Steinberg have seemed to release country specific versions of Cubase
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 11 posts since 26 Jul, 2012 from Australia
I just bought a copy of Cubase 7 from ebay USA, and I live in Australia.
When I went to activate it, I got an error saying that I have entered a "US Only" version and that I will not get any support or updates if I choose to proceed with the activation!
I'm pretty angry about it, and have written to the place I bought it from (not their fault, but it wasn't listed on the ebay listing)..
Steinberg have done this on purpose to control the market and distribution - I should be able to get it anywhere!
does anybody else have any experience or information about this?
When I went to activate it, I got an error saying that I have entered a "US Only" version and that I will not get any support or updates if I choose to proceed with the activation!
I'm pretty angry about it, and have written to the place I bought it from (not their fault, but it wasn't listed on the ebay listing)..
Steinberg have done this on purpose to control the market and distribution - I should be able to get it anywhere!
does anybody else have any experience or information about this?
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- KVRist
- 393 posts since 13 Jan, 2007
They do it so they don't get undercut by someone importing the product from a market with a weaker currency.
I guess the alternative would be that they charge the same relative price regardless of the market.
I guess the alternative would be that they charge the same relative price regardless of the market.
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- KVRist
- 86 posts since 7 Jul, 2012
Couldn't you use a vpn?
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- KVRAF
- 15517 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
This is indeed a simple solution to at least get registered. Although, I have to ask what use is Cubase support?agit wrote:Couldn't you use a vpn?
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- KVRAF
- 4205 posts since 21 Oct, 2001 from my bolthole in the south pacific
The Borg. Resistance is futile. I would just go ahead and install. Support is going to come in handy if you have a problem with your hardware key. If you bought that in Oz (with an earlier version) they might help you in Oz anyway.
In general, support has been something that I have needed only to fix installation issues. Bugs etc are more things that I have learned about (workarounds etc) from the forums. I almost never go to the forums these days.
In general, support has been something that I have needed only to fix installation issues. Bugs etc are more things that I have learned about (workarounds etc) from the forums. I almost never go to the forums these days.
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- KVRAF
- 1600 posts since 2 Apr, 2006 from Studio City, California
Caveat emptordubfonik wrote:I just bought a copy of Cubase 7 from ebay USA, and I live in Australia.
When I went to activate it, I got an error saying that I have entered a "US Only" version and that I will not get any support or updates if I choose to proceed with the activation!
I'm pretty angry about it, and have written to the place I bought it from (not their fault, but it wasn't listed on the ebay listing)..
Steinberg have done this on purpose to control the market and distribution - I should be able to get it anywhere!
does anybody else have any experience or information about this?
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- KVRist
- 93 posts since 19 Sep, 2011
Have you solve your problem ?
I have the same issue .
I have not got this warning message but after activating I noticed that my license listed as Cubase 7 US .
I think you should try to return it as you have not informed by the seller that this us US version .
I have the same issue .
I have not got this warning message but after activating I noticed that my license listed as Cubase 7 US .
I think you should try to return it as you have not informed by the seller that this us US version .