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Purchase Q2008 Premier on Ebay Les 10-18-2007
Posted by John B in CA on October 20, 2007, 1:30 pm
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 John P.,

Just curious... did the four versions of Quicken you bought on eBay all have
the Intuit hologram logo on them? http://www.intuit.com/authentic/

I just bought '08H&B on eBay and after reading your post looked at my disk.
No logo. There is nothing suspicious about the disk, and the program
installs and loads without apparent problems.

As I reported here before, a couple of years ago I did end up with a bootleg
disk from eBay. I discovered that when I noticed a few extra files on the
CD -- porn videos! Nothing like that on the current disk.

John B.


> A high-level Intuit support person has said that Intuit believes that CD's
> sold in the box on eBay are generally authentic; while no downloadable
> versions of Quicken sold on eBay are legitimate.
>
> I have made 4 Quicken purchases on eBay; never been disappointed. I
> didn't even require that they were in the box; just not pirated, never
> used, never registered, seller guarantees. [I had no problem registering
> any of them.]
>
> --
> John Pollard
> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
> Please reply to newsgroup
>



Posted by John Pollard on October 20, 2007, 1:49 pm
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 John B in CA wrote:
> John P.,
>
> Just curious... did the four versions of Quicken you bought on
> eBay
> all have the Intuit hologram logo on them?
> http://www.intuit.com/authentic/
> I just bought '08H&B on eBay and after reading your post
> looked at my
> disk. No logo. There is nothing suspicious about the disk,
> and the
> program installs and loads without apparent problems.
>
> As I reported here before, a couple of years ago I did end up
> with a
> bootleg disk from eBay. I discovered that when I noticed a
> few extra
> files on the CD -- porn videos! Nothing like that on the
> current
> disk.

Two of the products I bought were for others and I do not have
the CD's for them. But I don't think they would have the
hologram because they were older versions; see below.

I have CD's for the other two and if there is any hologram on
them it is way too small for me to read. The two versions I
purchased on eBay and that I have CD's for are Q2002 and Q2004.

I think it's possible that the hologram only began appearing
later, maybe as late as Q2006 (which I have a CD for and which
has the hologram).

Have you tried registering your Q2008 eBay purchase?

--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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Posted by John B in CA on October 20, 2007, 2:03 pm
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Yes, I registered the '08 program without difficulty.

Per the Intuit site, they started the hologram program in July, 2005, so
it's no surprise that your two disks don't have the hologram.

John B.



> John B in CA wrote:
>> John P.,
>>
>> Just curious... did the four versions of Quicken you bought on eBay
>> all have the Intuit hologram logo on them?
>> http://www.intuit.com/authentic/
>> I just bought '08H&B on eBay and after reading your post looked at my
>> disk. No logo. There is nothing suspicious about the disk, and the
>> program installs and loads without apparent problems.
>>
>> As I reported here before, a couple of years ago I did end up with a
>> bootleg disk from eBay. I discovered that when I noticed a few extra
>> files on the CD -- porn videos! Nothing like that on the current
>> disk.
>
> Two of the products I bought were for others and I do not have the CD's
> for them. But I don't think they would have the hologram because they
> were older versions; see below.
>
> I have CD's for the other two and if there is any hologram on them it is
> way too small for me to read. The two versions I purchased on eBay and
> that I have CD's for are Q2002 and Q2004.
>
> I think it's possible that the hologram only began appearing later, maybe
> as late as Q2006 (which I have a CD for and which has the hologram).
>
> Have you tried registering your Q2008 eBay purchase?
>
> --
> John Pollard
> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
> Please reply to newsgroup
>



Posted by Laura on October 20, 2007, 3:27 pm
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> John B in CA wrote:
>> John P.,
>>
>> Just curious... did the four versions of Quicken you bought on eBay
>> all have the Intuit hologram logo on them?
>> http://www.intuit.com/authentic/
>> I just bought '08H&B on eBay and after reading your post looked at my
>> disk. No logo. There is nothing suspicious about the disk, and the
>> program installs and loads without apparent problems.
>>
>> As I reported here before, a couple of years ago I did end up with a
>> bootleg disk from eBay. I discovered that when I noticed a few extra
>> files on the CD -- porn videos! Nothing like that on the current
>> disk.
>
> Two of the products I bought were for others and I do not have the CD's
> for them. But I don't think they would have the hologram because they
> were older versions; see below.
>
> I have CD's for the other two and if there is any hologram on them it is
> way too small for me to read. The two versions I purchased on eBay and
> that I have CD's for are Q2002 and Q2004.
>
> I think it's possible that the hologram only began appearing later, maybe
> as late as Q2006 (which I have a CD for and which has the hologram).
>
> Have you tried registering your Q2008 eBay purchase?

I'm not sure if Quicken really has any way of checking for legal copies. A
friend of mine got a copy of quicken from a relative and was able to install
and register it without any problems. There is no serial number to enter
(unlike most other programs) so there is no way of Intuit checking to see if
your copy is legit.


Posted by Han on October 20, 2007, 3:31 pm
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> I'm not sure if Quicken really has any way of checking for legal
> copies. A friend of mine got a copy of quicken from a relative and was
> able to install and register it without any problems. There is no
> serial number to enter (unlike most other programs) so there is no way
> of Intuit checking to see if your copy is legit.
>

You're allowed nowadays to put the program on 3 machines from 1 CD (at
least that's what I remember from my latest purchase of Q2008 US (Deluxe).
I installed on 2 machines and registered them at the intuit site (from
within Quicken). I have no idea what information was sent to intuit. I do
have an intuit.com ID or whatever, which I almost never use, certainly not
with financially useful data.

--
Best regards
Han
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