Cheapest place for Microsoft Word? 30 September 2005 at 2:58PM in Techie Stuff 7 replies 684 views

Lotta_Littlies

Need to buy this in a hurry (and it does have to be Word - OpenOffice no good) but need it as cheap as possible, any ideas please?

Thanks,

Lotta

Darksun

Try looking on Kelkoo

Also, you can get big discounts if your a student (or teacher). I got Office 2003 free \o/

Lotta_Littlies

Thanks. I'm neither a student not a teacher as such but do home educate my daughter though I don't think that qualifies. Thanks anyway.

Lotta

-TangleFoot-

What you want is the Microsoft Works Suite; it includes Word, and is a great deal cheaper than Microsoft Office. In fact, it's less expensive than Microsoft Word all by itself!

For the full-fat boxed package, you should expect to pay £60-£70, but you could instead look around for an OEM copy for around £25 less.

996ducati

Works Suite here (OEM) for £7.52+VAT & Del

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=74681

OR

Word 2000 (OEM) for £11.99+ VAT & Del

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=94296

Tharweb

996ducati wrote:

Works Suite here (OEM) for £7.52+VAT & Del

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=74681

I think that's Works (not Works suite) and therefore doesn't include Word. This is the link for Works suite but it's more expensive, £41.96 plus p&p, so the edition of Word 2000 is cheaper.

moneysavingme_2

Darksun wrote:

Try looking on Kelkoo

Also, you can get big discounts if your a student (or teacher). I got Office 2003 free \o/

Mind me asking how?

Toxteth_OGrady

In reality M$ isn't selling you its software it's selling you a licence to use it (i.e. the CD key). Normally as a home user you pay an extortionate price for a single user licence.

However large organisations have a commercial arrangement with M$ for multi-user licences which are considerably cheaper. As an extension of this volume licensing arrangement, if your organisation requires you to occasionally work from home they can set-up what M$ calls the 'Home User Program.' It is an extension of the organisation's volume licence and allows you to receive a free CD key. All you pay for is the cost of the software CD and p + p. I got a full copy of Office 2003 Professional for £17 compared with the over £300 retail for a single user.

Organisations that I know participate are:

NHS

Ministry of Defence

Education Authorities

:cool:

TOG