Licensed Windows XP for 100 rubles?

After the official decision of the FAS, computer vendors, one by one, began to return money to people who bought a computer with a licensed Windows OS installed. The other day, Acer Russia has openly announced the conditions for compensation, although de facto this program has been in operation for several months at Acer, but it has not been widely advertised. During these months, only three people received compensation.

The amounts of compensation are as follows.
XP Home - 100 rub.
Vista Home Basic - 810 rubles.
Vista Home Premium - 1 080 rubles.
XP Pro, Vista Business - 2 430 rub.
Vista Ultimate - 3,330 rubles.

Why the cost of XP Home is only a hundred rubles - it's hard to say. Apparently, OEM prices are so low.

You are entitled to claim compensation only if two conditions are met.
1. You bought a computer no earlier than 30 days ago.
2. A copy of Windows is still not activated.
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In this case, you can take a purchase receipt and go to the seller or Acer service center. There they will remove the Microsoft sticker from the computer, format the hard drive and issue money.

A week ago, a similar compensation program was announced by Asus. We are waiting for the rest of the vendors to follow the example of Acer and Asus, for FAS does not sleep . In the absence of compensation for Windows, the vendor is guaranteed to receive problems with the antitrust service.

The amount of compensation required to deal separately. One hundred rubles for an operating system that retails by an order of magnitude more expensive - it looks like some kind of fraud. Although, of course, OEM prices are subject to trade secrets and can be absolutely any, but it all looks rather strange.

Additionally:
Refund for pre-installed OS: habraFAQ