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I'm a Late Adopter - Do Not Want Win 8.1 - Is My Purchase Genuine?
I'm a born procrastinator. By the time I shopped MS no would longer sell me Win 7 (if if they still will, they've done a good job of hiding the possibility.) All their major authorized vendors are also out of stock, unless Amazon represented by an Amazon Seller is considered authorized.
I have an expensive sealed copy of Win 7 Pro Upgrade, SKU FQC -00130. I have an RMA to return it sealed to the vendor in Ft. Dodge, IA, a vendor with a very good BBB reference. An image of the COA is attached.
It looks genuine, although I have a question about the spacing of the digits in the upper right bar code (8224....) The ends are unbroken. The image distortions are from a fold in the shrink wrap. It seems that MS may have moved the green/white arrow circle (here in the lower right) around their COAs. The text on the cardboard sleeve contains no typos I can find.
There is no color shifting ink on the COA, but this could, perhaps predate that innovation.
Can anyone think of any questions I have not asked that apply to a still sealed package?
I've read enough about activation to realize that if this is a very clever counterfeit it may be months or years before Microsoft suddenly declares it unusable.
Thanks,
baumgrenze
Last edited by baumgrenze; 29 Mar 2014 at 13:27. Reason: restore deleted image