OEM software – what's the catch?

I stumbled upon [URL removed] which (supposedly) sells OEM software. They have some deals that, well, frankly seems to good to be true, and we all know what's usually true for those kinds of deals ...
I am looking to have my own private set up of the things I want instead of depending on the support at work for those kind of things.

Here's the thing, though. One of the things are an office enterprise package, where the downside is that there is no automatic updates. That's good. At least there is a real downside to that, making it sound real.
But what I'm interested in is Lightroom 2 and Audition 3.0, and for both, that would be US$ 120, saving me a whopping US$530. This can't be right, can it?

In all honestly, I'm a bit worried. Will this be trial downloads and no real serials, or how can they screw me over? Is this for real? I am so tempted, please talk me out of it, if you know something I don't (which, frankly doesn't take much at this stage).

 

AFAIK OEM software is only to be sold when you also buy a computer...

For instance, it you would buy a computer which included Windows and Offce, those versions would be OEM. It also mean that it can only be used on the computer which it was included with.

There's nothing wrong with OEM software but it can have som limitations regarding installation. If you buy an OEM version of Windows you can install it on your computer. But if you get a new computer and tries to install it you won't succed.

 

An MS Office program that has updates disabled? Pirated/Hacked...end story.

 

Well, one could say I'm buying this "along with a new computer" as I haven't received it yet

Seriously, though, I do get your point. It worries me a little this, and since there are no support from the app-company, I wouldn't want to buy, say, an OS there.

Come to think of it, I could buy an even cheaper piece of software there as a test, I guess.

Wouldn't they have been shut down by MS already if that were the case?

Edit: I just remembered that I used to work in a place where we (the normal employees) couldn't do any sort of updates. Support were the ones that did it all. Pain in the butt, but that was how it worked in that place.

 

After reading the terms, I decided I wanted to contact them.
Turns out that there are no contact address, just an anonymous web-thingy, and the "Shop.com certified", "pricegrabber reviewed - click to see review", C|Net certified store" and "BBB Accredited store" are all unclickable images apparently simply taken from the respective sites.
I won't be touching any of it with a ten foot pole.

Thanks everyone. Deleting the link in the first post.

 

No, not if MS doesn't know about that company. Usually cracked versions are discovered during an update, which is why they would disable it.

This one is screaming "no" to me.

BTW, report the company to MS. They might give you something for the trouble, I don't know.

 

Hehe, one could hope

Anyway, I have no idea who and what department I should send my email to. But you came up with the idea, so if anything, you deserve to get something for it.

 

OEM software is readily available from normal retailers... some insist you at least buy a cable or adapter when you buy it.

The catch is that it doesn't come with a fancy box or customer supoort, that's it.