display box only
$Zero
about six months ago, i bought microsoft office 2007.
i needed the database and spreadsheets and whatnot for my business.
but it wasn't until a few weeks ago that i fortunately found the time
to install it on my new computer.
it was then that i finally got around to discovering that i had paid
$250+ for the display box.
there was no software to be found.
the idiotic cashier did not substitute the huge colorful box for the
actual product.
that's what my life is like.
day in, day out.
that's why i'm so adept at problem solving.
that's why i'm so feared by corporate america.
-$Zero...
the truly wealthy have no need for greed.
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Piet de Arcilla
> display box only
>
> about six months ago, i bought microsoft office 2007.
>
> i needed the database and spreadsheets and whatnot for my business.
>
> but it wasn't until a few weeks ago that i fortunately found the time
> to install it on my new computer.
>
> it was then that i finally got around to discovering that i had paid
> $250+ for the display box.
I once got an empty box and took it to the cash register, expecting to
exchange it, and the cashier didn't know what to do with it at first.
Apparently they normally had the actual software on the rack, it's
just that for some reason the empty box was all they had left.
So that may be why they didn't give you a real one; they assumed all
the ones on display _were_ real.
Mark
Theoretically you were entitled to exchange your
empty box with an identical empty box, provided
it was within the grace period. Heh.
--
Mark
john.ku...@sympatico.ca
Did you keep your receipt? If you did and you contact Microsoft, they
may let you download the software from their site as long as you can
prove you bought it in good faith. the purchase of the box entitles
you to the use of the license for the software.
Try it.
danger...@gmail.com
> it was then that i finally got around to discovering that i had paid
> $250+ for the display box.
Don't sweat it. Office 2007 is about the same as all the previous
offices, with a few bug fixes and a few new bugs. As far as a tool for
writing is concerned, it's not much better than WordStar 3.3 (yes, I'm
that old).
DB
Ray Haddad
I miss WordStar. It had some features that no other word processor had
at the time with none of the Microsoft or Word Perfect bloat. I used
it up until it no longer worked on Windows.
--
Ray
Arindam Banerjee
"Ray Haddad" <r...@perthmagic.com> wrote in message
news:kefr15tuoo3qq9skr...@4ax.com...
I don't miss WordStar. It was however an arguable improvement over
typewriting. Typewriting had its advantages. You could get 4 copies at
once. You could work in candlelight. Which was what I often had to do, when
typing my paper back in India. Today the junkmail says buy an electronic
typewriter for $249, it will be much cheaper than laptops. You don't need a
printer, and a free ribbon is added.
Still, Office does have its great advantages. One is clipart, especially if
you are connected to the internet. Heaps of stuff out there in the world,
that you can use. I needed a clipart of a rifle, for my recent work, to use
in a diagram. Normal Office did not have it. Then I switched on some
buttons, fired up the internet, and hey I could have my pick. Now that was
smart - a picture they say is worth a thousand words, when correctly used of
course.
Arindam Banerjee.
Ejucaided Redneck
My first word processor was a CP/M (C/PM?) version of WordStar that was
2.something or other.
Was a good program and I'd take it over Micro$loth anything.
I'm still using WordPerfect 6.1, and will until Micro$loth stops
supporting XP. WP 6.1 doesn't work well in Vista, and whenever I have
to change operating systems again I'm going with Linux.
--
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ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since
been visited by her sister and now wish to
withdraw that statement.
-- Mark Twain
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$Zero
no.
all their software is sold that way.
and i just looked on the box:
$287.
yikes.
what a deal.
$Zero
"Koolchi...@smurfsareus.xxx-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
<john.kulczy...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On May 26, 10:27 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > display box only
>
> > about six months ago, i bought microsoft office 2007.
>
> > i needed the database and spreadsheets and whatnot for my business.
>
> > but it wasn't until a few weeks ago that i fortunately found the time
> > to install it on my new computer.
>
> > it was then that i finally got around to discovering that i had paid
> > $250+ for the display box.
>
> > there was no software to be found.
>
> > the idiotic cashier did not substitute the huge colorful box for the
> > actual product.
>
> > that's what my life is like.
>
> > day in, day out.
