Whats a good site to buy academic software?

[TallBill]

My future-wife is a student at a four year university, and I want her to buy Dreamweaver Academic version for our use. She already has and uses flash, and I want to show her how to incorporate stuff into a web project.

Anyways, on Newegg.com they have the academic version of Dreamweaver for like 91 bucks, but when you put in your school credentials, at the bottom of the page it says if educational requirements are not met, customer agrees to pay full price of software, which is like 400 bucks.

I do NOT trust newegg's education requirement matching system. What if it goes wrong and she gets charged 400 bucks.

 

[BigToque]

Why not just buy it at the university?

 

[TallBill]

its like 200 bucks there

 

[OMGWTF]

egay?

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: TallBill
its like 200 bucks there

wow...

I didn't realize retailers could set their own price for software.

edit: I mean academic licenced software

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: TallBill
its like 200 bucks there

wow...

I didn't realize retailers could set their own price for software.

we're going there now to re-check the price.. perhaps it was the pro version or the entire suite. the person at the store wasn't to bright when i called to ask.

 

Originally posted by: TallBill
its like 200 bucks there

What school? Thats crazy that you cant get it cheaper for class.

 

[Drakkon]

Originally posted by: TallBill
I do NOT trust newegg's education requirement matching system. What if it goes wrong and she gets charged 400 bucks.

ummm call them up and cancel the order?

Otherwise this is THE palce to buy academic versions:
http://academicsuperstore.com/

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Stefan

Originally posted by: TallBill
its like 200 bucks there

wow...

I didn't realize retailers could set their own price for software.

we're going there now to re-check the price.. perhaps it was the pro version or the entire suite. the person at the store wasn't to bright when i called to ask.

that is the entire suite.

MIKE

 

[espressoman]

www.govconnection.com (basically PCconnection.com). Check with the school tho, they may already have a way to purchase academic software.

 

[FlyLice]

you guys buy software?....

 

[MetalMat]

Here is a link for all the software you need

You can thank me later

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: espressoman
www.govconnection.com (basically PCconnection.com). Check with the school tho, they may already have a way to purchase academic software.

As has been mentioned, the school offers it for ludicrous prices only, They screw you on books, and now they'll screw you on academic software too.

Check if there's something akin to Microsoft's MSDN for dreamweaver. I got XP Pro, Office and some other stuff for $30 total through them.

 

[Jumpem]

My school usually has academic software cheaper than Newegg. We get anything from MS free though.

 

[jacob0401]

Try the school's bookstore.

 

[globalcitizen]

Originally posted by: MetalMat
Here is a link for all the software you need
You can thank me later

You better edit that out or you will get hammered by the mods.

 

[TallBill]

Yeah, we went into the store.. it was 99 there. It was 199 for the suite.

And I like buying legit software.. I'm not 13 anymore.

 

[white]

do you have a credit card that issues one time use numbers with a dollar limit? that's what i would do in this situation.

 

[Darthvoy]

www.academicsuperstore.com
Edit: You just gotta email them a scan of a current student ID. I have bought from them before...they are really reliable.

 

[CRXican]

I used newegg.com for Office 2003, no problem at all