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vegas pro 8
i’ve been thinking of buying vegas pro 8, and as I researched all that i found were products that were 500+ dollars, something that i was willing to pay, however I thought it would be worth researching more.
I came across a few sites selling the OEM version of the product (link below) for something like 100- 150 dollars! I find that really hard to believe. Is this a scam or something?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/536041-REG/Sony_VP8Q_Vegas_Pro_8_Video.html?kbid=1173#reviews
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Vegas Pro 8 used to be available through B&H but, for whatever reason, they’ve pulled this deal – and yes, it was legitmate.
Taking a closer look at the page, it now says:
Important Notice!
This item has been discontinued and is no longer available. -
what about other such deals? also legitimate?
https://soft-low.net/download-sony-vegas-pro-80-oem.php
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I suspect that it was Sony and not B&H who pulled the plug on the OEM distribution.
You can do your own homework when you want to do business with an online retailer that you haven’t ever heard of.
whois.com lets you do a domain search to determine who owns the website. “soft-low.net” is less than a year old and owned by an individual in Finland. I would not spend my money there.
I have a couple of fully-licensed, upgradeable copies of Version 6 that I’ll sell one to you. (Also Cinescore). You can try out Vegas 6 and if you want to go on to V8, just pay Sony the upgrade price. Or wait for V9.
Steve Mann
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> not too shabby, if you can live with last year’s software.
Very shabby! I wouldn’t be surprised if it was bootleg software ($895 NewTek for $19.95… come on!). The terms specifically state that you cannot receive software updates and that you cannot register the software. Essentially, you would be paying pirates for cracked software. From the broken English on the site I’d say they are operating out of a country that doesn’t prosecute for software piracy.
If you think it’s legit, call Adobe and ask them about their Photoshop CS4 Extended for $199 that doesn’t need to be activated and see what they say.
~jr
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> …but why wouldn’t Adobe give people a taste of CS3, make a little back-end coin, and get them interested in CS4?
This site is selling CS4! No incentive at all for Adobe to give away their flagship product.
> I have to assume that Microsoft, Adobe, and all the other software companies would have nuked this or any other OEM download website had it been trying to sell pirate software.
Not if they operate from a country that will not extradite them. They can operate with impunity because US laws don’t apply.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Great link. That site violated more than several of those signs.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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> thanks for the discussion, TJ
Yes, it was an excellent discussion and hopefully it will save someone from getting ripped off by these people since some of the prices are not cheap.
If you want inexpensive software that’s a release behind, do what I do… get on eBay and find someone who is selling an old copy. There is a lot of pirated software on eBay as well so you need to be careful, but I picked up an old copy of the Adobe Video Suite unregistered for $300. All I wanted was Photoshop CS2 and After Effects 6.5 so I was very happy to pick them both up for only $300. I registered them with Adobe, got software updates, and qualified for discounts on future versions. That’s also how I bought my first copy of ACID Pro 4.0 for $50. eBay baby! 😉
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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