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<blockquote data-quote="tony72" data-source="post: 1247915" data-attributes="member: 97107"><p>My assumption is that some of them at least are never-used OEM licenses rather than recovered ones. Companies are bound to end up with surplus OEM licenses at times. I have bought several Windows and Office licenses off ebay, some required using the automated telephone activation route, however some activate online, so have clearly never been activated before. The recovered licenses I've bought usually clearly state that that's what they are, but some of the "new" ones also don't activate online; I suspect sometimes the sellers get a bunch of licenses and don't actually know whether they've been activated before or not. The ones I have bought, whether recovered or "new", have always been the stated edition, I'm generally after professional.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tony72, post: 1247915, member: 97107"] My assumption is that some of them at least are never-used OEM licenses rather than recovered ones. Companies are bound to end up with surplus OEM licenses at times. I have bought several Windows and Office licenses off ebay, some required using the automated telephone activation route, however some activate online, so have clearly never been activated before. The recovered licenses I've bought usually clearly state that that's what they are, but some of the "new" ones also don't activate online; I suspect sometimes the sellers get a bunch of licenses and don't actually know whether they've been activated before or not. The ones I have bought, whether recovered or "new", have always been the stated edition, I'm generally after professional. [/QUOTE]
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