I am very upset- was mislead into spending $27.80
 

I am extremely upset. I went online and using the MSN search engine I typed in: download Excel. I need Excel at home to learn it for work and was looking for a place to download it.

I saw something for a site that said:
Microsoft Excel - Full Version $27.80 - fullsoftwaredownload.net
Download all versions of Microsoft Excel for only $27.80. Download now and get 24/7 full support, extra software and...


I signed up through this place and paid the $27.80. Basically it just has you download Limewire. Here is the part that burns me up. (I have been unemployed, am broke and needed this Excel to practice for a new job coming up) I searched for Excel or MS Office on this Limewire. When I downloaded it Limewire said it could not open it for security reasons. I downloaded several different ones and it would not let me do anything with it.

I feel lied to. The listing on MSN search said I could download all versions of Excel for $27.80. This is not looking to be true. Please help. This place said that even if you get your money back they keep $9.95 of it.

Please help asap.

Sincerely,

Heather

You have been scammed limewire is free and whatever you do dont download any programs through p2p they have viruses in them

Also contact your cc company asap and tell them of the scam, if you jump up and down enough they will help you.
Ive heard of many scam sites but this is the first ive heard of scamming you through an excel program......

Good luck with it......
Get rid of the limewire you got as well its probably full of spyware
If you want a ligit version go to http://limewire.com

Its free.......;)

FYI: Openoffice is a good, free drop-in replacement for the MSOffice suite. You can use its Openoffice Calc to practice your Excel.

Don't feel bad. Google got me here - spent 17.99 for a copy of microsoft office - downloaded 1 copy and McAfee immediately said it was a worm virus. Sadly debit cards don't offer the same consumer protection that a credit card offers so I am out of luck.

How are these sites linked?
I paid a membership fee at ultimatesoftwaredownloads.com.
That fee gave me a page to download Lime Wire.

The Help page in the Lime Wire program is what lead me to this forum.

So... does Lime Wire have a program in it that does not contain viruses? Should I try to download a different copy? And, why are we all on this forum? What does Lime Wire offer that would keep folks coming back to the site/or using the program?

Kym

Hi kimberlyn,
If you were scammed into paying for LimeWire, read this:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=28751

As for viruses - if you get your version from the official site it will be clean. Scam versions are a different story. Read the thread, it will explain heaps.

You'll have to decide for yourself whether you think LW is good
;)

There is a limewire pro which costs about $18, but you download that from their official site.

google and MSN search do not hold responsibility for the sites they link you to.

Thanks for the replies. It turns out that I did pay for the Pro version so the fees were normal. Also, found a great copy of the program that I needed. Who ever shared it was even kind enough to add a note explaining how to register it. What a dear person that was... and what a great program.

Kym - now offically hooked on Lime Wire