XL Trading - Selling copied software

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Walkable

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Consumers should be warned of a company called XL Trading
that are selling illegally copied software from their site.

What is the point of reporting people like this to the authorities
when they do nothing?

This site appears to have been active for months.
 
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1984ReturnsForReal

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XL Trading do not display their trading address or VAT number on their website, which is illegal.

They also insist that they are doing nothing wrong in copying software even though they have said they possess no license to copy software & it isnt copied directly from their own customers valid software as a back up.

They claim to have been doing this for 3 years & claim it to be completely legal.

I am sure they will have a lot of legal paperwork to deal with shortly.

Should you wish to know the identity of XL Trading please feel free to google. Their identity has been heavily distrubuted on the net.
 
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3 years? I can well believe it.

Seems pointless reporting illegal activity like this when nothing seems to get done.

Whats the point of being honest?
 
Chutzpah

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I was posting in general, and pointing out that not all internet retailers need to display a VAT number (if they don't have one!)
 
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1984ReturnsForReal

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Chutzpah said:
I was posting in general, and pointing out that not all internet retailers need to display a VAT number (if they don't have one!)
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Point taken.

Even if XL gave the wrong information & were not registered for VAT they should be after this week.

We now have over 700 more customers join and use our services
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ww w. xltrading.co.uk/store/news/22/The-MSE-%27thre ads%27-attacking-XL%21. html]The MSE 'threads' attacking XL![/url]

Their cheepest software is £3 meaning turnover is £2.1 minimum in one week which indicates a turnover of more than £68k per annum & they should be informing HMRC immediately.
 
Tony

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So they are selling members of the public copies of Software/Games etc. that they already own. Windows Vista for £3 etc. They are also claiming that this is legal and legitimate, but I wouldn't be surprised if a case is being built against them. The thing that really surprises me is that it has been going on for three years.

Tony
 
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Underlay_guru

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As of this morning the XL websites have been closed down following a complaint from Adobe.

...about bloody time.
 
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1984ReturnsForReal

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Tony said:
How do you know it was a complaint from Adobe?
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Probably because we have been keeping up to date with things.

& if it wasnt Adobe it would of been:

Microsoft
Google
Ebay
Paypal
Sony
Sage

or anyone in fact. They have been producing copies without license & selling them....
 
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1984ReturnsForReal said:
Probably because we have been keeping up to date with things.

& if it wasnt Adobe it would of been:

Microsoft
Google
Ebay
Paypal
Sony
Sage

or anyone in fact. They have been producing copies without license & selling them....
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Indeed. He'll be back though unless they take court action.
 
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Walkable

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Tony said:
So they are selling members of the public copies of Software/Games etc. that they already own. Windows Vista for £3 etc. They are also claiming that this is legal and legitimate, but I wouldn't be surprised if a case is being built against them. The thing that really surprises me is that it has been going on for three years.

Tony
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Not sure about three years, but certainly since February.
 
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