originally Posted by doubledragon5 Received my $30 refund on Friday afternoon, and cashed it on Saturday.

Good for you!

I bet they didn't want to take the risk of MS coming down on them for selling "less that legal" software

[David M]

The fact that this seller sold a MSDN version as a regular license is a scam. EBAY needs to know this regardless so this seller is either reprimanded or banned.

[doubledragon5]

Originally Posted by David M The fact that this seller sold a MSDN version as a regular license is a scam. EBAY needs to know this regardless so this seller is either reprimanded or banned.

I informed Ebay the same day the license was deactivated by MS. That is how I got the sellers contact info.. So hopefully ebay will do something about this type of scam in the future..

[Statica]

From my perspective, it's Microsoft that's really to blame here. You did your due diligence, and at which point they should've told you that it was an MSDN key and it shouldn't have been resold. For the amount of resources they commit to their WPA .. they certainly dropped the ball on this one. And worse yet, for all the hoops they make end-users jump through for their products, both in their ambiguity in license terms and their constant checks before patches (don't get me started on that one)... they would've known immediately that the keys came from MSDN, and they would also have the ability to track the user/organization to whose MSDN account it's linked. But they choose to let a rogue MSDN user try to dupe end-users, and they choose not to be vigilant when diligent end-users try to check with them before spending their money.
Yes Ebay is just one part of the equation, but Microsoft seems to perpetuate it in no small manner.