RE: [DUG] WARNING! Do NOT buy from TradeMe or EBay

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:31:29 -0800

Turns out they all have a sticker on the outside of the plastic wrap that indicates Media Kit and Academic and all that stuff.
 
Richard
 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul A Norman
Sent: Friday, 4 November 2005 2:41 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] WARNING! Do NOT buy from TradeMe or EBay

Thanks Richard.
Acedemic versions and the like as well or are they already marked?

 
On 04/11/05, Richard Vowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sounds like a spiffingly good idea to me. I'll pass it on.
 
Richard
 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paul A Norman
Sent: Friday, 4 November 2005 11:29 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] WARNING! Do NOT buy from TradeMe or EBay

 
Dear Richard,
 
A well placed corporate computer industry type fellow was once selling some stuff but we were spared some difficulty because  . .
 
Corel, and sometines Adobe I think, regional offices in the past have put clear (but elegantly designed) Media license stickers (permanent glue!) on the outside of their media kits.
 
Seeing these on other companis products has helped us avoid bad moves. We nearly got stuck with something very bad once becasue it was not marked in any way. A journalist was selling stuff openly and that itseslf alerted us on another occasion.
 
When I look at the picyures supplied on the recent postings in New Zealand Trademe, there do not appear to be any media kit warnings on them.
 
Do you think that that is something that Borland USA, Singapore and other regional offices  might consider implementing?
 
Paul
 
On 04/11/05, Richard Vowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Guys,
 
A real warning. In the last two weeks alone I have been contacted by THREE people who have been burnt by this.
 
One guy purchased from ebay and got the item sent out. It turned out to be an educational license where the key was attached to an account in France (not the UK where he purchased it).
 
The other two purchased off TradeMe and paid $600 and $800 for media kits. They were unopened so the person selling probably didn't know they weren't full versions, but they may have. This is also not legal, only our resellers with reseller agreements can resell our products without explicit permission from us.
 
We aren't trying to make things hard for you guys, if you have a legitimate sale (decreasing developers, etc) then we are happy to grant permission, but it is to protect people from things like this happening.
 
Richard
 
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