I won't be buying them anymore, but on that same note, I'm building machines with them and selling the entire apparatus. Microsoft isn't very clear about any of this, including using a key on oem machines that at one point HAD a windows 7 key but no longer have support to get a recovery disk. I've called microsoft and navigated their maze of telephony and people to ask this very question. Keep this in mind, I've been in contact with Microsoft for months now, I'm not doing this willy nilly, I sell 200 or more machines a month wholesale.
I've been in the process of of becoming a Microsoft Value Added Reseller. Pretty much means I will be participating as a Reseller but in the In the Volume Licensing Program. It's taken months for microsoft to get with the program...(this open licensing, VLP stuff used to be for oems only) but they have opened it up to value added resellers which is what I am. Originally I had become a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher...but the cost vs price vs volume was not possible. I expressed as much to Microsoft, and recently (this last week) they referred me to the now open to individual business VLP. This has three categories, minimum 5 license purchase, waived on setup of account and license costs are at or lower than I have been buying COAs combined with the cost of issuing myself a new refurbished key from the coa.
If anyone was interested in this, feel free to contact me.
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