My wife and I have been buying and selling on ebay for a couple of years. Only had trouble once or twice with people not paying or sending the products. But all in all most can be trusted. But be sure to check their feedback. The OEM means that it can only be sold with hardware. But of course some sells it by themselves and if Microsoft finds them they are in trouble. I do not know the different between Canadian funds and US dollars but you can walk into any store here and get it for $199. I did a check on www.pricewatch.com and found it as low as $137 with free shipping. If you have time you might want to look around Pc ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacqueline MacWhirter To: PC HELPERS Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 5:05 PM Subject: [pchelpers] OEM windows xp pro Hi Folks: I want to buy Windows XP PRO on eBay.Ca -- it is priced in Canadian funds $195.00 . Its an oem version . Is this one all right to buy? http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41888&item=3616554310 Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.