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Buying from stacksocial.com ?
Hi folks,
stacksocial.com, are they trustable? Just saw some deal there about Windows 11 https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/microsoft-windows-11-pro-6 that looks suspiciously cheap .
Not sure if Stacksocial do verify sellers before list them.
What is your experience? Thanks in advance.
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I don't know, the price seems incredible, is this genuine?
Not sure, that's why I'm asking here for opinions.
Stacksocial is like market place , what you buy from there is not from them but verified partner.
Stuff ypu buy from there is guaranteer delivery and protected by stacksocial
Imagine it like g2a but less scam and more trust seller
So these are valid, genuine keys, however their source is the shady part. They are usually from programs such as MSDN or equivalent. Always violating the license agreement for them to sell and and you to use, however Microsoft would rather you use their OS and they don't really seem to care for personal use. It will activate. It likely won't deactivate. But it may not activate again in the future if you change your hardware enough to require reactivation. Bonus points for activation if you tie it to your Microsoft Account. As mentioned above G2A and Kinguin, as well as ebay are riddled with them.
What is wrong with g2a?
Microsoft doesn't like it, but there was an Court of Justice of the European Union ruling that allowed the sale of previously owned licenses within EU and EEA:
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-07/cp120094en.pdf
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I brought the windscribe lifetime deal, lifetime adguard
they are legit
Waiting ECJ allow reselling VPS without fees even if provider wants to charge transfer fee.
Haha, good one
I’ve bought a few lifetime/non-lifetime stuff and they’re all legit. Read the ToS very carefully.
Never had any issues with them. Do your research on the product and merchant
This. I've got a bunch of stuff from them -- some companies fail entirely, but that's expected from some of those deals. As long as you know what you're willing to lose, you should be fine. The Windows Licenses are as safe as most, if you have an issue with it, they'll send over a new one. I once bought a AdGuard lifetime subscription license that was already redeemed, I contacted them and they sent over a new one, which I've been using for the last 3-4 years.
Check with Microsoft with product key and you will be enlightened.
Working key does not necessarily mean it is licensing compliant
How do you check the key with Microsoft, to get Microsoft's determination whether the key is license compliant?
heads up, all of us that bought lifetime via Stacksocial have to have proof of purchase once the 10yr Windscribe lifetime lapses to get it renewed. make sure you save it otherwise they won’t renew the term
People steal credit card info, buy keys, and sell the keys on G2A. Eventually, the bank finds out, cancels the card, and charges back the transactions. The key you bought gets revoked and you can't get a refund.
It got so bad that some devs were telling people to pirate their games instead of buying from G2A.
Windscribe music stops.
Got the pdf of receipt in my dropbox already, but thank for the heads up
nope. they do this check because of how rampant credential stuffing is. they have no issue renewing accounts as long as you have -some- form of proof that you didn’t buy the account from some fraud forum marketplace
I'm surprised that got ruled. I wonder how it would be interpreted in this case (OP). The software from MSDN (Visual Studio Subscription) or similar programs like DreamSpark aren't meant or offered for sale though and I'm not sure they would pass the scrutiny in the above case. They are offered as testing for non production, non end user use except for short term testing.
I used Stacksocial multiple times. I had no issues, so I recommend them.
With regards to the product... that is a different story. For example I do not like Windows.
If the ECJ ruling is what’s enabling these sales, why spend 20 bucks when you could get the same key for €1 on allcdkeys.
massgrave is cheaper
It is literally free but there might be situations where it cannot be used.
I knew it would be ruled on eventually, did not know it had already happened...
Still waiting for it to be enforced though..... Blizzard, Epic, Steam, and all the "stores".
I bought some lifetime VPN plan from them 2 years back, till date it is still working. So I think it is a good marketplace
Which brand VPN?
I think it was "Private Internet Access" and it cost me about $40 for lifetime plan.
Usually ok unless you need to contact their support.. Their support team is useless. Just a waste of time.. Pretty sure their strategy is just to waste time until you give up.