# Microsoft Office for $39 bucks?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 22, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-for-39-bucks/558045 "2010-10-22T21:58:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-for-39-bucks/558045/7 "2010-10-22T23:17:50Z")

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Same question was posted [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12810058#post12810058) in August. Includes this post:

> [@Too cheap software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-cheap-software/550496/8):
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> Microsoft has a page about [counterfeit software](http://www.microsoft.com/howtotell/content.aspx?displaylang=en&pg=counterfeit) that might be useful to you. It describes various kinds of dodgy deals - some are straight out copies, others are legit copies with a limited license re-sold as something else.

It’s probably not a scam, because if you pay them you will probably get a working copy of the software. But it’s either pirated or being sold outside of what it was licensed for. If it’s illegal for them to sell it I don’t know if it’s illegal for you to buy it.

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