My New BT Mouse Has Someone Else's Name

This is kind of weird. A few months ago (March?) when the new 24" Macs came out, I ordered one on-line. At the same time, I ordered a BT mouse. I have had some periodic connection problems with the Mouse but for the past little while, all has been fine.
By chance, today, I clicked on the BT symbol up in the menu bar at the top of the screen and you are presented with a list of options "Turn BT Off - Discoverable" etc. Under "Devices" it says "danielmellili's mouse" and if I click on it that then takes me to the battery life and Disconnect and Open Mouse Preferences.
I could be wrong, but my name is not "danielmellili". This may be a stupid question, but does that mean that Apple sold me a refurbished mouse that someone had used and setup but then returned, and then was sold to me as a new mouse with my new computer? Or does it really not mean anything at all. What the heck is "danielmellili's mouse"? When I go into the mouse preferences, there is a field box for "Name" and it says "danielmellili's mouse". I would be pretty upset if they sold me a refurbished or returned mouse but sold it as new.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx
Message was edited by: Birdman325

It certainly sounds like that mouse was once set up by someone else. You have a right to be suspicious. From your post it sounds like you got it directly from Apple online. If that's so I'd call the local Apple store for a Genius appointment and take it along. You should be able to get a new one from them if you are nice about it. If you got it from some other online source, well that's another story. Anything goes in that case. In any case you shouldn't sit on it for too long or you may have to live with it.
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