Its advertised on Google Answers and having recently bought a new XP I
could use Office for hundreds off. But like they say... Please let me
know if I would be throwing money away.
http://www.windowsoftware.biz/?campaign_id=21030

Hi maluca,

Based on what people are saying about this company on the Web, it
appears that if you ordered from them

--your credit card transaction would not be secure

--you might or might not receive anything

--if you received software, it might work

--if you received software, it would probably be illegal

There are also red flags on the web site itself.  There is no
telephone number or address, not even a country, just a region.  They
offer "OEM" Microsoft software without hardware, but Microsoft
requires that OEM licenses be sold only with hardware, and, in fact,
tied to that hardware.

http://www.networkclue.com/os/Windows/licensing/index.php

http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/partners/YourPC_do.mspx

They offer "OEM" Adobe software which according to this page does not exist.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/03/oem_software_scams/

The FAQ page says "This software is recognized as a backup software." 
It is common for software pirates to try to evade the law by selling
their wares as backups for legitimate licensed software that the
customer already owns.

http://www.windowsoftware.biz/faq.php

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/6077.html

The FAQ page says "Be aware that you will not be able to register the
software with the manufacturer" and the front page says "No tech
support is given by the manufacturer."  The latter is not unusual for
OEM software, but the former is.

Here are some links to discussions that appear to be about this
company.  I believe references to both "CD Cheap" and "oemcd" refer to
the same company.  "CD Cheap" appears on the web page in big letters,
and the copyright notice mentions oemcd, Inc.  The general pattern of
the discussions is that someone asks if the deal is too good to be
true and someone else responds that it is.

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller5246.html

http://www.frontpagetalk.com/forums/m_50830/appid_/p_/mpage_1/key_/tmode_/smode_/s_/tm.htm#50830

http://forums.techguy.org/t222728.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7598-0.html?forumID=51&threadID=13613&messageID=159900

http://www.pdngallery.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=003504

http://text.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,9191207~mode=flat

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10744407~mode=flat

In summary, it appears that it would be prudent not to do business
with this company.

If you need any more information, please ask for a clarification.

Regards,

--efn

You might want to read this:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/faq/a/softwarescams.htm

Another thing I forgot to mention.

You do not get anything mailed to YOU. 

You have to download it directly from their service. Now imaging
downloading an Operating System that is close to 1 Gigabyte and you
have dial up?

Just a reminder to all.  If it says OEM, it means it will not be
mailed you will only have to DOWNLOAD IT.


Thanks

Nathan