Microsoft Office 365 Home

SachaJ

While not the cheapest prices I’ve ever seen, MS Office 365 Home edition (5 PCs/Macs, 1 year) is reduced in a few places.

Argos.ie - €57.99 with McAfee
Amazon.de - €48.99 (activation code by email), €52 (by post including postage)
Amazon.fr - €49.99 (activation code by email)

Junglewoman

Thanks for that, I have one ordered for collection in Argos.

Masala

These are 1-year licences... yes???

Will these prices hold in year 2+++

Also... if giving free Cloud access...what happens your file if you fail to renew???

Copper_pipe

Have bought a few codes on ebay for around a fiver and never had an issue:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Microsoft-Office-2016-Pro-Professional-Plus-GENUINE-PRODUCT-KEY-DOWNLOAD-LINK/282744661699?hash=item41d4e526c3:g:9coAAOSwzXxaFk3w

spongerobinson

Amazon Germany tell me it's not available in Ireland, and try to direct me to the UK store. Any way around this?

razor12345

Anyone know if you can stack these licenses?

SachaJ wrote: »

While not the cheapest prices I’ve ever seen, MS Office 365 Home edition (5 PCs/Macs, 1 year) is reduced in a few places.

Argos.ie - €57.99 with McAfee
Amazon.de - €48.99 (activation code by email), €52 (by post including postage)
Amazon.fr - €49.99 (activation code by email)

autumnalcore

Masala wrote: »

These are 1-year licences... yes???

Will these prices hold in year 2+++

Also... if giving free Cloud access...what happens your file if you fail to renew???

Please hold while we google that for you ............................∞

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razor12345 wrote: »

Anyone know if you can stack these licenses?

Yes

SachaJ

On Amazon UK now for £49.99. Works out at around €57 so not really any cheaper than Argos.

ablelocks

This is an Amazon deal of the day today at £52.99, but it says its uk only. Is that correct or can the downloaded code be used in Ireland?

rgodard80a

www . software4students . ie sells discounted Microsoft/other software.

I see a 4 year Microsoft Office University license for €79.
Many, many years ago I bought Windows 7 licenses from them.
Just put in a random secondary school at the time.

Just in case you can't stack the 5 1 year licenses.

Radsky

You can buy this also using your unused Three credits from buygamecredit.com. 69 euro for a 365 personal.

SachaJ

ablelocks wrote: »

This is an Amazon deal of the day today at £52.99, but it says its uk only. Is that correct or can the downloaded code be used in Ireland?

Change your default address to a UK one and buy it. It's how I did it before.

Fanny Wank

If your employer has a lot of office licences they may be part of a scheme where you can buy it for 13.99

https://www.microsofthup.com/hupemea1/home.aspx?country_id=IE

yoshimitsu

Mr.S wrote: »

Waste of €5 tbh, would have been better to just download it for free. Those Professional Plus keys will eventually get blocked.

Ebay is the way to go IMO... now on my 3rd year of renewals. Always get deals for below 25€/yr. Bought 2 x 1yr codes last time and they do stack (got 2 years before expiry). I do it just for the 1TB OneDrive cloud space, cheapest you can find and no file size limit (can upload a blu-ray movie if u want)

thekooman

Fanny **** wrote: »

If your employer has a lot of office licences they may be part of a scheme where you can buy it for 13.99

https://www.microsofthup.com/hupemea1/home.aspx?country_id=IE

have been using this for years and its brilliant... but yeah, a member of the family needs to be working for a multinational to get it.

Farmer Bob

€18.99 for Office 2016 Home & Student on Kinguin:
https://www.kinguin.net/category/23327/microsoft-office-home-and-student-2016-retail-key/

MickH503

Fanny **** wrote: »

If your employer has a lot of office licences they may be part of a scheme where you can buy it for 13.99

https://www.microsofthup.com/hupemea1/home.aspx?country_id=IE

This only offers Office 2016 to me ... does it sometimes offer Office 365 too? It's the One Drive space more than anything I'd be interested in!

_Kaiser_

Fanny **** wrote: »

If your employer has a lot of office licences they may be part of a scheme where you can buy it for 13.99

https://www.microsofthup.com/hupemea1/home.aspx?country_id=IE

Tried that and being asked for my organisation's program code?

