Just got mac pro want to reinstall whole system but.....

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If you don't own the pro apps, you can't really use them. If the seller sold it "as is" and "used" Apple probably can't help (and unlikely ebay is a recognized "dealer").
You should definitely wipe the drives... totally zero them out at the least.
With MacIntel, you can't even purchase the OS Installer disks.
You can of course use normal OS X backup programs to copy to another drive in the meantime.

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