As I viewed my past purchases from amazon, the software I purchased was sold to me from a third party. Unfortunately, I didn't get my money back as I sent the bad copy along with some other stuff to the Philippines and they tried the software on their end and it was confirmed to be a bad copy. I'm not sure if it was corrupt but it didn't work.

In the past, I would take a look under 'New for (the cheapest price)' rather than purchase from amazon.com itself. Now, I purchase from amazon.com and don't really check out the cheapest under "New".

So is it okay if I pruchase from xxx fufilled by amazon if that option is available and directly from amazon.com is not? There are times where the third party is selected as the primary vendor if amazon.com is not available.