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Intuit and Symantec scams [Was: Quicken alternative?]

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From: Phred
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:44
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In article <Xns98197C34AAD45chakolatehotmailcom@204.153.244.170>, Chakolate <chakolateDeathToSpammers@gmail.com> wrote:
>A friend who's already paid for Quicken is being told she has to pay 
>again, and she's getting fed up.  Is there a freebie that will import 
>Quicken files?

Interesting to hear that Intuit is still scamming users.

They charged me twice for one copy of an early version I bought years 
ago -- well before the current "subscription service" concept started 
to become popular with software publishers.

As for Symantec/Norton -- after several years of paying an annual 
subscription fee they suddenly advised that they no longer support my 
version of NAV and I will have to cough up to upgrade.

Now, I'm prepared to accept that companies are entitled to stop 
supporting old versions of their products (e.g. as Microsoft does) BUT 
those companies aren't charging an annual fee.  If they *are* charging 
an annual fee for "updates" or whatever, then I would expect them to 
provide the necessary version upgrades as part of the subscription.

Ah well, time to move on from NAV -- recommendations for an 
alternative welcomed.  (But I long ago stopped trying to balance my 
accounts, so Quicken is no longer an issue for me. :)

Cheers, Phred.

-- 
ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
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