argh. Now that this new shit has come to light, man, i'm trying to cancel my first order and get the retail boxed version with the 15%... i'm now on hold while they try and sort this out.... now on my third transfer.... no one knows what anyone else is doing of course.... apparently this is a common call as one guy asked if this was about the hard drive rebate.... LOL... i'm now on my 6th transfer... this is absurd.... no one can cancel the order apparently, nor can anyone verify that that rebate will apply...

AAHAHAH. On my 6th transfer, i was sent back the exact same person i STARTED WITH!! Wow. Unfarkingbelievable. I'm now on hold again while she tries to sort it out.

OKAY. To save everyone else the headache. IT DOES APPLY to the OEM version. They are working on fixing it at the moment.