Please advise of the least expensive (totally legal, of course)
source/price for single user Microsoft Office XP license, Canada or
U.S. bundled with equipment AND unbundled.

Hi marbuck-ga,

Thanks for your question. With so many online software vendors these
days, it's a challenge to find the lowest price, but then again it's
also the blessing that comes with having a free economy. I found
several sites that compare prices and include vendor reviews for
Microsoft Office XP Professional single license. Based on the
information from these sites, I came up with the cheapest options
available :

Cheapest OEM (bundled with equipment) at US$279.88 (with above average
review ratings) :
http://www.1steweb.net/web/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=eWeb&Product_Code=SW-MS-OFXP-PR-P&INO=001618

Cheapest Full Version Retail Box at US$325.00 (with above average
review ratings) :
http://www.buysell101.com/productdetail.asp?ID=134


The websites from which the above results were obtained are here :

Read Reviews and Compare Prices on Microsoft Office XP at Epinions.com
http://www.epinions.com/cmsw-Software-All-Microsoft_Office_XP/display_~latest_prices/pp_~1/sort_~wtb_price/sort_dir_~asc

Compare Prices for Office XP Pro (Full Product) (Microsoft-26904508) -
PriceGrabber.com
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=421719/prsrt=1/ut=ac96eaf330cce510/

Compare Prices at NexTag - Microsoft Office XP Professional 269-04508
- Buy - Review - Price - Reviews
http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buyer/ProductM.jsp?nxtg=61f137_B207B5A29D86FA70&product=55166157&pdir=3&node=300181&category=IT&units=1&shipping=Ground&sort=subtotal#abc


Google search terms :
office xp cheap OR discount OR pricing OR price OR prices
://www.google.com/search?q=office+xp+cheap+OR+discount+OR+pricing+OR+price+OR+prices&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N


Hope that helps you in making a purchasing decision.


Cheers,

kyrie26-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by marbuck-ga on 15 Aug 2002 22:09 PDT

Unfortunately, this very quick answer is incorrect!  I specifically
asked for the prices for office xp professional -- the link (for
unbundled version) referred me to the standard version -- almost
ordered, then noticed it did not have the feature we need the most --
Access Software.

Since I was not skimping on my fee for this work, I really expected
something with more care.  Right now, gets a  one star rating (refund
request), but will give the researcher here a second chance!

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Clarification of Answer by kyrie26-ga on 15 Aug 2002 22:58 PDT

Dear marbuck-ga :

I originally meant to recommend the following :

Cheapest Full Version Retail Box at US$338.95 (with above average
review ratings) :
http://www.dealdealdeal.com/100052.html

...across multiple review/rating sites, the above is the lowest for
its class. I guess I got excited seeing the US$325.00 item and
switched my answer to that one, glossing over the fact that it was a
Standard version. My apologies. It's my first Answer posting, and I
got carried away with the excitement. I promise to be more careful in
the future. Thanks for your understanding, in any case you are still
entitled to a refund.


Regards

kyrie26-ga

Hello!

I'm not trying to sound mean or anything, but Marbuck - have you
reread your post? You did not specificly write in which version of
office you'd like.

"Please advise of the least expensive (totally legal, of course)
source/price for single user Microsoft Office XP license, Canada or
U.S. bundled with equipment AND unbundled. "

Either way - i hope you're satisfied with your answer :)
-Matt

Hey Kyrie26, 

First answer jitters?  :-) 

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--K~