Vista box: Why is my Microsoft Certificate of authenticity ripped sticker?

Hi people,

I have a Windows Vista Ultimate pack here (it looks like the entire commercial area, as far as I can tell), which was part of a computer package that I won in a contest a few years sponsored by a major game company.  Vista was already preinstalled on the computer (which was a custom platform pre-assembled).  The most curious is that on top of the Vista plastic box, there is a Microsoft CoA sticker for the most-ripped-off (it was in this state when I first received it).
The question I have is, why would they rip off the sticker in advance, is this something to promo discounts for free versions?  Someone at the company ruin everything by trying to move the box sticker to PC?  Or another reason I can't think offhand.
There is a normal set of disks of Vista and sticker product key of yellow-orange (which says "Proof of license") to the inside of the package, no CoA sticker on the machine itself, I think.  In any case, the reason for which I finally seeks in it is now, that I thought to sell that copy of Vista, because the motherboard is fried (and it will probably be reincarnated as a Win7 machine if I ever fix it and put it back in service), but the lack of an intact CoA looks like it could be a problem.

Thanks for the information.  I called Microsoft support and asked them to look up my key and confirm what kind of license it is; Apparently, this is the full retail version of Vista Ultimate.  In addition, they said that it is not a problem that the CoA sticker is torn: the product key is proof enough that I own a Vista license.

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