Ok I know I should have gone to Datacad and bought the license, I want to put this on site so all of you will not have to go thru what I am right now.
I use EBay allot for buying parts for my sailboat and last week did a search for Datacad. There was a copy of Datacad 11 for sale on EBay and I bid On it. I am a registered user of 10 and a registered user of 11 LT, I was looking to Upgrade and get another license for Datacad so I thought that this would be a good idea to bid and buy the license. What has evolved is that this copy was a dealer copy of Datacad and today I found out after spending 570.00 that this is a NFR Copy. So what does this mean? I now have a copy of 11 that I can not register in my name, Nor ever upgrade it to 12. It has given me the software and the hard lock key to use the program but that is it. The person that has sold this copy to me has refunded me part of my money and allowed me to keep the program. He has been more than nice about the whole issue, and Datacad from the get go has known that I had bought this from eBay. When I called them they asked "So are you the person who bought this off of EBay?"So what I am saying is buyer be aware that what you might buy is not what you might get. There is a copy of version 9 on eBay now for sale, I just hope that no one will bid on this because I am sure it will not be a good copy to use. I have no proof from Datacad that this is a NFR (not for resale) copy, and the owner tells me that he did purchase this copy, and it might of been a NFR copy at a dealer discount. I have been using Datacad since version 5 and have always upgraded thru them. Next time I will not try and save a buck or two and just order the upgrade, or license thru Datacad.
Here is a link to the Ebay ad
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7146275509&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
I use EBay allot for buying parts for my sailboat and last week did a search for Datacad. There was a copy of Datacad 11 for sale on EBay and I bid On it. I am a registered user of 10 and a registered user of 11 LT, I was looking to Upgrade and get another license for Datacad so I thought that this would be a good idea to bid and buy the license. What has evolved is that this copy was a dealer copy of Datacad and today I found out after spending 570.00 that this is a NFR Copy. So what does this mean? I now have a copy of 11 that I can not register in my name, Nor ever upgrade it to 12. It has given me the software and the hard lock key to use the program but that is it. The person that has sold this copy to me has refunded me part of my money and allowed me to keep the program. He has been more than nice about the whole issue, and Datacad from the get go has known that I had bought this from eBay. When I called them they asked "So are you the person who bought this off of EBay?"So what I am saying is buyer be aware that what you might buy is not what you might get. There is a copy of version 9 on eBay now for sale, I just hope that no one will bid on this because I am sure it will not be a good copy to use. I have no proof from Datacad that this is a NFR (not for resale) copy, and the owner tells me that he did purchase this copy, and it might of been a NFR copy at a dealer discount. I have been using Datacad since version 5 and have always upgraded thru them. Next time I will not try and save a buck or two and just order the upgrade, or license thru Datacad.
Here is a link to the Ebay ad
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7146275509&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
Chris McKillip
Daman-Lechtenberger,PC
Daman-Lechtenberger,PC