Stock-Apps.net - Legit Discounted Software?

Rik

http://stock-apps.net

Anyone ever heard of these guys? They sell PC software (Autodesk, Adobe, Microsoft, etc) at extremely discounted prices. They claim to be an OEM software company, and once you pay they'll email you a link with download instructions. They claim that as an OEM retailer, you don't register your software with the manufacturer, because they have already done this as part of their OEM status.

Adobe CS6 Master Edition - Retails for $2599, Download Price 149.95

At those prices, something doesn't sound right. Has anyone dealt with this company before?

joeriv

If it sounds to good to be true, then it's a scam.

Website is hosted somewhere in the czech republic.
Typical testimonial page with some slightly weird english.
No contact data to be found anywhere.

And at the same time, no google results leading to an actual forum discussion somewhere about the site.

I kinda have a feeling that when your selling 3dsmax for 150dollars, the adobe master collection for 150 (wich is like less then what we pay for a student version) there might be some talk about it.
(choose a random trustworthy webshop, and most of the time you can find a lot of links discussing it, not in this case)

praetus

Yeah that just smells of scam

Snader

You're better off torrenting it, and then sending an anonymous envelope with $150 to Autodesk or something.

Ace-Angel

Snader wrote: »

You're better off torrenting it, and then sending an anonymous envelope with $150 to Autodesk or something.

I payed off my copy of max in 12 easy installments over the course of 12 years! It's true! The only thing I had to relinquish was my manhood along any children I had. AH! Jokes on Autodesk since I never had kids...

Thegodzero

^Thats you were told about...

and yeah don't do it. No reason to give scams any money.

Lamont

It is fake. If you are not using it for contract, just get the education version.

Rik

Nah not for me, my dad was looking for an cheap legit way to get Photoshop CS6 and Outlook and uses them for work and so an Edu version won't do. Thanks for the input. Damn you Czech Republic.

Two Listen

A family member of mine bought me my first copy of Photoshop when I was younger from some place similar (not quite as many warning signs, no claim of being an OEM retailer, etc). Received it, packaging and everything looked real legit. Front of disc looked great, flip disc over...

Burned disc.

Fuck.

Ben Apuna

@Rik:

Depending on what your dad needs Photoshop for and what his budget is there are alternatives.

GIMP

Sumo Paint

Pixlr

Corel Painter - Which has a new Photoshop-like UI mode now.

Corel PaintShop Pro

Windows Only:

Paint.net

Mac Only

Pixelmator

Rik

Thanks Ben, I'll take a look and see what these packages offer.

GypsyRoses

It's non-legit.

The way how they do it, is they provide a software download link and no support. The serial does not work, and you lose your money.


Also, their site is NOT secure, so you may be a victim of phishing (e.g., use your CC card for purchases in Nigeria).

Ben Apuna

I just discovered a cross platform Paint.net clone called Pinta.

Ged

Lamont wrote: »

It is fake. If you are not using it for contract, just get the education version.

can people who arent in education but dont want to do any commercial work ever buy educational software? I always assumed they expect education requirements to be fullfilled. Really really frustrating