No cd key in best buy edition?

[UniQ]

Well I can buy RTW for about 7 dollars, maybe less, the thing is that I want to play multiplayer, NTW2. For that I need a cd-key of course, the thing is, he says there are no Cdkey, and I see no reason why he would be lying. So whats the deal? No cdkey in the best buy edition?

[Xavier Dragnesi]

I guess "he" is the shop assistant or something? Well yeah, there are some that don't have CD keys on them. I got the Total War: Eras pack, and because my parents wanted to limit my playing, they kept hold of it. So I went and bought another edition of RTW alone, and there was no CD key on it either. I think those ones aren't fully certified companies who have made those disks or something, but I'm not sure.

[Lucifer Sam]

i have the original version and it says the same thing... blame gamespy, yuech, jut thinking about that thing makes me ill...

lan battles work though...

Edit - and putting the original cd key does not work

[Kátz]

Sometimes piracy can be involved and your seller buddies are poor liars to say there is no cd-key. All my friends who bought the original has a cd-key on it.