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  • #32
    SachaJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭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.


  • #33
    ablelocks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,673 ✭✭✭ablelocks


    Baby01032012 wrote: »
    Thanks however it is not available for shipping to ROI

    i got the physical box last week.


  • #34
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


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


  • #35
    SachaJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭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.


  • #36
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,652 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    Ebay guys, with multiple install licences

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  • #37
    leptonite
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭leptonite


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


  • #38
    Davy
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #39
    SachaJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭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.


  • #40
    Wheety
    Registered Users Posts: 5,510 ✭✭✭Wheety


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


  • #41
    clint_silver
    Registered Users Posts: 2,889 ✭✭✭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/


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  • #42
    SachaJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭SachaJ


    €48.99 in Argos

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


  • #43
    in2dark
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭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?


  • #44
    SachaJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭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.


  • #45
    893bet
    Registered Users Posts: 8,730 ✭✭✭893bet


    Bought a code on amazon last year for a tenner.

    Still working!


  • #46
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #47
    SachaJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭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.


  • #48
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #49
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,042 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #50
    SachaJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭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.


  • #51
    editorsean
    Registered Users Posts: 777 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #52
    swampy353
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭swampy353


    editorsean wrote: »
    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.
    You dont have to use the same login for windows and ms365. On my personal PC, i login to windows using my MS account address and then logged into ms365 using my work address.
    It could be something that the admin in work has deactivated on their 365 sub, but my personal experience is different from yours


  • #53
    in2dark
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭in2dark


    SachaJ wrote: »
    That is my intention anyway. I assume it comes with a product key.

    Did you try it? Did it work?


  • #54
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,034 ✭✭✭OU812


    slave1 wrote: »
    Ebay guys, with multiple install licences

    Generally illegal licences which can be shut down any time


  • #55
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    OU812 wrote: »
    Generally illegal licences which can be shut down any time

    I think this was suggested over on the Lenovo thread, and was roundly dismissed at the time.

    Not illegal at all if my memory is serving me correctly, more to do with bulk buying of licenses from within organisations, be they education/businesses etc.


  • #56
    editorsean
    Registered Users Posts: 777 ✭✭✭editorsean


    swampy353 wrote: »
    You dont have to use the same login for windows and ms365. On my personal PC, i login to windows using my MS account address and then logged into ms365 using my work address.
    It could be something that the admin in work has deactivated on their 365 sub, but my personal experience is different from yours
    That seems to work. When I signed in with my work e-mail address and the 2FA challenge, the activation notice disappeared. I then toggled to my personal Microsoft account to see my files instead of my workplace's recent Sharepoint content.

    As I don't share my PC, this is not an issue, but certainly would not recommend anyone trying this with kids Windows logon accounts. I did try signing out to see whether it reains the activation even temporarily, but the moment I sign out of my work e-mail address, Word deactivated, so had to sign back in.


  • #57
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,034 ✭✭✭OU812


    McMurphy wrote: »
    I think this was suggested over on the Lenovo thread, and was roundly dismissed at the time.

    Not illegal at all if my memory is serving me correctly, more to do with bulk buying of licenses from within organisations, be they education/businesses etc.

    I bought one before to see what it’s like (now subscribe myself) and the OneDrive email address was some college in Spain and all the user details on docs created had the same college details in it.


  • #58
    shanec1928
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    McMurphy wrote: »
    I think this was suggested over on the Lenovo thread, and was roundly dismissed at the time.

    Not illegal at all if my memory is serving me correctly, more to do with bulk buying of licenses from within organisations, be they education/businesses etc.
    It is it’s against the t/c’s you sign when you (the org where the licenses are originate from) sign up an enterprise agreement.


  • #59
    sioda
    Registered Users Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭sioda


    SachaJ wrote: »
    €48.99 in Argos

    https://m.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10152&catalogId=15051&langId=111&productId=1511782
    Thanks for that my subscription was literally running out today. In use this primarily for the one drive back up office is a bonus


  • #60
    in2dark
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭in2dark


    sioda wrote: »
    Thanks for that my subscription was literally running out today. In use this primarily for the one drive back up office is a bonus

    No more on offer price :-(


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  • #61
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,077 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    in2dark wrote: »
    No more on offer price :-(

    If you reserved it at €50 will they honour it today?


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