Quote Originally Posted by drozenski View Post
No it is illegal to sell a OEM serial key from the side of a computer the key is bound to the physical hardware. If you are caught it's jail time + usually 2k-25k fine per offense depending on microsofts mood.

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Straight from the horses mouth

"A COA should always accompany the product with which it is associated. COAs and/or product keys cannot be purchased separately from the product."

Is this legal? Selling OEM sticker? - Microsoft Answers
Well, then Microsoft needs to get to work suing all the people on ebay...because there is a ton of them already doing it! just saying.

It cannot be that illegal if ebay is allowing users to do it.



Also, if the serial is bound to the physical hardware, then how come hardware in any pc can be used in other PCs? if the hardware is configured for a particular serial?