I’ve been saddled with quite a conscience when it comes to software so need to make sure that it’s genuine & correctly licensed.
We need to buy a copy of Office or a 365 subscription for my Wife’s laptop; I need it to be legal but equally I don’t want to spend more than I need to.
I am aware that 3rd parties legally sell licenses and physical products for somewhat less than Microsoft’s own Store but others are absurdly cheap and so almost certainly counterfeit.
Where I’m struggling is with big retailers like Amazon. Amazon host a large number of 3rd party license resellers, a number of which I suspect supply fake licenses (Office Professional Plus for £25 etc.). I’d assume that Amazon play the Ebay card of “We only provide the market place” (although the listings usually state Sold by xxxx, fulfilled by Amazon so Amazon seem to be taking an active part; it’s also Amazon that bombard me with adverts for said product once I’ve viewed it).
Are there any genuine Office bargains to be had or is it just safer to buy a 365 subscription from MS themselves (after all, spread over a year they’re not too pricey)?