RAY, Here's how this works, The perp has a pirated license. THIS pretty much sets the stage for the scam
" I can't justify buying a license after I was fortunate to receive this one. "
What he does NOT have is the knowledge to get his machine running. What he is stalling for is he hopes that someone will break down and tell him how to fix his machine. Stall ,stall, wait, wait, promise to buy, promise, stall,
NOW IF someones DOES tell him how to fix the machine THEN he "smiles", installs the pirated license GIVES you the finger and puts the $159 back in his wallet.
Did I mention about the SMILE?
I have heard this same thing 100s of time over the last 40years of shop work.
(;-) TP