Purchasing InDesign 4...

Question

I am a graphic artist...I use InDesign 5 at work and I love it. I'd like to get InDesign for my home computer for some light design work, so I went to Amazon to compare prices on ID5. Yikes...
However, I see a version of InDesign 4 (full retail, not academic) from a site called [reference deleted by forum host]. The site is linked on Amazon. The price for ID4 at this site is $119.
Is this legit????
Personally, I like InDesign 4 over InDesign5 because it runs much faster, and it does not crash...and paying 300+ dollars extra for a program that does not give me any features that I would need for the type of personal projects that I want to do at home is a colossal waste of cash in these cash-strapped times.
I do not want to pirate software either. (I am familiar with Adobe's registration process) All I want to know is if Adobe sanctions the sale of older versions of their programs. Seems like most companies pull the older versions as soon as the new ones come out.
Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

I have been following this thread and would like to add some comments and clarifications to comments made in the thread:
(1)     In fact, there are absolutely legitimate sealed, boxed copies of older versions of genuine (i.e., not counterfeit DVDs and packaging) Adobe software available for purchase over the internet and otherwise. And as older software versions, one would naturally expect it to be sold at a very significant discount. Unless the product is stolen merchandise, it is likely legitimate. Adobe neither “sanctions” nor “doesn't sanction” sales of such software.
(2)     Adobe does in fact both sanction and facilitate sales of both current and older versions of “used” individual non-academic, non-volume licensed Adobe software, providing a mechanism for users to officially transfer the license from one user to another. You cannot sell (or buy) copies of Adobe software that previously were used as the basis of an upgrade (either of the product itself or to a suite). And again, you cannot resell any academic, student, or volume-licensed version of Adobe software.
(3)     I do not know about the particular reseller “linked on Amazon” but quite frankly, any merchant associated with or linked to by Amazon is not Amazon and although Amazon is an authorized Adobe reseller, that may or may not apply to these other merchants. Make no assumptions about such merchants or that Amazon will “make good” on any problems encountered with products from such merchants!
(4)     You even need to be careful in terms of purchasing shrink-wrapped, boxed packages of what purports to be genuine Adobe software. One of the latest scams is the sale of carefully counterfeited software packages at prices that are within the realm of what one would expect a legitimate software reseller to offer. Any questions about a vendor, contact Adobe Customer Support.
(5)     So-called Adobe OEM software available only by download or via a bunch of copied DVDs is totally illegitimate. Such software is likely either “cracked” counterfeit software (including the possibility of malware accompanying same) or attempts to illegally “unbundle” Adobe volume licenses. Adobe volume licenses have very strict licenses that explicilty prohibit owners of such licenses from reselling the licenses or use outside their organizations.
(6)     With regards to OEM software, Adobe does license software for bundling on computer systems by various sytem and peripheral manufacturers. However, the licenses for such software does not permit it to be unbundled from the specific hardware it was intended to be sold to be sold independently and is not legitimate.
          - Dov