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Microsoft deal

Hello! I was recently paying for Microsoft Office on the monthly subscription but I’ve just seen a deal on groupon for under £11.99 for Microsoft professional plus 2024..  should I go for it? Or is it too good to be true? Only needing to pay for it one time seems so much better. Many thanks

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  • Brie
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    Sounds too good to be true to me.  Would you actually be getting this from Microsoft or some intermediary?
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    Hello! I was recently paying for Microsoft Office on the monthly subscription but I’ve just seen a deal on groupon for under £11.99 for Microsoft professional plus 2024..  should I go for it? Or is it too good to be true? Only needing to pay for it one time seems so much better. Many thanks
    This will be from an intermediary, so you may not get the access or you could unexpectedly lose it.
  • flaneurs_lobster
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    edited 21 October at 2:18PM
    I've used these deals in the past but on the understanding that they will PROBABLY give me the product access they advertise and that this access MAY be revoked without notice at some point in the future.

    Only done this when there was a need for genuine MS products (rather than the free alternatives) and this requirement was either short-term use (me) or for skint pal.

    These cheap products rarely give access to OneDrive, if this is a requirement.
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