>Hi, gang...
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>A very strange question to ask.
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>My shop wants to buy VS Enterprise 6.0. I've seen Academic versions at trade shows for about $299. Since I can't seem to find it locally (I'm in the Allentown PA area), I figured we'd have to order it for close to $1,000.
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>Today at a trade show in Harrisburg, I saw a copy VS Enterprise 6.0 for $379. Unlike other copies I've seen, I saw no evidence (based on packaging) of it being an academic version, but find it hard to believe that a product that goes for close to $1,000 could possibly go for $379 at ANY trade show. Obviously, I can't open it up and check without buying. The man at the booth didn't have any idea whether it was actually the academic version inside.
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>If I knew for a fact it were the real McCoy, I'd buy it...otherwise, I'll just bite the bullet and order.
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>Anybody have any similar experiences or comments?
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>TIA,
>Kevin
>seems


I'd be careful. I just read an article about counterfeit software. There's a lot of it out there, and the article said if you find software much cheaper than normal that it could be counterfeit. If you buy it, and it turns out to be fake, you're not entitled to any tech support.

-Michelle