I wondered if anyone can offer me a serial number for this program?
Annoyingly I just purchased it off Ebay, only for it to come without the manual or Serial number which makes it completely useless

Many thanks in advance, Nick.
It's usually legal to buy second hand software, but it's usually against the restrictions placed on it by the original vendors if a copy remains with the seller. So in the case of your E-Bay seller, he or she should have supplied you with the manual, the activation code as well as the original disk and should have purged the copy on their computer.Nick Burrows wrote: This concept is literally new to me. I have NEVER heard it suggested that buying something second hand is wrong. Am I missing something or is this just me??
Yes so hence my post, as I made a valid purchase and was short changed. Someone could photocopy a book, or burn a copy of some software but that is the sellers concern. Yet I have been shut down like some lowlife charlatan rather than the usual helpful poster that I am.Roger de Coverly wrote:It's usually legal to buy second hand software, but it's usually against the restrictions placed on it by the original vendors if a copy remains with the seller. So in the case of your E-Bay seller, he or she should have supplied you with the manual, the activation code as well as the original disk and should have purged the copy on their computer.Nick Burrows wrote: This concept is literally new to me. I have NEVER heard it suggested that buying something second hand is wrong. Am I missing something or is this just me??
The analogy with buying a second hand book is that you don't expect the vendor to have retained a photocopy of the entire contents.
Can you not do negative feedback unless the vendor coughs up with the original manual and activation code? If he or she cannot supply, it's not really a valid sale, so you could ask for your money back.Nick Burrows wrote: Yes so hence my post, as I made a valid purchase and was short changed.
Unfortunately I left it too long between buying and using the product. Annoying.Roger de Coverly wrote:Can you not do negative feedback unless the vendor coughs up with the original manual and activation code? If he or she cannot supply, it's not really a valid sale, so you could ask for your money back.Nick Burrows wrote: Yes so hence my post, as I made a valid purchase and was short changed.
I don't think they said that in your original thread.Nick Burrows wrote:It was just suggested to me by both Carl Hibbard and Andrew Martin that buying things second hand is improper, and not even worthy of having a thread.
You would be shut down if your going against what A Martin said something i have never understood my self as his view is no more important than any one else on here but he has a few loyal supporters who post on hereNick Burrows wrote:
Yes so hence my post, as I made a valid purchase and was short changed. Someone could photocopy a book, or burn a copy of some software but that is the sellers concern. Yet I have been shut down like some lowlife charlatan rather than the usual helpful poster that I am.
And yes I had a bad day at work!
I apologise if this was the case and will merge threads when I get home.Nick Burrows wrote:They suggested that I was swindling the creators out of royalty payments. I was not. I made an honest purchase and was swindled myself - so i checked to see if anyone could help me out in good faith.
Not if you check with the ebay seller first about the chess item coming with serial number manual before buying it.Carl Hibbard wrote:
Buying second hand software on eBay is always going to be classed as dodgy.
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