yeah. its activated. I even called customer service and they said it had something to do with the "amount" of the order. He said even if i was using a bank card, credit card, or my card it wont work. couldnt really understand what he was saying cause of the accent. My order was gonna be about 150$ so i tried ordering just the batteries for 40$+/-. that didnt work either. dunno what to do. hohum..