Well ED,
Im eating my words here... and for the record, i purchased a mini Bluetooth USD dongle from a retailer and it came with a cd software for the device, after install it gave me the notorious " key is bad" message. I then contact the software provider "here" and it appears as though they are saying that they couldnt protect their own software lic process so those of us who bought a product need to purchase software that we already payed for?
Im not liking what im seeing here... so im going to follow your thread here and see what gets resolved... the consumer who buys a product is not responsible for keeping their lic process in check, i payed for something and now im not getting what i payed for. That is called theft where i come from, plain and simple. no disclaimer on the front of the packaging, and none on the CD. I hope the powers that be here get on the stick and get this resolved ASAP.
There is ways to deal with this, i just hope it doesnt come down to having to go LEGAL...