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Article #479Re: C-Dilla Uninstalller from Intuit
From: Schooner
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:33
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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