Shouldn't M$ have shipped my free shit by now?

March 20, 2007 5:52 PM

Did you sit through the insufferable webcasts, via the Microsoft "power together" campaign, in an attempt to get a free copy of Vista or Office 2007? If so, have you received your software yet?
posted by Kwantsar to computers & internet (10 comments total)

They did already. Were you one of the first 500 to do the webcast?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 6:02 PM on March 20, 2007

Got my copy of Office 2007 (or rather, a download link and activation code) a few weeks ago.
posted by thatwhichfalls at 6:08 PM on March 20, 2007

I think so, BP. This was in an early January email:

Congratulations.You've learned how to leverage the 2007 Microsoft Office system to enable to workers to get connected to the information they need. And now your free, full-licensed copy of the Microsoft Office Professional 2007 is on its way.

Please be patient. We cannot ship your gift until Microsoft Office Professional 2007 is released to manufacturing. Your free software should arrive in six to eight weeks after RTM. If it doesn't arrive after eight weeks, please contact a customer service representative at Windows Vista and Office Kit Order Admin. Be sure to have your confirmation number XXXXX on hand.

My emails, not surprisingly, have not been returned.
posted by Kwantsar at 6:10 PM on March 20, 2007

I posted a thread about it in SH/SC at SA at the time, and of the dozens (hundreds?) of people who said they'd taken advantage of it, most have also reported back in that thread that they've received their copies.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:33 PM on March 20, 2007

Yep, got my copy of Vista over a month ago. I'm not sure what dictates the shipping dates. I completed all 3 web casts before most people even signed up so that might explain why I got mine so quickly.
posted by bda1972 at 8:04 PM on March 20, 2007

I got my copy of Office a few weeks ago. Well, actually, I got an activation code, and little else.
posted by blue_beetle at 9:09 PM on March 20, 2007

I did the Power Together thing too (actually, I just let the webcasts play in the background while I did something else) and got my copy of Vista about a month ago. A co-worker got Office at about the same time, and someone else in the office who wanted both got them already too.

As I understand it, they weren't expecting so many people to do it and may have run out.
posted by sephira at 6:49 AM on March 21, 2007

I got my copy of Vista through that program over a month ago, roughly at the same time they went to retail. So, yeah, it worked, at least in my case.

Oh, and by the way, you didn't have to watch the casts. There was a 24 hour timer--after you clicked on them, 24 hours later, it would tell you that you had completed your requirements.
posted by Phyltre at 7:16 AM on March 21, 2007

Ditto. Received a package in early February with the Vista DVD-ROM and the download instructions and product key for Office Professional. Much quicker than I expected. Can't say I remember a single thing from the webcasts, though. :)
posted by flyingrock at 11:35 AM on March 21, 2007

They finally replied to my email, after three days. Allegedly, my building refused the shipment. I don't know why they shipped it, rather than sending me a download link. No word yet on resolution.

Thanks, everyone.
posted by Kwantsar at 10:00 AM on March 23, 2007