LOTRO 'Grace period' for retail key activation in EU also?

Hi LOTRO crew! I havent been still joining your club, still keeping my distance from this one because I picked up many bad reviews during the LOTRO gathering the facts surf on the net, heh. at the end I decided to try it and now I wonder if there is some grace period for retail key activation EU ?

Huh I am not quite sure, mate. My suggestion would be to skip this game it sucks, so I dont get it why you even bother with all that. What I heard that you have 10 days grace period, although I dont get if they say that if you purchased the game and received retail key, and type it after pre-order one then you are allowed to continue playing with pre-order product key for up to 30 days. Or maybe I am wrong, must say Ive got lost in those entire keys system. I just know that people are suggesting buying founders key on ebay because if it isnt working you can get your money back. And I think actually EU have the same principal of functioning just different pricing plan, you know pound is stronger then $.