Since you posted this in a public forum I suppose some push back is warranted.
You understand that we're talking about intellectual property here not physical so the the analogies of VSL taking the keys to your home and the one about reselling a car that you bought don't apply in this realm.
It's like buying the license to a popular song that you want to use in your movie and then wanting to resell that song license yourself to somebody else after the movie is released. It doesn't work that way with intellectual property.
In fact, I'm rather surprised that VSL actually allows you to resell their software at all albeit under controlled conditions which don't seem all that unreasonable to me considering that, again, we are talking about intellectual property. Although I've never tried it myself I understand you cannot resell any of Eastwest's products under any conditions. Maybe I'm wrong?
And the idea of reselling a used dongle sounds pretty shady to me when you can just buy a new one for what? $20 or $30. Assuming that the dongle has already been registered with VSL that means the warrenty may have already expired (two years) Why would I want to buy an expired dongle?
The software is priced based upon forces within the market for these types of products. Supply and demand. If the software is "overpriced" then how can they stay in business? I don't suppose there has been a dramatic drop in sales recently, otherwise they would have dropped the price.
I guess I didn't learn my lesson the last time I responded to a post like this because I have a feeling I'm going to regret it.😔