shame on you for getting it at gamestop

part of me wants you to have to pay for two because of that. stardock, however, is nicer than me, so chances are they will help

also, this sounds rather convoluted, from what I have heard, the keys from the purchases are different then beta ones because can register now, were you in beta?

Well I bought it at Gamestop before I saw all the posts about Stardock losing money off of this.  If I could take it back to Gamestop for a refund I would but their policy is retarded for PC games, especially ones with cd keys.  I wasn't in the beta, I preordered a week ago, once I found out about this game.  If I had the extra cash, it wouldn't bother me since the game is amazing; but, times are hard so the money, it wears thin .

He's trying to run a scam I think, since the financial transaction runs when they send you the key, not when you register it.

His story is thus:  He bought the game at GameStop, and when he put in the key on Impulse it (This is where the story gets stupid)  thought it was the key he got from his preorder  (Despite that I assume it knows that was the code of a boxed version, since they have serperate SKUs) and then it ran the charge for his preorder, which he should have cancelled anyways.

Sounds kinda rediculous..

Added note, could just be a horrendous glitch that happens by combining a pre-order and a pre-release key, but it seems we would'be heard of this problem before.

Thanks Kryo.  It must be a random glitch because when I registered the key it even said 'Digital Download (Preorder)'  next to the game. 

And Rainwolf.

"Thank you for your order. No charge has been posted against your credit card at this time. Your order contained a pre-order item and has been accepted. You will be notified via email when the product(s) are available and have been processed. At that time, your credit card will be charged. Please print this page for your records. For questions regarding your pre-order, please contact sales@stardock.com and include your Order number located below."

That's weird, my email doesn't say that.  It says:

"Thank you for your order. Your order has been accepted and is being processed. Please print this page for your records. For questions regarding your order, please contact sales@stardock.com and include your Order number located below. "

And it actually charged me instantly too.  Back in January though.

Ah, so you charged right away to curb people preordering, then getting a beta key, then cancelling the preorder?