Thanks harry, finally some sense from someone.
s.d., No I'm not a student but have spent 3 years in music tech education.
Should I have bought it then? Yeah sure, but I didn't because the college had enough dongles to round during classes.
Unless you're implying that I should buy the retail version for moral reasons as opposed to economic reasons?
You think steinberg are selling reduced price edu. version for moral reasons?
Course not, why should they?
I'm not saying that I or anyone else should be dishonest and wrongfully claim to be in education when buying direct from steinberg, as that would be supplying false information and break the terms of sale.
But the versions supplied by third parties (on Amazon etc.) were bought from steinberg legally at some point (maybe from a college/institution which over-bought/went bust whatever) and they legally sold the copies on to third party suppliers, which they are entitled to do according to steinberg themselves.
So I'm not doing anything wrong, neither are the sellers.
Steinberg are happy, because they've sold their product and made their money.
The 3rd party suppliers are happy because they've made their mark up on it.
I'm happy because I get a great product at a reduced price.
So it's win/win all round as far as I can see.
It seems to only people suggesting I should buy the retail version are those who paid the full price and don't like seeing people get something for less than they did.
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First, are you a student?
If no, then the answer is obvious. Purchase the full version.
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s.d., with respect, the answer isn't obvious at all, which is why I posted this thread, and you haven't offered me any reason at all.