re: MSDN Subscription Renewal

Matthew Nolton reminded me that I never followed up on what happened with my MSDN Subscription Renewal.  I wound up purchasing a license from vLane, via their eBay auction (it was a couple bucks cheaper from their eBay auction versus the price on their site).  It went really smooth.  I was wondering how I was going to pay because I bought thru eBay, but all they did is give me a discount number to enter into their site.  After about 72 hours, I still hadn’t received an email from MSDN, so I gave them a call, and seems that MSDN has some problems with emails and renewals, you might not always get one.  But they did confirm that I was good thru next year, and later that day I got an email from MSDN welcoming me.  Funny thing is that even later in the day, I got another from MSDN reminding me that my license was going to expire the end of the month.  I logged into the MSDN Subscription site without a problem on the 1st, so everything looks good.

So it looks like the MSDN Universal subscription thru vLane is cool.  Save yourself some money and renew thru them.  Phil Scott posted a response to my original question with a quote and a link from Andy Boyd, a Program Manager for MSDN, verifying that MS knows about this and is something that they are working on.  So get it while you can.  I don’t expect to be able to buy a Universal Subscription this way next year, but for now, vLane is a valid retailer.

DonXML

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2 Comments

  • Hey Don.


    Thanks for the feedback. I was checking out vlane to make the purchase and I also wanted to see their ebay auction, but I couldn't find it. You got a link?





    -Mathew


    email: mnolton@cybral.com

  • I finally bought it. vlane isn't selling it anymore, but when I purchased it though paypay it was paid to vlane@paypal (or paypal@vlane). So maybe they are doing it under a different name. Regardless, a very good deal.

    -Mathew Nolton

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