Aperture 3 has upgraded serial number

I bought Aperture 3 for my daughter as she is into photography. When we have gone to install the program and it asks for the serial number, the serial on the back says "Aperture Upgtrade V3.0" . I have put this number in and the response is "this is an uprade number, please put original serial number in. This is the first program i have bought.

You bought an upgrade package. You need an original. I hope you can return what you bought. If not, you might be able to work out something with Apple (paying the difference between the full license and the upgrade price).

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