Ebay, Maya

#1 You'd need to check, as sometimes the licenses are either not transferable, or transferable only in writing.

Providing it's legit software and you can get the license transfered over, then go for it and save some cash :)

#2 Chances are if its Max or Maya and its listed on eBay it is not a legitamite. Either its a pirated copy some guy is going to try to scam you with, or someone trying to resell an educational copy as a retail one. Either way its not something you can use in game development.

#3 I agree with L Foster on this one. The chances of it being legit software on ebay, IMHO, is zero. Every time I see software of this value on ebay the auction is either pulled by ebay or the seller refuses to answer questions about the software (which I then report to ebay as suspect).

Some idiots even try and sell photoshop demos as full software. In tiny text at the bottom of the auction they write "Includes Keygen"!


Take my advice, stay clear.

#4 Most of them are academic versions.

I did buy Macromedia 2004 suite on Ebay but I checked with them 1st and the seller was authorized reseller.

Maya 7 base is $2000 grand.

#5 Also as Philip said, neither max nor maya licenses are transferable. So ANYONE reselling them are probably doing something they shouldn't be doing.

#6 Actually, Maya licenses are transferable. At least, they were when they were Alias. All you had to do was contact Alias to request a license transfer. This was also only valid with non-academic licenses. Not sure if that's how it works now that Autodesk gobbled up Alias.

#7 Thank for all the information, but I called Autodesk. The licenences are not transferable, you have to register it from the dealer you buy it from and now its an Autodesk serial number. Thats what the the representative told me from tech support.

#8 Yea.. we knew Autodesk would ruin it. There website is a pile of steaming bantha podo compared to the old discreet website. *yea I know that's 3ds just saying people worry about what they are gonna do with Maya.

#9 What's this "we" part? Sorry but you aren't an artist and you obviously aren't really in touch with what 3D artists, architects and mechanical designers need and are after with a comment like that.

Artsist care about whether or not we are getting the features to do our job to the best of our abilities and as fast as possible, plain and simple and not only does this buy-out do this but it allows a vast suite of applications to grow and benefit from the expertise found in other applications. In all honesty the only people who are bitching, whining and worried about the Autodesk buy out of Alias are those that are too frigging short sighted to see that their industry was growing stagnent the way it was and were too brainwashed into thinking their application was the best application to realize that there were and still are a lot of other options available on the market.

Also just as a note, since the buy out, reaserach for these applications has been increased an additional $300 million a year, None of the R&D and development teams have been dropped,and development continues for both Maya and Max as well as FilmBox, Motion Builder, Inventor, Autocad and Solidworks and there is some really great things that we are expecting to come in the next year or two as we see all this technology and R&D cross-polinate. So really Autodesk hasn't ruined anything.

#10 There is a simple rule to apply to eBay, "if it is too good to be true, then it probabily isn't". I bought a copy of Truespace 4 from a bloke off ebay, he sent me the box, the manuals, the code etc. However I can't download the 4.3 patch because I need to have a caligari account. So I asked for one, but because the other guy also owns a copy of Truespace 5 (Upgrade Version) the company will not send me or let me to register my copy with them unless the guy who sold it to me gives over everything else including his upgrade version of Truespace 5. Anyway I can't run Truespace 4.0 because it keeps crashing on my system, and I've tried for months to get the 4.3 patch I need, but because thesoftware is so old now it's impossible to find anywhere.

The only other time I purchased software from eBay at a low price, I had a copy of Windows XP Professional... and it turned out NOT to have the advertized CD-Key, plus it was Dell OEM branded to it's illegal to use on my PC anyway. Since then I've only gone for reasonabily priced software rather then the super low prices, and I've yet to be disapointed. Macaffe, Norton Systemworks, Paint Shop Pro 7, Corel Suite 9, and a few games and stuff have all been original, legal copies with no issues being registered. So beware eBay, use your head, and remember if someone is selling his copy of 3D Studio Max 8 for anything below a few hundred pounds then it's illegally copied, and frankly if your willing to accept the risk of illegal software, you might as well jump on the bittorrents, at least that way there is no chance of lining the piraters pockets.

#11 @Foster: Are you talking to me? Lot of assumptions. I took a shot at Autodesk web sites. I think you took a lot out of that. I am sorry if you where offended but all that other stuff you said has nothing to do with my comment. Talk about the website interface for customers for the products Autodesk purchased.

And people are worrying about what they will do with Maya are you denying that?