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On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:28:12 GMT, olc-caSPAMMER@home.com wrote:

>On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:14:31 -0500, Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A.
><mblock@blocktax.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:39:28 GMT, Victor Roberts
>><Vic@RobertsResearchInc.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 07:49:44 -0500, "David J. McCartney"
>>><djm@novadirect.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I know that this was/is primarily a concern for TurboTax users, but it is
>>>>refreshing that for once Intuit responded to the vocal objectors:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,826594,00.asp
>>>
>>>I really like the part that said:
>>>
>>>"Gulbransen said a sales agent had mistakenly told at least one
>>>customer that the software could not be transferred from one machine
>>>to another, setting off the controversy. "
>>>
>>>This policy was POSTED on www.turbotax.com. I made a copy. Does
>>>Gulbransen mean to imply that their Web site was written by one
>>>employee and never checked by anyone else (like their legal
>>>department), or is he lying, or does he really not know what is posted
>>>on his own companies Web site????
>>
>>Intuit also responded quickly, in the same way, to
>>vocal objections before. They dropped separate 
>>QuickBooks 2000 tax table charges for each company 
>>using QB, instead of for each copy of QB, when we 
>>boycotted.
>
>You can live with last years accouting software or last years money
>manager, but you can't use last year's tax software. By the time
>Untuit can fix this mess, too many will have opted for another, like
>TaxCut, which looks just fine to me.

I agree, though returns are not due until 4/15
and you can extend them for 6 months. You also
can use free or low cost IRS efiling. 

>>Despite my leading the attack against this practice, 
>>I am now one of 11 founding members of the QuickBooks 
>>Advisory Council, which Intuit formed to help it make 
>>QB better. I respectfully submit I got my post partly 
>>because I have long felt that pressuring Intuit is the 
>>best way for us to get better products AND by far the 
>>best way for Intuit to make more money from more users 
>>in the long run.
>> 
>>This time Intuit responded even faster, but like many 
>>I do not feel it has gone far enough. That is why I 
>>have two new web pages calling for a continued boycott 
>>of the U.S. version of TurboTax 2002 & the Canadian 
>>version of QuickTax 2001 & QuickTax 2002. All wrongly 
>>infect systems with C-Dilla, in the same way many
>>time wasting viruses infect computers.
>>
>>http://blocktax.com/turbotax_2002_boycott.htm
>>http://blocktax.com/boycott_intuit_canada.htm
>>
>>I am also calling for a boycott of QuickBooks Canada.
>>It wrongly couples forced frequent tax table updates,
>>which are rarely needed, with program updates. This
>>results in excessive base prices for Canadian small
>>business users. I would not say so if Intuit Canada 
>>had responded to my prior posts. Even worse, the 
>>Canadian license agreement has a provision that lets 
>>Intuit disable access to user payroll data.
>>
>>I will gladly add prior & current TurboTax C-Dilla
>>web policies there, as soon as I get them. This is
>>not a matter of wanting to damage intuit, on which
>>my clients, I and most small businesses depend. It
>>is matter of matter of aggressively working with it
>>so that users and Intuit get more from each other.
>>
>>After all, who among us has done enough right to have
>>the 88.2% market share QuickBooks has in the U.S., 
>>with its other products close behind? 
>>
>>Please help yourself and TurboTax with feedback at
>>www.intuit.com/support/turbotax/ttaxwin_feedback.html
>>
>>Please also help Intuit Canada with your feedback at
>>www.intuit.com/canada/quicken/support/support_feedback_product.html
>>
>>We can and should protest unequal treatment and bad 
>>business practices everywhere, especially to friends
>>like Intuit.
>>
>>
>>   Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540
>>     Charter Member:  QuickBooks Advisory Council
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   Mike Block, QuickBooks Tax Cut CPA, 954-566-7540
     Charter Member:  QuickBooks Advisory Council
Lowest QB Prices   http://blocktax.com/lowest_QuickBooks_prices.htm
Free 462p QB Book  http://blocktax.com/free-quickbooks-book.htm
Error Codes/Fixes  http://blocktax.com/quickbooks-errors.htm
Shortcuts Download http://blocktax.com/quickbooks_shortcuts.htm
200 QB Add-ons http://blocktax.com/quickbooks-addons/quickbooks-add-ons.htm
admin@localhost,abuse@localhost,webmaster@localhost,postmaster@127.0.0.1