Should i buy Windows 10 from Kinguin?

[olekristianrudjord]

I am trying to save some money but i want to get Windows 10. I have found out that Kinguin is selling Windows 10 Pro OEM keys for about 25$. My first question is if i should buy it or not. Also i want to know how it work in terms of after buying the key, do i get it instantly or do i have to wait.
thank you!

 

[n0ns3ns3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_RYW4Q7O2Q&t=1s

 

[Wolfshadw]

A Windows 10 Home license costs around $89 (US). Anyone selling it for significantly cheaper than that is not selling a legitimate license. You'd be better off downloading the ISO directly from Microsoft and running it without activation until you can afford a legitimate license. There is no (current) time limit on how long you can run Windows 10 without activation. The only difference between running activated and without activation is the lack of customization tools and a watermark on your background. There are NO OTHER functionality limitations.

-Wolf sends

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Anyone selling it for significantly cheaper than that is not selling a legitimate license.

not entirely true.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Anyone selling it for significantly cheaper than that is not selling a legitimate license.

not entirely true.

Alright. I'll bite. Give me an example.

-Wolf sends

 

[n0ns3ns3]

some people/organisations are reselling their legit unused key that they go in some way - bundled with PC or whatever. they sell it at low prices.
I'd also sell a spare license.
It is legal to buy things with invoice, taxes etc. it's not a black/underground market.
If it's sold in a store and activates, I personally consider it legit enough.
And what MS (or any other corporation) thinks about those keys is not important or not my problem.
I doubt you never use ebay or questioning the origin of the products with significant discount in some supermarket.

 

[USAFRet]

some people/organisations are reselling their legit unused key that they go in some way - bundled with PC or whatever. they sell it at low prices.
I'd also sell a spare license.
It is legal to buy things with invoice, taxes etc. it's not a black/underground market.
If it's sold in a store and activates, I personally consider it legit enough.
And what MS (or any other corporation) thinks about those keys is not important or not my problem.
I doubt you never use ebay or questioning the origin of the products with significant discount in some supermarket.

You selling *one* license is one thing.
When a seller has 1500 of them, at that drastically reduced price....the reason is pretty obvious.


Kinguin is not a "store".
It is a meeting place between you and the seller.

And as far as activates? Yes, they may activate initially. Until the activation servers catch up, and recognizes that the same license has been used and activated 30 times, in different countries.

"It was fine until I reinstalled..."
"It was fine until the Fall update..."
"It was fine, until I woke up this morning.."

What MS things is actually relevant, because they can and do cause those licenses to unactivate.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3304726/windows-key-working.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3475215/kinguin-windows-key-wtf.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3317697/windows-home-premium-key-typed-invalid-activation.html

Just a couple of the many we see here.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

The only link I provided is talking about something that looks like a store to me and is not kinguin.
All provided examples are for "not working" keys. That's kinda scum and the problem of people buying things without money back guarantee.
More important they are talking about windows 7 which had to be activated with key on every install. With windows 10, the activation is tied to particular HW/user and the key is not required to activate windows on the reinstall on the same machine.
I never had an issue with activated windows. TBH, I don't remember hearing about someone with "revoked" activation".
As for numbers of licenses, I worked in a company that was buying workstations that arrived with license. The IT would simply flash a organization image with organization's license. So IT department had about 500 unused payed licenses in few months. they were sold to someone for substantial amount of money.

 

[USAFRet]

The youtube link you provided is no different than kinguin. Same concept, just a different name.
Anyone can make a fancy looking website.

The OP specifically targeted kinguin.

But, our opinions differ..
I'll leave you to yours.