Official Apple software products on...Amazon??

[dauber]

So...on Amazon I'm seeing some heavily-reduced (and current) Apple software -- by third parties on Amazon. Like...stuff you'd download in the app store...but sold on USB drives and stuff...

Is...this on the up-and-up???

Case in point:

https://www.amazon.com/Final-Cut-Pr...=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1488999489&sr=1-2

 

[chrfr]

So...on Amazon I'm seeing some heavily-reduced (and current) Apple software -- by third parties on Amazon. Like...stuff you'd download in the app store...but sold on USB drives and stuff...

Is...this on the up-and-up???

Not a chance. Apple doesn't sell its own apps from the App Store through third parties.

 

[maflynn]

That doesn't look too kosher. The old adage applies. If if its too good to be true, then it probably is.

 

[old-wiz]

It is just too cheap and too fishy. I am surprised that Amazon even allows them to be a 3rd party seller. The feedback page on Amazon's seller profile shows 5 reviews, all dated after Feb 28,2017, which i would say is a caution.
[doublepost=1489093772][/doublepost]The seller looks to be of dubious legality. One of the products is a macOS bootable installer with multiple versions of the OS (El Capitan, Sierra, Mavericks, etc) which I have never heard of Apple selling.