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Posted by Shorty on October 14, 2007, 6:25 pm
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> I'm the "John B." who mentioned buying '08H&B on eBay for a little over $20.
> I agree with John P. that I would NOT buy a download-only version of Quicken
> on eBay. I have always bought a CD version and always from sellers with
> very high positive feedback ratings. My recent $20+ purchase was a bit
> lucky -- most other sales were for quite a bit over that amount, but I was
> patient and watched lots of auctions, waiting for the right one. (I find
> eBay to be lots of fun.)
>
> Having said all of that, I will confess that a few years ago I bought
> Quicken on eBay from a seller with only a few feedbacks, though positive.
> The price looked too good to be true, and it turned out to be bootleg. I
> discovered this when I examined the disk contents and found three or four
> movie files that didn't look like Quicken file names. They turned out to be
> porn movies!! It was good for a laugh, didn't cost me much, and the seller
> was off of eBay before you could spell the word "fraudulent." (Footnote:
> Quicken installed just fine from the disk!) All other eBay Quicken
> purchases have been completely legitimate as far as I could tell, and all
> registered without any problems.
>
> Bottom line, I suppose, is that for piece of mind you might want to buy
> Quicken at Office Depot or the like. For a "deal," and the sport of it,
> eBay has worked well for me.
>
> John B.
>
>
>
> > I've been using Q'05 H&B, and it seems its about time to upgrade so I
> > don't run into Intuit's sunset policy.
>
> > John B. wrote in a recent post he bought Q'08 H&B on ebay for ~
> > $20'ish. I see that there are many sellers at roughly that price,
> > most of whom are offering digital delivery only.
>
> > Although I was a frequent eBay buyer and seller for many years, I
> > stopped earlier this year after several fraudulent transactions, and
> > after my account was high-jacked by someone who used it to sell non-
> > existent golf clubs. And so I'm a little gunshy.
>
> > Anybody have any experience with these fellows selling Quicken for
> > download only? Are they for real? And where does their inventory
> > come from?
>
> > Thanks
I just bought H & B off EBay for about $35 including shipping
"Unopened in a sealed package". Seller has a very high rating. We
will see..
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