Yoga 13 in stolen mode after attempting a BIOS update

I recently bought a used Lenovo Yoga 13 from Lenovo's Outlet site.
I went through the first time setup and I'm trying to update the latest BIOS "66cn55ww_x64_en.exe." As soon as I run the .bat file, it comes up with an error "The system is in stolen mode, bios upgrade aborted"
Upon further research, it appears the previous owner or company registered  the laptop with Computrace / Absolute lo jack. If there is no internet conectivity with the laptop after xx amount of days, I believe the laptop is put into this stolen mode? I tried to register the laptop with the Absolute software and it said the code was already redeemed and that previous owner has to login and remove the system from the account.
I'm assuming this is something that has to be returned back to Lenovo to fix? If that is the case, I'm just going to ask for a refund...

Dear Tebowmania 
Welcome to Lenovo Forums
why you need to update the BIOS ,if its nessasry you can contact nearest service center in order to help you in this
thanks
Alaa
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