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> What if their intent was to charge the other recyclers $10 a pop vs the $25 msft charged for the same thing? Not what was happening at all. MS charge Dell e
by oldcynic 8y ago
> What if their intent was to charge the other recyclers $10 a pop vs the $25 msft charged for the same thing?
Not what was happening at all.
MS charge Dell et al $25 for a copy of Windows Home OEM, complete with certificate of authenticity sticker and new licence number.
"a Microsoft letter to Hurley and a Microsoft expert witness had reduced the value of the disks to $25 apiece, stating that was what Microsoft charged refurbishers for such disks. But both the letter and the expert were pricing a disk that came with a Microsoft license"
He was re-creating a restore disk that only works when associated with the already existing, and still valid, licence.
- pc86 8y agoAs was pointed out elsewhere in this thread before your comment, you're also not allowed (as a refurbisher) to install a fresh copy of Windows without this media. The refurbishers are legally required to buy this $25 CD from Microsoft. So even though the $25 contains a new license, if they can buy it from this guy for $0.25, he is taking that $25 away from Microsoft.
- oldcynic 8y agoThe link to MS's licencing terms for refurbishers was added after my comment, not before.