Certified Microsoft partner

We ordered windows 7 Home premium (online download and install) of "completesoftwarecenter.com", a certified partner of microsoft, to make a place to install (upgrade) on windows Vista Home Basic
my Bill says windows 7 Edition home premium and has a key code but when I click on download it grew up in one other window for download and was told because of their customer satisfaction, I've updated (and my key code is now for windows 7 Professional) I can not upgrade to that of windows Vista Home Basic only a custom installation If I had wanted to do a custom, Setup I would have just went with windows 8 (and saved money as well)
support live society can't (won't) help only telling me to send a mail and they will come back to me some 4-5 hours, it was 6 days after the first email, a day of the second and the third (the second time we have contacted their cat live they told us to send the e-mail again)
My questions are:
Being a microsoft certified partner does actually mean something?
Can microsoft help me with this problem?
Because the software was not installed or active can (or just the key code be exchanged)? through microsoft?

I don't know if I'm in the right place to get these answers, but I'd appreciate any help you can give
Thank you, Tim

And how do you know that they are a MS Certified partner? Have a logo on their site doesn't mean anything.

The site was recorded in 2012

The prices are too good to be true

MS does not offer a form of free upgrade Home Premium Pro

Go to amazon.com or similar certified online site and order your software

Basically, you have been scammed

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