Revit licence legit website?

[davidedebattista]

Hi everybody,

 A client of us has just found this website that sells Revit at a very reduced price. It seems suspect to me, 'cause the price is insanely low...
Has any of you ever purchased from this site?

Thanks!

David

[Simon_Weel]

Can you share that website?

If something looks too good to be true, it probably is fake....

[davidedebattista]

Hi Simon, thanks for your reply, this is the website:

https://licensel.com/product/autodesk-revit/ 

Davide

@davidedebattista - moderation team deactivated the link as it is suspicious. 

[Simon_Weel]

Interesting. Since they are used retail licenses and discontinued by the previous owner under E.C. C-128/2011 They reference a EU court ruling about selling used licenses. With Autodesk software, you no longer buy a license. Instead, you buy subscription. I.e. that court ruling doesn't apply. I don't know if there's legislation about selling used subscription?

Anyway, it's dirt cheap? I would check the company records with the chamber of commerce. If it's established years ago, you could give it a try?

[mdavis22569]

It's a scam ..

If it's a lot less than what's on the Autodesk store, it's not going to be valid. 

Should be reported:
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-report-a-Li...

[Simon_Weel]

Not so fast. Things are different in Europe. For example, contrary to the US, in the EU you may sell your software license to someone else.

That being said, in this case, it's a bit different. For the EU, a software license is like a book. If you buy a book, you can do what you like with that book, except making copies. So you can sell your book, if you like. Same thing with software licences.

Autodesk doesn't sell licenses anymore; only subscription. So I guess it's a bit different. Following the book-analogy, subscription is more like a library. When you're a member of a library, you can read their books. But there's deadline. You have to bring back the book before a certain date. And if you quit your membership, you no longer have access to their books and any library books you have should be brought back. The same for software subscription, I guess.

The weird thing with Autodesk is that subscription is tied to a user - not a company. I guess this Italian company somehow managed to get subscription for Revit and they now sell the seats to others. That's probably not compliant with the EULA, but this company is around for at least five years, so I guess all the companies for which they sell licenses have had more than enough time to act.

There's a lot of companies selling used licenses for many years now - and they are still around. To me, this looks like the Microsofts and Autodesks etc. don't seek a legal battle with the EU....

[mdavis22569]

I'll go that fast ..

Most of the sites are scams.. 

Revit:

£189,90 Il prezzo originale era: £189,90.£109,90

NEVER would this be available for Autodesk or "aftermarket" or EU related at that price. 

[pendean]

@davidedebattista To be fair, your client found that site for a reason and you sort of just have to let them find out for themselves if that was truly a viable option of not. Provide them with your feedback but let them do what they need to do.

Best of luck.