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Is it safe to buy a windows 8.1 key from G2A? 

 

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yes. worked for me.

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Yep. However if you're buying from a user make sure to get the g2a guarantee thing.

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Yes, I buy and sell on there a lot and have never had a single issue.

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Definitely use the G2A Shield (guarantee) if you are buying from other users and not directly from G2A, but I guess you're talking about the Windows keys, right? So stick to the shield, but if you're buying directly from them (games) then you don't have anything to worry about, they are fully legit and have great reviews. 

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I bought 8.1 pro on Friday. Worked great.

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Been using 8.1 Pro for about.. two weeks? Works fine. Although it's my first purchase from G2A but from the customer service I had received and a working key (seeing as some of us got bad keys), I'd +1 G2A.

 

 

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Yep, purchased 8.1 from them not too long ago.

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Yes. Perfectly legit.

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I hear its fine. Although if you decide you aren't real comfortable (like I did) you should have no trouble getting it on eEbay for $50-60USD.

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Yes! I bought my Windows 8.1Pro key from them and it worked just fine. The only thing that was weird is when I had to remote desktop with them, didnt like that but that was to make sure the key I go was legit and worked and if not they will refund you or give you a new key. So yes overall it was a awesome experience! 

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You can read that site reviews ,ratings and user comments in any blogs or forums .It helps you to know about the site But i didn't used any sites personally. You can also do a Whois search using the WhoisXY.com here you can find the domain name owner details like phone number, e-mail, address, location etc.If you feel those information is real you can use those sites. You can also contact the tech, administrator or owner through mail or phone and clarify the doubts.

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I bought my version of windows 8 at microsoft.com.

I would suggest the same. 

 

But I guess it's alright. 

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Also had no problems with them here, bought Diablo 3 key a few weeks ago and have been playing away happily =3

 

I also bought game time for something from them before, can't remember what it was though.

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The thing I want to know though, why is a Windows 8.1 key, like, $20?

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Windows idk peopel say its safe but i bought games and its 100% safe.Use paypal tought no direct credit card on any website,thats one of my main rule for buying from anywhere.

 

The weirdest thing about microsoft and these keys is that in my country a windows 8 core license would cost 150$ and a windows 8 pro is 200$ which is pretty retarded if you ask me.And if you go to microsoft website the pro license is 300$++ which makes 0 sense.

I see no reason to buy from official retailers or ms website,so go for it at G2A. 15$ may seem way to cheap but the real price of a windows license pro should be around 50$ and 30 for core,thats the real value.

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I was just on their site, i couldnt find any Win 7 keys

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I just got a windows 8.1 Pro key from them just several minutes ago, I thought their whole screen share was sketchy so I made sure I deleted all files associated with it and any firewall entries the logmein app created but the key did work

 

 

Update - DO NOT BUY FROM G2A EVER AGAIN... The key I got stopped working and I called microsoft and they confirmed that the key was sold from a hijacked msdn subscription 

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I'd not recommend getting Windows from it, too may MSDN horror stories for my liking

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