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Article #479

Re: C-Dilla Uninstalller from Intuit

#479
From: Schooner
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:33
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Yes I am boycotting it too.  I will never buy an Intuit products again.

"Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A." <mblock@blocktax.com> wrote in message
news:ic9e2vgvp228p65pd2r8ik974crnsotlhv@4ax.com...
> I can only assume some people did not read
> most or all of my recent posts.
>
> I want us to all BOYCOTT U.S. TurboTax 2002,
> Canadian QuickTax 2001 and 2002, and other
> products with anything like C-Dilla. I also
> want us all to boycott Canada's QuickBooks
> due to its bundled tax tables updates and
> high base price, as well as the license
> that lets Intuit disable access to payroll
> data.
>
> These prominent red links are on my
> http://blocktax.com/ home page:
>
>    TurboTax 2002 Boycott
> http://blocktax.com/turbotax_2002_boycott.htm
>
>    Intuit Canada Boycott
> http://blocktax.com/boycott_intuit_canada.htm
>
> I posted my comments to all relevant newsgroups
> & emailed many publications. Did anyone else do
> more or protest about more Intuit products?
>
> I very much expect us to win more of this fight
> with Intuit than we have already won. What is
> happening now is exactly what happened when
> we fought about the separate QB2000 tax table
> charges for each company using QB, as opposed
> to each copy of QB. At first we got nothing,
> but Intuit backed off then and now before it
> really mattered. Then we got still more with
> the free download of tax tables in QB 2001 and
> later. Now we should accept nothing less than
> the complete removal of C-Dilla et all before
> resuming purchases.
>
> Of course, we also are fighting a company that
> screws up less than anyone I know and actively
> plans to be driven by user input. Therefore,
> this will not really be a fight.
>
> Intuit once again will do what it must to fix
> this to our reasonable satisfaction, because
> any other result would be very bad for them and
> its users immediately and in the long term.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:27:50 GMT, "Dannie"
> <sloopoke.noname@nospam.optonline.net> wrote:
>
> >"Schooner" <schooner@accesswave.ca> wrote in message
> >news:YSdV9.240952$C8.775736@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> >> Mike would have you believe anything they say.
> >>
> >> "Victor Roberts" <Vic@RobertsResearchInc.com> wrote in message
> >> news:5kpa2v8dhsjlnf0f22qejjrjt6v4ked1qu@4ax.com...
> >> > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 07:16:56 -0500, Mike Block - Tax Cut C.P.A.
> >> > <mblock@blocktax.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:52:46 -0400, "Schooner"
> >> > ><schooner@accesswave.ca> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >>Good for them.  And people said making noise like this wouldn't
help.
> >> Just
> >> > >>shows you we need to rattle the Intuit cage if we want to get
anything
> >> done.
> >> > >>Bad press is  the only thing they understand.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>"David J. McCartney" <djm@novadirect.com> wrote in message
> >> > >>news:3e24072a$1_4@corp.newsgroups.com...
> >> > >>> 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
> >> > >
> >> > >Not me. I say you can get changes from Intuit any time
> >> > >enough people want them. They also now will allow
> >> > >reinstalls.
> >> > >http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,821308,00.asp
> >> >
> >> > The information given by Intuit in this article regarding reinstalls
> >> > contradicts information posted on their Web site. Which one should we
> >> > believe?  An interview given by a PR person, or the official position
> >> > of a company on their official Web site?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Vic Roberts
> >> > http://www.RobertsResearchInc.com
> >>
> >>
> >I certainly would not expect him to "knock Intuit". He is just doing his
job
> >like it is expected of him.
> >Dan
> >
>
>
>    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
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