But I just bought a WD Passport 2TB (WDBMWV0020BTT) in 'SAI-France' through Amazon.com, and the same problem of 'Out of area at the time of registration at WD that has been able to do.
I had to contact the service of WD who kindly me save on production of the bill ...
Very unpleasant current practices ...
If the material is great!