"Downloadable Software (DS)" - Reliable Site or SCAM?

[The Pentium Guy]

Not a hot deals thread.

Reason I'm asking this is becuase I've received several emails in different accounts about this company, 'Downloadable Software'. Each email ends up in my junk mail filter, but I get different URLs.

http://hex.pankomat.com/
http://ooh.vsezaeblo.com/

Sounds very suspicious - especailly with the fishy URLs.
Anyone used it or tried it? I mean, is this thing real or what? Excellent deals...but - what's the catch?

-The Pentium Guy

 

[ai42]

Pirate software.

 

[Toonces]

totally reliable, great deals on illegal software

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: ai42
Pirate software.

You telling me to pirate it, or saying that the software is pirated?

Edit: Damn - poster above answered it. In that case, nevermind, screw this.

 

[FoBoT]

why would you pay for illegal software?

 

[George P Burdell]

Want a free ipod as well?

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Want a free ipod as well?

Yeah. Gimme.

Meh...is there any cheap place to get XP Pro without pirating it?

 

[Ketteringo]

If you have to ask...

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Want a free ipod as well?

Yeah. Gimme.

Meh...is there any cheap place to get XP Pro without pirating it?

no. that is why bill gates is worth $49 billion

 

[ai42]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Want a free ipod as well?

Yeah. Gimme.

Meh...is there any cheap place to get XP Pro without pirating it?

OEM copies you can snag from newegg etc. Of course those aren't THAT cheap.

 

[sygyzy]

What are you, twelve?

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
why would you pay for illegal software?

 

[swtethan]

psst i have a website!!!

but you cant use it, i get xp pro for free from my college

 

[ai42]

Originally posted by: swtethan
psst i have a website!!!

but you cant use it, i get xp pro for free from my college

It's not really free. Your College pays Microsoft some fat check every couple of years for a campus license. And you get to use the software while you attend. And once you graduate you can apply to get a legal license. And you pay for it in your tuition.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: ai42

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy

Originally posted by: George P Burdell
Want a free ipod as well?

Yeah. Gimme.

Meh...is there any cheap place to get XP Pro without pirating it?

OEM copies you can snag from newegg etc. Of course those aren't THAT cheap.

Reason I'm asking was beucase I got a deal from WPI for $5 - but I could only use that once... I'll probaly snag it from the egg.

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: ai42

Originally posted by: swtethan
psst i have a website!!!

but you cant use it, i get xp pro for free from my college

It's not really free. Your College pays Microsoft some fat check every couple of years for a campus license. And you get to use the software while you attend. And once you graduate you can apply to get a legal license. And you pay for it in your tuition.

by then ill already be using another os

 

[Goosemaster]

Dell.com has downloadable software.

 

[PingSpike]

A woman at work actually "bought" adobe CS from one of these kind of sites.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Someone already beat me to it, but:

If you have to ask...

 

[Akhen]

Originally posted by: UNESC0
totally reliable, great deals on illegal software

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: UNESC0
totally reliable, great deals on illegal software

Are you KIDDING me? $50 is a total ripoff; you can almost get WinXP legit for that. You CAN in certain circumstances.

Originally posted by: ai42
It's not really free. Your College pays Microsoft some fat check every couple of years for a campus license. And you get to use the software while you attend. And once you graduate you can apply to get a legal license. And you pay for it in your tuition.

Yeah, you pay it in your tuition, but you keep the license when you graduate, you don't have to "apply" or anything. At least I didn't have to. I also picked up a copy of XP for pretty cheap with the "Go Pro" promotion from a while back.