microsoft office home and business 2019 costco price

#Microsoft office home and business 2019 costco price install
#Microsoft office home and business 2019 costco price software
#Microsoft office home and business 2019 costco price plus

Microsoft’s site does list the company as a ‘Solution Provider’ complete with company bio, address and link back to the company site. The seller claims to be a Microsoft Certified Partner with a link to a page on Microsoft’s site. The domain’s real ownership is hidden behind a privacy service in Panama. The domain name used was only registered in 2017 yet the company says it’s been running since 2010. However, that’s assuming the Office 2019 download you get is supplied by Microsoft. Microsoft’s site should detect your main language and offer the matching download automatically. Not strictly true, Office 2019 can be downloaded with support for a wide range of languages.

We also provide the language pack for Office allowing you to use Office 2016 in your chosen language (all major languages supported).” Office 2019 has support and updates for less than Microsoft’s own policy. No Microsoft product has ‘updates for life’. “This product includes free product updates for life from Microsoft.” If that isn’t enough, there are other incorrect details that are a reliable indicator of a questionable retailer.

#Microsoft office home and business 2019 costco price plus

The cheapest Office 2019 retail bundle is Office 2019 Home and Student listed at $150 for Word, Excel and PowerPoint only (no Outlook) Yet this site claims that Professional Plus with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher and more, sells for a $70 lower official price? Other wrong details

#Microsoft office home and business 2019 costco price software

Office 2019 Professional Plus costs from $559 as part of a volume licence agreement and that’s without Software Assurance extras. Price is wrong and way too lowĪs we’ve already mentioned, Office 2019 Professional Plus isn’t a retail product so the list price of $79.99 makes no sense, let alone the $39.99 discounted price. That’s assuming the retailer gives the buyer anything at all. We’re not aware of Microsoft ever deactivating Office however it’s definitely possible and within Microsoft’s rights.

#Microsoft office home and business 2019 costco price install

With modern activation and regular ‘call back to base’ it’s possible for Microsoft to disable or downgrade an Office install if it’s using an illegal product key. The same product key works for many Office 2019 installs within the company.Īt some stage the organization or Microsoft realizes the product key has ‘leaked’. It’s a common trick for unscrupulous sellers, they give buyers a volume licence product key from an organization that’s bought a large Office 2019 Professional Plus licence. That’s how we know there’s something wrong with this entire offer. Stores do not sell volume licence products to individuals. ‘Professional Plus’ Office bundles are only sold to organizations as part of volume licence agreements. They are selling Office 2019 Professional Plus which is a real product but NOT sold retail.

We are sure that what you’re buying isn’t legal and Microsoft could deactivate the software in the future. We can’t say it’s a scam because buyers might get a product key to activate Office 2019. Keith H, an reader sent us a link asking “Is this a ripoff or is this a good deal?” We won’t publish the link, for reasons that will become obvious, here’s a snapshot of the web page. An Office 2019 offer that looks like a good deal for just $39.99 or maybe a scam? Microsoft seems to endorse the seller with a mention and link from so how could it be wrong? We’ll explain why we know it’s not a proper offer, so you can judge similar offers.