So how to tell for sure? To cheat the Adobe activation system this pirate copy made an amendment to our TCP/IP HOSTS file upon installation – all the proof you could possibly need. Arguably they could have used higher quality ink (the blue rubbed off onto the grey inner box in many places) but the attention to detail is unbelievable, with light Adobe logos in all the right places, appropriate stickers, screen printed DVD’s etc. Knowing that we had a counterfeit copy I took another look at the packaging and the discs, and with the exception of those pamphlets it was incredibly good. Guess what? We’d just paid £250 for a Torrent download in a pretty box.
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Since there was no absolute way to be sure I called Adobe Customer Service on 02 and quoted the serial number. It was very hard to imagine Adobe would allow this through their quality control, especially with the price of Photoshop being what it is. I was 90% sure we’d snapped a bargain when I had a good look at two of the pamphlets in the box – the print quality was horrible, terrible gradients and blurry text (see pic below). The software also installed smoothly and activated without any drama (more on that later). An un-boxing video on YouTube proved the contents were right too. The package arrived two days later and initial impressions were excellent, it was shrink wrapped, looked right, used good quality paper and had a custom box (see pic on left). Now, that’s clearly a heck of saving, but still proper money – certainly 95% of all software is cheaper than £250 so whilst we were slightly suspicious we had high hopes. Knowing that Amazon would provide their usual high level of customer service if we ran into problems we chanced a Reseller with good feedback and handed over nearly £250.00. A quick search of the usual outlets proved there were some savings to be made, including several on eBay and a couple of Amazon Resellers.
Early this week we decided it was time to update our aging copy of Photoshop to the latest version – Photoshop CS4 Extended – but balked at the RRP (around £800).
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