Cheapest place to buy MS Office 2010 professional (64bit)

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  scrimshaw on 03/08/2011 - 18:16

  If you have an .edu email address (that is, if you have attended TAFE or university before, and have been given an email address from them) go to

  http://www.microsoft.com/australia/office/startinguni/
  or
  http://www.microsoft.com/student/office/en-au/default.aspx

  If you don't have a .edu email address, then find someone who does (a friend or relative).

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  bdl on 03/08/2011 - 19:02

  and if you don't have access to edu/charity pricing…

  http://www.estore.com.au/Microsoft_Office_Professional_2010_… … can get it a little cheaper (~$347) from smaller stores according to statice.com.au too

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  jason101 on 03/08/2011 - 22:23

  +4

  Be warned about buying from smaller stores on static ice. I recently proclaimed myself a hero at work and purchased a copy of Office Pro for a work PC from a "smaller" store found on static ice at a great price. I received the package, noticed the retail pack didn't quite look like a legit AU retail version (I assumed it was a grey import), installed it 100% OK - but when it went to verify itself online it wouldn't accept the CD key. I called the retailer, who swore they had sold "hundreds" of copies without a problem. I called Microsoft who informed me the CD Key was "a known compromised key" and I may have been sold a counterfeit product. After several calls to the retailer they reluctantly refunded me. (Microsoft offered to take the product in themselves and provide me the real deal if I agreed to provided copies of receipts and emails sent back and forth between myself and the retailer). If I hadn't been so embarrassed at work I may have sent the product to Microsoft but I opted to send it back to the retailer for a refund. My lesson: Don't always go for the cheapest price on Static ice from a smaller retailer.