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Old 22nd June 2009   #129
civilization3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by olivialand View Post
Hold on a second, there. Are you telling me that if I put a license for a software program on a dongle, and that dongle breaks, that I can't return the broken dongle to the software maker (to prove that it broke and that I didn't give it to someone else), and then just buy a new dongle device to put the license on (which I assume would cost under $50)? Are you saying that I would, instead, have to buy the software (probably costing hundreds of dollars) again from them?

If this is true, this is astonishing, and really abhorent.

Or maybe I just misunderstood you.
I bought some Yellow Tools thing years ago, and lost the dongle while moving. They're real up front about the policy of NO REPLACEMENT. Ever ever. Never used the app. 300 bucks down the crapper.

POS GUI too. They should be boycotted by everyone for life, IMO, even if they changed this.

Syncrosoft, I'm ok with. I have all my VSL and Steinberg on the same dongles. VSL gives you three licenses, so three machines, three dongles, not that bad. They will replace. Takes a few days.
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