is it a good idea to buy windows 10 from eBay?

[inhumanCRAZYGUN]

just asking because i see that it's $50 cheaper and most sellers have good reviews, just asking if it's a good idea

 

[mcnumpty23]

nope

any where that sells it too cheap is dodgy

might work for a while then the key gets black listed

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

100% not legit when it's too cheap.

 

[g-unit1111]

If it doesn't go for the full retail price, don't buy it. These keys are not from legitimate sources. Doesn't matter how many good ratings the seller has.

 

[USAFRet]

just asking because i see that it's $50 cheaper and most sellers have good reviews, just asking if it's a good idea

Licensed software from ebay, whether Windows or otherwise, is never a good idea.
Especially if it is significantly cheaper than the normal retail outlets.

 

[jossrik]

Good reviews are easy to fake. I can't tell you it's 100% scam, I bought my key off eBay and here we is 4 and a half years later, no blacklist, in fact have had to call Microsoft 3 or 4 times when rebuilding my system and reinstalling windows (retail key). If you're gonna do it, know going in that most likely the key is stolen or acquired through not the most legal of methods, or that the seller is selling pirated software. If you can find a seller who can guarantee that it's a legit key and has 10s of thousands of sales (the seller I bought from was a software store and had 22,000 feedback). Pay with Visa or Mastercard through Paypal. eBay will protect you to an extent, Visa will, Mastercard will, Paypal will, and lastly, most likely your bank will protect you to some extent. After you buy the key, call Microsoft and check with them that it's a legit key, and even if they tell you that it is legit, it may not be they just might not have caught it yet. Or spend the one time 50$ more and know that you're legit from here on out and Microsoft will protect you on it.