>
> > that's why i'm so adept at problem solving.
>
> > that's why i'm so feared by corporate america.
>
> > -$Zero...
>
> > the truly wealthy have no need for greed.
> > http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/48d7aa0a2a79dbd3
>
> Did you keep your receipt?
i'm a packrat.
and an artist.
so it's in one of three places.
two of which are easily accessible.
recovery estimate time: 1.7 hours, minimum.
> If you did and you contact Microsoft, they
> may let you download the software from their site as long as you can
> prove you bought it in good faith. the purchase of the box entitles
> you to the use of the license for the software.
>
> Try it.
i'll never have to go that route.
i'm quite experienced in these matters.
i once got a full cash refund on a $1,500 video camera after five-plus
years of heavy use.
just by making my case at the service window.
took me all of ten minutes.
...
i never buy the insurance on appliances.
it insults my intelligence.
if a product requires an insurance policy at check-out time, it's no
wonder the stock market took such a major dive.
but what's even more amazing to moi is that so many zillions of saps
tack on another 10% to their purchases.
only to find that the store or the manufacturer or the insurance
provider has gone under a few years later.
yikes.
what easy marks.
-$Zero...
that's why i'm so feared by corporate america.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/5f3fd7d4096f5ac3
Towse
> display box only
>
> about six months ago, i bought microsoft office 2007.
>
> i needed the database and spreadsheets and whatnot for my business.
>
> but it wasn't until a few weeks ago that i fortunately found the time
> to install it on my new computer.
>
> it was then that i finally got around to discovering that i had paid
> $250+ for the display box.
Sure.
There's "need" and there's need. Why would anyone anywhere near savvy
about technology and the cutting edge buy software that they "needed"
that they didn't need for another six months?
--
Sal
Ye olde swarm of links: thousands of links for writers, researchers and
the terminally curious <http://writers.internet-resources.com>
$Zero
> $Zero wrote:
> > display box only
>
> > about six months ago, i bought microsoft office 2007.
>
> > i needed the database and spreadsheets and whatnot for my business.
>
> > but it wasn't until a few weeks ago that i fortunately found the time
> > to install it on my new computer.
>
> > it was then that i finally got around to discovering that i had paid
> > $250+ for the display box.
>
> Sure.
>
> There's "need" and there's need. Why would anyone anywhere near savvy
> about technology and the cutting edge buy software that they "needed"
> that they didn't need for another six months?
actually, i bought it back in October or September.
so it's more like 9 months.
i just never imagined that i would not have the time to install it.
i never expected that things would actually transpire like they did.
yet again.
stupid moi.
-$Zero...
i'm quite experienced in these matters.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e92dc0ef4f526772
$Zero
but i decided to consider it anyway, to possibly save myself an hour
round-trip adventure to the store (including argument time) but guess
what?
there's no serial number or anything like that on the stupid
packaging.
it's a complete dummy.
there's not even a barcode. just an in-house stock number sticker.
there is however a small bland half-inch high rectangle surrounding
some very small bland lettering printed on the lower left bottom front
of the cardboard packaging (found beneath the hard plastic container)
"alerting" both consumer and cashier to the fact that said colorful
object is utterly useless.
very attractive package, overall.
it even has a fold-out cardboard section with all manner of colorful
blurbs about all of the wonderful software programs and features not
contained within.
heh.
> i'm quite experienced in these matters.
>
> i once got a full cash refund on a $1,500 video camera after five-plus
> years of heavy use.
>
> just by making my case at the service window.
>
> took me all of ten minutes.
>
> ...
>
> i never buy the insurance on appliances.
>
> it insults my intelligence.
>
> if a product requires an insurance policy at check-out time, it's no
> wonder the stock market took such a major dive.
>
> but what's even more amazing to moi is that so many zillions of saps
> tack on another 10% to their purchases.
>
> only to find that the store or the manufacturer or the insurance
> provider has gone under a few years later.
>
> yikes.
>
> what easy marks.
>
> -$Zero...
>
> that's why i'm so feared by corporate america.
> http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/5f3fd7d4096f5ac3
-$Zero...
stupid moi.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/03b73c4bc2a88674