Yeah, for 10 cents you can't really complain...I don't mind waiting.

Actually I think I got ripped off! I paid 9 pence plus 1 pence VAT, which works out as something like 16 cents.....that's like an extra 60%....outrageous!!  I do consider myself lucky though because it seems there's quite a few people in different countries that can't take up the offer.

I also read on other forums that people are just advising to install the game and then uninstall the client afterwards because it's not needed, so I'll probably do that when I get my key. Doesn't seem that intrusive though....doesn't even seem to run in the background....well there isn't an icon for it like Steam or Impulse on my tool bar and nothing showing on task manager.

Yeah - I'll likely hold onto it for a couple weeks just to see if Microsoft makes any logic effort or throws out another sale to encourage retention... I mean, they won't, but hey...

I tried to get it.

THE DAILY DEAL HAS ENDED

Sorry you missed it - I'll update the OP so there isn't any more confusion. 

Yay....I got my key!!

Great!  Well, at least M$ is making things right quickly for folks that didn't get a key.  Hope you enjoy the game!

Ah man, you sux.  No one told me.

Well it was on fatwallet, slickdeals, cheapassgamer, all over the place really.

yeah - I think I stumbled across the deal on joystiq.com though I usually follow those sites.  Rediculously good deal. Oh, and from what I've read, I believe EVERYONE that could not get a CD key on day one got 1 today.  So, their service was far from perfect, but they stepped up and resolved their problem within 24 hours... now they just need to do something to keep me from uninstalling their client in about 7 days.  I'd bet against Microsoft here.  Someday they will hire someone that is good at this sort of thing...