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Microsoft Office 2016

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  • #2
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    better off with Aliexpress and the full MS Office suite (inc. Access) right up to date for a few Euro and multi install licence


  • #3
    giffney1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭giffney1991


    slave1 wrote: »
    better off with Aliexpress and the full MS Office suite (inc. Access) right up to date for a few Euro and multi install licence

    Would you have a link to a reliable one please?


  • #4
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Home & Student - £14.99
    Professional Plus - £29.99

    To save everyone having to click the link to check prices!


  • #5
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    giffney1991 wrote: »
    Would you have a link to a reliable one please?

    Any of them should work, this one for example

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002402374382.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.6da83863RQYSSB&algo_pvid=d43b8dd2-f228-4fff-ab1a-dbde89dbd1d6&algo_expid=d43b8dd2-f228-4fff-ab1a-dbde89dbd1d6-8&btsid=0b0a187916187513167361497eb71d&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_


  • #6
    wingnut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,939 ✭✭✭wingnut


    Seems legit lol


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  • #7
    purplefields
    Registered Users Posts: 251 ✭✭purplefields


    Thanks OP. Just bought Professional Plus (which includes access)

    Would rather buy something legit.


  • #8
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,929 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    wingnut wrote: »
    Seems legit lol

    No worse than the Pro Plus offer in the OP's link.

    Pro Plus is not a retail product. It's sold to enterprise/corporates under volume license agreements. All these cheap keys are from someone reselling those keys in violation of that agreement.

    They might work forever, but they could also be blacklisted by MSFT without notice. There's also potential privacy issues are these keys are not yours, they're part of someone else's license.


  • #9
    purplefields
    Registered Users Posts: 251 ✭✭purplefields


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    No worse than the Pro Plus offer in the OP's link.

    Pro Plus is not a retail product. It's sold to enterprise/corporates under volume license agreements. All these cheap keys are from someone reselling those keys in violation of that agreement.

    They might work forever, but they could also be blacklisted by MSFT without notice. There's also potential privacy issues are these keys are not yours, they're part of someone else's license.

    I would have thought that buying from Groupon, you'd be guaranteed that what ever they were selling is 100% legal.

    Now that I've got my code, I can see that it is in fact a 'pre-owned' licence.

    I'm very disappointed with this, and will be looking for a refund.


  • #10
    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    slave1 wrote: »
    better off with Aliexpress and the full MS Office suite (inc. Access) right up to date for a few Euro and multi install licence

    That's some deal!!
    My daughter had to get MS word for college and pays a 7 euro per month sub for it. We'd obviously be better off buying it from the link above ?


  • #11
    Sconsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭Sconsey


    Fingers Mcginty wrote: »
    That's some deal!!
    My daughter had to get MS word for college and pays a 7 euro per month sub for it. We'd obviously be better off buying it from the link above ?

    I don't think it is a like-for-like comparison...you are buying an Office 365 subscription (make sure she is getting student rates), the license they are selling is for the standalone Office product. I doubt you get things like Onedrive storage without the 365 subscription.

    The product description on that aliexpress is bull by the way, there is no lifetime Office 365 product, it is a subscription model.

    Edit:/ students should be able to get it for free https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/education/students


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  • #12
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,929 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Fingers Mcginty wrote: »
    That's some deal!!
    My daughter had to get MS word for college and pays a 7 euro per month sub for it. We'd obviously be better off buying it from the link above ?

    She should check with the college about home use rights for students.

    Most of the colleges have a volume licence agreement as I referenced above. For colleges (and indeed schools) this is an education agreement that allows students to be provided with the likes of Office and install at home/on their device while they remain a student in the college.


  • #13
    antix80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭antix80


    Fingers Mcginty wrote: »
    That's some deal!!
    My daughter had to get MS word for college and pays a 7 euro per month sub for it. We'd obviously be better off buying it from the link above ?

    Office 365 is free for most students with a 3rd level email address


  • #14
    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    Ah OK....thanks folks :)


  • #15
    purplefields
    Registered Users Posts: 251 ✭✭purplefields


    Groupon refunded me. They were quick to offer the refund.

    Thanks for the info _Kaiser_

    It wasn't even a proper Microsoft download. Some third party site.


  • #16
    SachaJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭SachaJ


    Office 365 on Amazon for £49 today for a year. Family 1 year subscription - 6 accounts including 1TB of One Drive.

    I buy multiple and stack them.


  • #17
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    SachaJ wrote: »
    Office 365 on Amazon for £49 today for a year. Family 1 year subscription - 6 accounts including 1TB of One Drive.

    I buy multiple and stack them.

    Extend for 6 years?

    How does one do same?

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_win10-mso_365hp/windows-subscription-stacking/4176c66e-b552-4c41-b393-00ed21fc5098#:~:text=If%20you%20add%20the%20same,for%20up%20to%205%20years.


  • #18
    SachaJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭SachaJ


    seligehgit wrote: »
    Extend for 6 years?

    How does one do same?

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_win10-mso_365hp/windows-subscription-stacking/4176c66e-b552-4c41-b393-00ed21fc5098#:~:text=If%20you%20add%20the%20same,for%20up%20to%205%20years.

    Buy as many as you need, register on Microsoft and go into your subscriptions page and add the codes. They stack up.


  • #19
    gazzaman22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭gazzaman22


    Fingers Mcginty wrote: »
    That's some deal!!
    My daughter had to get MS word for college and pays a 7 euro per month sub for it. We'd obviously be better off buying it from the link above ?

    Surely if she is in college there is a free MS Office suite to download. Ask the IT dept within the college and they can help. Pretty sure secondary schools have access for free as well


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