25-Product Key

[Jo]

i am so annoyed. when the computer was bought it came with microsoft office
2003 trial addition. this has run out now as it only lasts 60 days. i cannot
use all the programs and i am asked for a 25-product key. why should you have
to pay for the programs? i just want the normal 2003 programs to use at home.
help!

 

[VManes]

what part of "trial edition" do you not understand?

It's a tease, to get you hooked, so you will pay for the full version. Pay
up or find an alternative.
--
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"We've secretly switched the dilithium crystals with new Folger's
Crystals...
let's watch what happens."
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i am so annoyed. when the computer was bought it came with microsoft office
2003 trial addition. this has run out now as it only lasts 60 days. i cannot
use all the programs and i am asked for a 25-product key. why should you
have
to pay for the programs? i just want the normal 2003 programs to use at
home.
help!

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Jo

When you bought the computer, you didn't pay for MS Office.. the vendor
included it to give more 'apparent' added value.. so you used it for 60 days
and gotten warnings about how long was left before you had to buy it or
not..

So what is your actual problem?

 

[Pete]

The proper alternative is the free office suite: Open Office.
It will open all your M$ documents, btw.
-Pete

 

[Gerritjan]

i am so annoyed. when the computer was bought it came with microsoft office
2003 trial addition.

trial addiction? ;-)

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

i am so annoyed.

Oh gawds. Another blonde bint ranting because she didn't check what she was
buying. Your fault, love, no-one else's.

when the computer was bought it came with microsoft

office 2003 trial addition.

The word is *edition*.



this has run out now as it only lasts 60

days.

Yes it does.


i cannot use all the programs


Yes and you would have known that for the past 10 days as it counts down the
time to expiry.

and i am asked for a 25-product

key.

Yes, that's right, dear, you now have to *buy* it.

why should you have to pay for the programs?

Because that's the way things work, lovey.

i just want the

normal 2003 programs to use at home.

So convert the trial then! I fail to see the problem.

help!

Try Yellow Pages under 'Psychiatrists'.

 

[bxb7668]

microsoft

trial addiction? ;-)

That's what MS is trying to do, get you addicted to MS Office so
you'll give them $$$$$

 

[DL]

I bought a car, I keep having to pay for petrol
Its so annoying it should be provided free by the car seller!!

 

[Chris Schatte]

so, a for profit company that lets you use it's product during a trial period
should give that product to you for free if you want to continue to use it?

Chris Schatte

 

[Brian]

i am so annoyed. when the computer was bought it came with microsoft
office 2003 trial addition. this has run out now as it only lasts 60
days. i cannot use all the programs and i am asked for a 25-product
key. why should you have to pay for the programs? i just want the
normal 2003 programs to use at home. help!

Did you buy the PC on the basis that it contained MS Office, but you only got the Trial version? Seek legal advice.

 

[Brian]

When you bought the computer, you didn't pay for MS Office

You don't know that. It may have been advertised as having
MS Office included (by a dodgy dealer, granted).

 

[Pete]

Did you buy the PC on the basis that it contained MS Office, but you only

got the Trial version? Seek legal advice.For the price of a legal consultation alone you could buy Office several
times over.
Forget the lawyer.
-Pete

 

[Brian]

For the price of a legal consultation alone you could buy Office
several times over. Forget the lawyer.

I meant from a Small Claims Court, where the advice is usually free.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

What the OP needs to do is to look over his receipt. People do not always
pay close attention to what they are buying. They get stars in their eyes
and all they can think of is that they will have this new, shiny computer
and they really aren't paying attention to what they are getting.

 

[Pete]

What the OP needs to do is to look over his receipt. People do not always
pay close attention to what they are buying. They get stars in their eyes
and all they can think of is that they will have this new, shiny computer
and they really aren't paying attention to what they are getting.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I meant from a Small Claims Court, where the advice is usually free.

Yes, that is true, and could be the situation here as well.
-Pete

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I used to sell computers. I know first hand that people don't pay attention
to what's going on. I'd try to make sure they knew *exactly* what they were
getting but not all salespeople do that. It never ceased to amaze me how
people would basically open their wallet and close their eyes.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

What the OP needs to do is to look over his receipt. People do not always
pay close attention to what they are buying. They get stars in their eyes
and all they can think of is that they will have this new, shiny computer
and they really aren't paying attention to what they are getting.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Pete wrote:

Did you buy the PC on the basis that it contained MS Office, but you
only got the Trial version? Seek legal advice.

For the price of a legal consultation alone you could buy Office
several times over. Forget the lawyer.

I meant from a Small Claims Court, where the advice is usually free.

Yes, that is true, and could be the situation here as well.
-Pete

 

[oct1022]

i am so annoyed. when the computer was bought it came with microsoft office
2003 trial addition. this has run out now as it only lasts 60 days. i cannot
use all the programs and i am asked for a 25-product key. why should you have
to pay for the programs? i just want the normal 2003 programs to use at home.
help!