"Jeff Cochran" <jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com> wrote in message
news:4063c994.5174600@msnews.microsoft.com...
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 04:24:13 -0800, "Pamela Denise"
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Greetings:
> >
> >I have just purchased from Amazon.com Microsoft Windows
> >XP Professonal... what I believed to be a legal purchase
> >of software. To my surprise upon entering the product key
> >used to install windows xp professional I was informed it
> >is a invalid product key.
> >
> >How did this happen? And with Amazon.com?
> >
> >It arrived from Russia via Delaware as discussed with my
> >mail carrier because of the unusual postmarks and white
> >enevelope it came in. It was purchased using a credit
> >card that verifies USA RUSSIA.
> >
> >Yes, it was a purchase made off the internet but we have
> >thought to have used reliable retailers in the past and
> >have never had any problems.
> >
> >Hello! Does anyone care?
>
> Frankly, in this group, no. Someone might at Amazon (though it's
> doubtful your purchase was actually from Amazon) or someone might at
> Microsoft, but this is a group for security concerns in IIS, so pretty
> much, we really don't care.
>
> >No, the program does not
> >work. I should have kept my windows 98SE version and
> >forget upgrading. I now have a mess on my hands. How do
> >you and Amazon let this happen?
>
> Unfortunatley, I don't control who posts to the wrong group, who
> orders what off the internet or what you do with your system. So in
> essence, I let it happen because I have no way of keeping it from
> happening.
>
> By the way, cancel your credit card before you start seeing all kinds
> of erroneous charges...
>
> Jeff

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Greetings:
>
>I have just purchased from Amazon.com Microsoft Windows
>XP Professonal... what I believed to be a legal purchase
>of software. To my surprise upon entering the product key
>used to install windows xp professional I was informed it
>is a invalid product key.
>
>How did this happen? And with Amazon.com?
>
>It arrived from Russia via Delaware as discussed with my
>mail carrier because of the unusual postmarks and white
>enevelope it came in. It was purchased using a credit
>card that verifies USA RUSSIA.
>
>Yes, it was a purchase made off the internet but we have
>thought to have used reliable retailers in the past and
>have never had any problems.
>
>Hello! Does anyone care?

>No, the program does not
>work. I should have kept my windows 98SE version and
>forget upgrading. I now have a mess on my hands. How do
>you and Amazon let this happen?