: Because many of these are volume keys, Microsoft may eventually detect that a single "business" key is being used by hundreds of individual eBay buyers and blacklist it, resulting in your Windows suddenly becoming "unactivated."
The primary reason eBay is flooded with Windows keys—often priced between $2 and $20—is the existence of and Volume Licensing agreements.
The legality of buying these keys is a complex tug-of-war between corporate policy and consumer rights. In many jurisdictions, such as the European Union, the "Principle of Exhaustion" (First Sale Doctrine) suggests that once a software creator sells a copy of their work, they cannot prevent the subsequent resale of that specific copy.
: Because many of these are volume keys, Microsoft may eventually detect that a single "business" key is being used by hundreds of individual eBay buyers and blacklist it, resulting in your Windows suddenly becoming "unactivated."
The primary reason eBay is flooded with Windows keys—often priced between $2 and $20—is the existence of and Volume Licensing agreements. buying windows on ebay
The legality of buying these keys is a complex tug-of-war between corporate policy and consumer rights. In many jurisdictions, such as the European Union, the "Principle of Exhaustion" (First Sale Doctrine) suggests that once a software creator sells a copy of their work, they cannot prevent the subsequent resale of that specific copy. : Because many of these are volume keys,