🚀 go-pugleaf

"pissed off" <p@p.com> wrote in message
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> "Jim Turner" <kaijyu@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:3e4a9f1a.1247637@free.teranews.com...
> >
> > I am not a fan of Intuit.
>
> You make arguments on their behalf at every possible turn. You are a
> complete corporate toady.
>
>
> > It is immature of YOU to use a product that
> > runs software you don't want to run. TTax will not run without Cdilla.
>
> How many times have you written this? Five? Six? Jim, WE KNOW IT WON'T RUN
> WITHOUT THE SPYWARE. We also know that this is the way you like it. We
know
> that you approve of Intuit's tactics. We know that you blame Intuit's
> customers for being mad at them.
>
>
> > Simple solution, an one that will really send the message to Intuit.
> > DON'T RUN TTAX. Send it in for a refund. Cut the whine because you
> > keep running TTax, and having to remove cdilla.
>
> I already wrote in a prior message that I have not run Turbo Tax since I
> figured this all out. You keep ignoring that, and continue to act as if
it's
> my fault for complaining. How much is Intuit paying you to post messages
on
> their behalf?
>
>
> > Never said I approve spyware.
>
> You don't have to. Every chance you've gotten, you have applauded Intuit
and
> blamed their customers. You are their shill. What are you doing in an
> anti-spyware group? Does Intuit pay you to post messages like this?
>
>
> > Running software that uses spyware over and over, like you said you
> > did, is approving spyware. You approved spyware by continually running
> > and reactivating TTax, even after you found out about the spyware, not
> > me.
>
> There you go again. I reactivated it a couple of times until I figured out
> what was happening. At first, I thought their program was malfunctioning.
> Then I learned about the C-Dilla thing that your friends at Intuit bundled
> with their program, and I haven't used it since. Every message you post
> condemns any criticism of Intuit and blames everything on their customers.
>
> You are a shill for Intuit. If they're not paying you to do this, then
> you're even dumber that you're looing, because no one should do an
arrogant,
> unethical, hostile corporation's work for free.
>
>
>
> > I am saying your whining comes accross as an immature child who can't
> > get his way. You don't like spyware, don't run it. Tell everyone about
> > it, but stop whining about having to reactivate over and over because
> > of actions you do. GROW UP
>
> Once again, you blame the dissatisfied customer for the actions of the
> abusive corporation. In your world, anyone wronged by a corporation is
> "immature" for voicing their complaint. You are shilling for Intuit here.
> Your advice is, if you don't like it, don't buy it. Well, I already bought
> it.
>
> And you don't want anyone to squeak about Intuit's outrageous, stupid,
> abusive, unethical betrayal of its customers' trust. You are shilling for
> Intuit.
>
>
Frankly I agree with your position.

I quit TurboTax this year and wrote them an email letting them know that I
bought their competitor (TaxCut) and why. Got a nice reply explaining their
concerns regarding piracy. Tough. I'm still not going back while they have
that type of copy protection. If I have to, doing my taxes on paper again
wouldn't be that difficult. I only do about 3 or 4 personal returns
nonprofessionally each year. A spreadsheet could do the math and the
what-ifs assuming that I want to do it that way.

I read one "explanation" or "Excuse" that it was like the registration
MicroSoft requires for XP. True, and I am working to shift to Linux because
of that. I changed chips and motherboards over the weekend and was unable to
boot up the hard drive after because XP didn't recognize the new hardware. I
had to reload the software and, having failed to anticipate the problem and
not backing up the prior material, lost a lot of data.

The solution is to quit using TurboTax (get their attention with a drop in
revenue) and then complain publicly as much as possible to get others to do
the same.

Oh, and don't let the Intuit shills stop you from complaining. Intuit is
wrong, not you or me. The same is true for Microsoft, but IMO they have more
of a God complex and it will be harder to get them to listen.

Roger R.