Vista Anytime Upgrade Pack

Anyone know when the Vista Upgrade packs will be available in Canada?
I know I can buy from Microsoft direct but why should I pay $199.99
for something that sells for $154 from a retailer in the U.S. and has
free shipping? For some reason these retailers do not ship to Canada,
gee, I wonder why.

Thanks Microsoft, but I would rather do without.

Al

"Alfred Kaufmann" <> wrote in message
news...
> Anyone know when the Vista Upgrade packs will be available in Canada?
> I know I can buy from Microsoft direct but why should I pay $199.99
> for something that sells for $154 from a retailer in the U.S. and has
> free shipping? For some reason these retailers do not ship to Canada,
> gee, I wonder why.
>
> Thanks Microsoft, but I would rather do without.
>
> Al
>
>


Buy it on eBay. OEM FULL is about $100 US.
Make sure you buy from a reputable seller with plenty of + feedback.
If your concerned with MS' "support", don't be because it sucks.
You'll get far better support in this NG than you will get from MS.
If you have XP, I wouldn't bother at all. Wait for WIN 7.

IMHO

On Fri, 16 May 2008 13:21:25 -0400, "Jim" <N)> wrote:

>
>"Alfred Kaufmann" <> wrote in message
>news.. .
>> Anyone know when the Vista Upgrade packs will be available in Canada?
>> I know I can buy from Microsoft direct but why should I pay $199.99
>> for something that sells for $154 from a retailer in the U.S. and has
>> free shipping? For some reason these retailers do not ship to Canada,
>> gee, I wonder why.
>>
>> Thanks Microsoft, but I would rather do without.
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>
>
>Buy it on eBay. OEM FULL is about $100 US.
>Make sure you buy from a reputable seller with plenty of + feedback.
>If your concerned with MS' "support", don't be because it sucks.
>You'll get far better support in this NG than you will get from MS.
>If you have XP, I wouldn't bother at all. Wait for WIN 7.
>
>IMHO

Thanks for the information - I am running Vista Home Premium SP1 64bit
and I want to use it to access another silmilar system remotely
without going back to Windows XP Pro. :-) The Anytime Upgrade to
Ultimate will allow me to upgrade without re-installing avoiding about
2-3 days work.

The Ebay does have some Full Retail Ultimate Vista packages being
auctioned off for around $110 and that does sound like a good deal as
it also does upgrades. I just need to check if it also upgrades from
Vista Home Premium and like you said make sure the seller is
reputable.

Al