MickH503

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Tried that and being asked for my organisation's program code?

I think it recognises if you are eligible from your work email address that you enter. It didn't ask me for a code.

Fanny Wank

MickH503 wrote: »

I think it recognises if you are eligible from your work email address that you enter. It didn't ask me for a code.

I had to get a code from either IT or HR (can't remember which)

ablelocks

Amazon DOD again @ £53

Sup08

If I get the Amazon UK code does this kick in and stop my monthly sub.


Well, accidently purchased a 1 year sub on Amazon UK and clicked the link in the email. Once I logged into my account the sub was updated to expire next year after my current month.

Happy days, thanks OP.
£52.99 is still much better than the €120 a year I was paying and the €99 annual sub.

SachaJ

Deal of the Day on Amazon UK today. £49.99 which was the same during the Black Friday sale when I renewed mine.

They also increased the user number earlier this year to 6 users (yourself + 5).

Sup08

SachaJ wrote: »

Deal of the Day on Amazon UK today. £49.99 which was the same during the Black Friday sale when I renewed mine.

They also increased the user number earlier this year to 6 users (yourself + 5).

Don't apply the code until your current sub expires.
I have a few months left on my current sub and when I applied the code on Black Friday it was expiring on only 12 months. The codes are not stackable on top of a current sub.
I was on to Microsoft to confirm this and was told to wait until the current codes expires and apply it then. The code itself does not expires until it's used.

deadduck

Sup08 wrote: »

Don't apply the code until your current sub expires.
I have a few months left on my current sub and when I applied the code on Black Friday it was expiring on only 12 months. The codes are not stackable on top of a current sub.
I was on to Microsoft to confirm this and was told to wait until the current codes expires and apply it then. The code itself does not expires until it's used.

this must be a recent thing. i applied a code i bought from adverts in OCT and it stacked to MAR 2020 no problem

Lucious Sweet

Fanny **** wrote: »

If your employer has a lot of office licences they may be part of a scheme where you can buy it for 13.99

https://www.microsofthup.com/hupemea1/home.aspx?country_id=IE

Anyone have a organization's program code they could PM me please?

SachaJ

£49.99 again today on Amazon UK

Baby01032012

Have you a link or a code to go with it...showing up as £110 on amazon UK

Agent Coulson

£49.99 deal of the day

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Office-Home-users-download/dp/B00DRP537A/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1546002951&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=office+365&psc=1

Baby01032012

Thanks however it is not available for shipping to ROI

SachaJ

Baby01032012 wrote: »

Thanks however it is not available for shipping to ROI

Get the digital download. Set your address to a UK address such as Parcel Motel. All you are looking for is the key which Amazon will provide. Then go and register on Office 365 or whatever the link is.

ablelocks

Baby01032012 wrote: »

Thanks however it is not available for shipping to ROI

i got the physical box last week.

deadl0ck

I've bought mine before from Digital Licence NL with no issues

SachaJ

Cheap from Argos - €49.99. Not sure is the virus software a separate box/key

https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8837505/Trail/searchtext%3EOffice+365.htm

Also now I think it's 6 users with the primary user getting 2TB of cloud storage.

slave1

Ebay guys, with multiple install licences

leptonite

Hmmm, I pay €99 a year to MS, 6 home users each with 1tb storage. Can I just buy this instead?

Davy

leptonite wrote: »

Hmmm, I pay €99 a year to MS, 6 home users each with 1tb storage. Can I just buy this instead?

Yes, you just ad the product key on your online account. Should push out the date by 12 months.

SachaJ

leptonite wrote: »

Hmmm, I pay €99 a year to MS, 6 home users each with 1tb storage. Can I just buy this instead?

I would assume its the same thing you buy from MS. I usually buy similar to these when they are £50 on Amazon. I have them stacked also so I'm licensed until November 2020.

Wheety

I pay a tenner a month from my phone credit for this. 6 accounts with 1TB storage each.

clint_silver

you know the way as per other bargain alerts, use TOR or a vpn, and logon to argentina or turkey you can get youtube premium for about €2 a month and netflix for about €6 a month

I renewed my onedrive account with microsoft in argentina last month. €37 euro for a year. 1 terabyte of storage. You get full microsoft office download with it. The full pack.

