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Kolmogorov said:
Hahaha

Don't know the guy from a bar of soap, but thought I'd chip in (and break the trend of one post wonders) since I actually got good service.
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I think Martin has finally passed the Mybb integrity testing!!

This one was long and intense.

Welcome on board Martin, you have passed verification and found to be legit :D :D

Maybe post a few laptops for sale in the classifieds, there's a good few resellers there taking tidy profits, barge in there and show some love to the Mybb community??

Lets see if Martin has been watching this thread and responds...
 
airborne said:
I think Martin has finally passed the Mybb integrity testing!!

This one was long and intense.

Welcome on board Martin, you have passed verification and found to be legit :D:D

Maybe post a few laptops for sale in the classifieds, there's a good few resellers there taking tidy profits, barge in there and show some love to the Mybb community??

Lets see if Martin has been watching this thread and responds...
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+1 Good deals always welcome.
 
Martin is for real.
Have been to his house, tested machines and got a laptop from him.
Definitely can recommend him - great price & good service.
 
To All:
I had the same questions when I found Martin's website online. I scoured Hellopeter, ScamAdvisor, and more. The thing that convinced me that he is legit was actually this thread. Consequently I purchased almost R40k worth of equipment from him, and received everything within 36 hours - he delivered to Cape Town. Upon sending him a POP, he replied with a receipt within 10 minutes. He also had a CourierGuy tracking number ready within 2 hours.
I don't know how he manages such good pricing, but I can attest to successfully completing a purchase from him.
 
hinrichfspruyt said:
To All:
I had the same questions when I found Martin's website online. I scoured Hellopeter, ScamAdvisor, and more. The thing that convinced me that he is legit was actually this thread. Consequently I purchased almost R40k worth of equipment from him, and received everything within 36 hours - he delivered to Cape Town. Upon sending him a POP, he replied with a receipt within 10 minutes. He also had a CourierGuy tracking number ready within 2 hours.
I don't know how he manages such good pricing, but I can attest to successfully completing a purchase from him.
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You've got balls paying R40k for stuff from some random dude you had to google to confirm/hope he's legit. I'd possibly do that for under R10k but over that it's getting sketchy.

Did you pay with creditcard or Eft?
 
I purchased MS 365 around April from Martin for R600, and this evening I got a notification from MS that at the end of August this year, my account will be terminated as it is not a MS authorized program. I have notified Martin as such - so I am waiting to see what his response is.
 

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dobbs1 said:
I purchased MS 365 around April from Martin for R600, and this evening I got a notification from MS that at the end of August this year, my account will be terminated as it is not a MS authorized program. I have notified Martin as such - so I am waiting to see what his response is.
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There are so many of these dodgy Microsoft products being sold these days, seems like every 2hnd person is hocking them. People get them for around R30 each on eBay and elsewhere and then make a huge profit reselling them. They will all eventually get blacklisted/deactivated by Ms, only a matter of time.

Consider yourself lucky Ms gave you prior warning, some people just one day find themselves locked out of their accounts, all data lost.
 
airborne said:
There are so many of these dodgy Microsoft products being sold these days, seems like every 2hnd person is hocking them. People get them for around R30 each on eBay and elsewhere and then make a huge profit reselling them. They will all eventually get blacklisted/deactivated by Ms, only a matter of time.

Consider yourself lucky Ms gave you prior warning, some people just one day find themselves locked out of their accounts, all data lost.
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I haven't had issues loading up my Microsoft with years of Office 365 Personal at R200-350 per 12-month code. Office 365 is included with loads of Game and Makro PC deals, and they invariably get flogged on local marketplaces. My sub expires end of 2022, and I intend to keep adding a year every now and again when I see a particularly cheap code. It's been 2 years now without an issue from Microsoft.
 
Could it also not be under a corporate license that hasn't, isn't renewed.
 
Hemi300c said:
Could it also not be under a corporate license that hasn't, isn't renewed.
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I think it is, a customer of ours bought some office 2016 PRO licenses for R800, when they tried to activate it online they got the warning that license has exceeded its limit, after contacting the guys they bought it from, the guy went the telephone route to activate.

think they using a volume license key.

NB: my comments are not directed at laptopsatcost.co.za,it’s just a response to Hemi300c.

Our customer used someone on bidorbuy.
 
Bryn said:
I haven't had issues loading up my Microsoft with years of Office 365 Personal at R200-350 per 12-month code. Office 365 is included with loads of Game and Makro PC deals, and they invariably get flogged on local marketplaces. My sub expires end of 2022, and I intend to keep adding a year every now and again when I see a particularly cheap code. It's been 2 years now without an issue from Microsoft.
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99% of the time not what is being flogged on local marketplaces, the deals sold bundled with pc's are legit though.

Hemi300c said:
Could it also not be under a corporate license that hasn't, isn't renewed.
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They are typically volume, Msdn or Edu licenses which cannot be resold. You'll known its an Edu license because the reseller will supply login info for the Office account with an email address from an official educational institute, when you see that you know 100% guaranteed you have been scammed.

rog163 said:
I think it is, a customer of ours bought some office 2016 PRO licenses for R800, when they tried to activate it online they got the warning that license has exceeded its limit, after contacting the guys they bought it from, the guy went the telephone route to activate.

think they using a volume license key.

NB: my comments are not directed at laptopsatcost.co.za,it’s just a response to Hemi300c.

Our customer used someone on bidorbuy.
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Volume licenses are not for resell.

All these dodgy licenses will typically activate one way of the other but once Ms works out they aren't being used according to the license agreement they get blacklisted.

Anyone that buys a dodgy Office or Win 7/10 license just install a PID checker, it will tell you what type of license it is, Msdn/Volume /Edu/Oem/Retail. Retail being 100% legit and Oem borderline but probably passable.
 
airborne said:
99% of the time not what is being flogged on local marketplaces, the deals sold bundled with pc's are legit though.
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It's pretty safe I think. I've bought around 10 codes in total now, and every single time the seller sent a pic of the code on its redemption card within the packaging.
 
Bryn said:
It's pretty safe I think. I've bought around 10 codes in total now, and every single time the seller sent a pic of the code on its redemption card within the packaging.
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Which seller?
You are lucky if that is the case, all these other dodgy sellers just email you an install code with download link or login info.
 
airborne said:
Which seller?
You are lucky if that is the case, all these other dodgy sellers just email you an install code with download link or login info.
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All different, save for one guy who was selling two codes. Just rando's on Gumtree, Carbonite, Facebook, OLX etc.

Office 365 is given out by Makro and Game like sweets.
 
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