Microsoft is resorting to Bait and Switch tactics in marketing its Home and Student version of Office 2007
I enrolled for a 90 free trial of this product which came pre installed on an HP computer I purchased this year. The trial was to expire on November 30th
Starting a few weeks prior to the expiry Microsoft started sending me emails urging me to buy a licence. On the 27th of November they sent me an email with an urgent offer... If I bought it bevore November 30th, I could buy it for $79.95 instead of $149.95!
When I followed the link in the email and tried to purchase the licence, I could not enter my mailing address because the form had the USA as the only country option, but there was a link below to click if I wanted to change the country.
When I clicked that link, the screen changed and the price went up to a value which was about $143.
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