Iphone 3gs wont activate, Bought factory unlocked

Hello everyone
I bought my phone from a retailer in New Zealand called 1-day, they were selling refurbised iphones that are factory unlocked.
By the box it would appear that it is from AT&T in america and so should be a proper factory unlock as from researching how to fix my phone i noticed that they do unlock there phones.
Itunes told me that i could update my phone so i decided to because i figured why not, I now get the seemingly common screen when i try to activate telling me that the activation server is down.
I have already sent an email to the retailer asking them about this but i figured i should try asking the community as well.
Thank you for your time.

Sounds like the reseller a) is not an authorized reseller, and b) lied.
Get your money back and buy from a legitimate source.

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