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Article #1026Re: MS Office97 only $45
From: Chris Johnson
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:00
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aw guys, don't worry, I already reported him to Microsoft days ago. =) Jay <jay@swift-web.com> wrote in message news:72vpjb$n40$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca... >Thanks for the quick judgement there buddy...but I've seen illegal +ACI-sealed+ACI- >copies of software bouncing around...I'm just questioning it because the >person selling the items have 8 copies (it's not like they bought one and >then changed their mind) this is below cost and could easily sell for much >more if they were legit so warning flags go up for me) > >As for the +ACI-Easy Fulfillment+ACI- or your claims of illegal copies I don't care >what this person or yourself titles it. I just reminding those that believe >everything they read on the internet that if it is too good to be true then >it probably is illegal. If I miss-out on a great legit deal then so be it. >I'd rather miss-out than be on microsoft's hit list. > >Oh yeah, and if your too afraid to put your real email address and not >bounce it off the local university servers and then to a hotmail account >then maybe your comments just are not all that important to me. (And >probably not respected by others either.) > > >Observer wrote in message +ADw-3651DFDA.A0AE8468+AEA-hotmail.com+AD4-... >+AD4-Well, another idiot has added his two cents without knowing what he's >talking >+AD4-about. The guy in the newpaper article was NOT selling +ACI-Easy Fulfillment+ACI-, >he >+AD4-was actually making illegal copies of Office 97. Jay wrote: >+AD4- >+AD4APg- this post reminds me of this response I saw earlier (copied below): >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- --- Previous Message Posted Earlier --- >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- I'm sure every one in this newsgroup (triangle.forsale) is aware of Gary >+AD4APg- Brooks (flash+AEA-wizvax.net, et al.)...this guy CHUBAK is hawking the same >+AD4APg- crap. >+AD4APg- Do the software industry a favor and DON'T buy from him. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- In article +ADw-72569f+ACQ-sd2+ACQ-1+AEA-nnrp1.dejanews.com+AD4-, >+AD4APg- mav5+AEA-my-dejanews.com wrote: >+AD4APg- +AD4- FOR SALE: >+AD4APg- +AD4- >+AD4APg- +AD4- BRAND NEW, SEALED >+AD4APg- +AD4- Microsoft Office 97 Professional on CD-ROM (Full Version) >+AD4APg- +AD4- Online registration, online manual, and CD-KEY. >+AD4APg- +AD4- In article +ADw-72569f+ACQ-sd2+ACQ-1+AEA-nnrp1.dejanews.com+AD4-, >+AD4APg- mav5+AEA-my-dejanews.com wrote: >+AD4APg- +AD4- FOR SALE: >+AD4APg- +AD4- >+AD4APg- +AD4- BRAND NEW, SEALED >+AD4APg- +AD4- Microsoft Office 97 Professional on CD-ROM (Full Version) >+AD4APg- +AD4- Online registration, online manual, and CD-KEY. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Don't buy from this guy, it's PIRATED product...do a power search on >+AD4APg- dejanews.com on the author name of mav5+AEA-bright.net >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- You'll see the guy's selling EASY FULFILLMENT product - only legal to >those >+AD4APg- who already possess a Microsoft site license. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Here's a newspaper article from the Albany, NY Times-Union about GARY >+AD4APg- BROOKS, >+AD4APg- a person who also sold Microsoft Easy Fulfillment product: >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Section: CAPITAL REGION >+AD4APg- Page: B4 >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Tuesday, August 18, 1998 >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- MAN CHARGED WITH SELLING BOOTLEG MICROSOFT SOFTWARE >+AD4APg- MIKE FRICANO Staff writer >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Troy A city resident has been charged with selling bootleg copies of >+AD4APg- computer software. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Gary Brooks, 43, of 41 114th St., allegedly advertised and sold >+AD4APg- illegally >+AD4APg- copied Microsoft products on the Internet, police said. When they >searched >+AD4APg- his >+AD4APg- home they found more than 100 copies of Microsoft Office 97, which >retails >+AD4APg- for >+AD4APg- between +ACQ-300-+ACQ-400 but which Brooks sold for +ACQ-35, said Troy Police Capt. >Jack >+AD4APg- Mahar. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Brooks was charged Aug. 11 with second-degree trademark >counterfeiting, >+AD4APg- unlawful duplication of computer-related materials and criminal >possession >+AD4APg- of >+AD4APg- computer-related materials, police said. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Police said they are trying to determine whether Brooks was part of >a >+AD4APg- larger network of computer software piraters. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- Troy police became involved in the case after receiving a call from a >New >+AD4APg- York City detective agency, hired by Microsoft to monitor software >+AD4APg- bootleggers, Mahar said. A search warrant was then obtained and Brooks >was >+AD4APg- arrested, Mahar said. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- The penalty for a conviction on each charge is 1 to 3 years >+AD4APg- imprisonment. >+AD4APg- Brooks remains free pending further legal action, police said. >+AD4APg- >+AD4APg- -----------+AD0APQ- Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network +AD0APQ----------- >+AD4APg- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own >+AD4APg- Hello wrote in message +ADw-72qd8h+ACQ-qqp+ACQ-1+AEA-news-2.news.gte.net+AD4-... >+AD4APg- +AD4-BRAND NEW, SEALED >+AD4APg- +AD4-Microsoft Office 97 Professional on CD-ROM (Full Version) >+AD4APg- +AD4-Online registration, online manual, and CD-KEY. >+AD4APg- +AD4- >+AD4APg- +AD4-Selling for +ACQ-45 >+AD4APg- +AD4- >+AD4APg- +AD4-If interested email me at noel70+AEA-gte.net >+AD4APg- +AD4-I have 8 copies left >+AD4APg- +AD4- >+AD4APg- +AD4- >+AD4- >+AD4- >+AD4- > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdf1c,891574d0dd9783bc X-Google-Attributes: gidfdf1c,public X-Google-Thread: 111f06,2585aaff7aa467e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid111f06,public X-Google-Thread: 10baf4,891574d0dd9783bc X-Google-Attributes: gid10baf4,public X-Google-Thread: 10cf22,891574d0dd9783bc X-Google-Attributes: gid10cf22,public From: "Chris Johnson" <chrisj@goldsboro.net> Subject: Re: MS Office97 only $45 Date: 1998/11/18 Message-ID: <WlL42.87$kx1.228@news.ipass.net> X-Deja-AN: 413361916 References: <36450E67.74808EBE@vbe.com> <7255o1$s04$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <72qd8h$qqp$1@news-2.news.gte.net> <72r8el$jng$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <3651DFDA.A0AE8468@hotmail.com> <72vpjb$n40$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0810.800 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ipass.net X-Trace: news.ipass.net 911442422 209.48.182.160 (Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:27:02 EDT) Organization: iPass.Net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:27:02 EDT Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software,van.forsale,triangle.forsale,dc.forsale.computers