I used tor, go to this link, have to sign up in spanish, if you change the site below to english, it gives you the dollar price of 69.99

https://onedrive.live.com/about/es-ar/plans/

SachaJ

€48.99 in Argos

https://m.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10152&catalogId=15051&langId=111&productId=1511782

in2dark

SachaJ wrote: »

€48.99 in Argos

https://m.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10152&catalogId=15051&langId=111&productId=1511782

I just bought the home for 6 users 2 weeks ago from amazon de

Can i now buy this one from argos and stack it up on my current?

SachaJ

in2dark wrote: »

I just bought the home for 6 users 2 weeks ago from amazon de

Can i now buy this one from argos and stack it up on my current?

That is my intention anyway. I assume it comes with a product key.

893bet

Bought a code on amazon last year for a tenner.

Still working!

McMurphy

What is wrong with product keys from the likes of eBay?

I have 365 via work, but I know on the Lenovo thread, lots of people were championing the eBay route?

Am I missing something obvious? Asking as I was intending on getting one for my parents laptop.

SachaJ

McMurphy wrote: »

What is wrong with product keys from the likes of eBay?

I have 365 via work, but I know on the Lenovo thread, lots of people were championing the eBay route?

Am I missing something obvious? Asking as I was intending on getting one for my parents laptop.

My understanding is that the ebay keys are volume licensing. So you are dependent on whoever owns the volume license renewing or you could lose it.

In my case I get 6 licenses for about €50 a year or €4 a month. Members of my family are using the licenses so its a small price to pay to keep it legit. I'd have a pain in my arse if any of the licenses expired. I was paying Dropbox €10 a month so this works out much cheaper and includes genuine MS Office licenses.

McMurphy

SachaJ wrote: »

My understanding is that the ebay keys are volume licensing. So you are dependent on whoever owns the volume license renewing or you could lose it.

In my case I get 6 licenses for about €50 a year or €4 a month. Members of my family are using the licenses so its a small price to pay to keep it legit. I'd have a pain in my arse if any of the licenses expired. I was paying Dropbox €10 a month so this works out much cheaper and includes genuine MS Office licenses.

Makes a lot of sense when you put it like that, I'm guessing if you had a lot of data saved to the ms cloud, and the license wasn't renewed, you're at risk of losing it all.

AlmightyCushion

SachaJ wrote: »

My understanding is that the ebay keys are volume licensing. So you are dependent on whoever owns the volume license renewing or you could lose it.

In my case I get 6 licenses for about €50 a year or €4 a month. Members of my family are using the licenses so its a small price to pay to keep it legit. I'd have a pain in my arse if any of the licenses expired. I was paying Dropbox €10 a month so this works out much cheaper and includes genuine MS Office licenses.

Even if you never use Office, Office 365 is great value just for OneDrive. 1TB cloud storage for 6 people for €100 is great value. Even better if you can get it cheaper.

SachaJ

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Even if you never use Office, Office 365 is great value just for OneDrive. 1TB cloud storage for 6 people for €100 is great value. Even better if you can get it cheaper.

I believe the main account holder now gets 2TB while the other 5 accounts get 1TB.

editorsean

McMurphy wrote: »

I have 365 via work, but I know on the Lenovo thread, lots of people were championing the eBay route?

For anyone using Microsoft 365 from work, it may not work much longer across other Windows accounts on the PC, at least from my experience. I have a separate Windows logon for my workplace and since installing Office 365 (now Microsoft 365) a few years back, I have been able to use Word, Excel, etc. from my personal Windows log on account.

As of a few days ago, when I launch Word on my own Windows account, it started displaying a notice to confirm my account. If I click Next, it says that this account does not have Office and gives the option to buy a subscription. When I close this, Word says it hasn't been activated and that on Friday, 31 July 2020, most features of Word will be disabled. On my Workplace Windows account, everything appears fine in Word, Excel, etc. even under File -> Account.

So when Amazon, Argos, etc. started this deal a few days ago, it looks like Microsoft is trying to entice those affected on to a subscription for personal use before they soon look for alternatives.