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Quicken 2005 online services discontinuation c 01-21-2008
Posted by hexHeadŽ on January 22, 2008, 12:37 pm
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 On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:57:29 -0700, JimH

>c wrote:
>>
>> So each time I buy this product it's only good for 3 years? God I'm
>> angry.
>>
>> c
>>
>
>Three years of financial tracking and planning function with daily
>downloads of all of my banking and investment transactions. All for
>about the price of a movie, a soft drink, and popcorn for two. It just
>doesn't seem that bad a deal to me.
>
>

you're right, it isn't - after all, what did you (we) pay for Quicken
3 years ago? probably around $20-30?

but that isn't the point.

what irks me is being held hostage by these companies - "Pay Up or
Screw you..." especially when it seems like they changed the terms of
use long after you pony'd up the $$

..just like Microsoft and their ridiculous and flawed activation
schemes - where they force the honest paying customers, practically at
gun point, to prove over and over and over and over again that they're
not a thief - otherwise, they lock down YOUR computer and hold YOUR
data hostage. Ironically, their strongarm tactics only punish the
innocent, and not the "pirates" they deem to be such a problem - those
guys figured out how to circumvent this crap a long time ago.

..they may as well show up at your house in ski masks and shove a
Glock in your face, at least then you wouldn't mind so much.

Posted by Ken Blake on January 22, 2008, 1:16 pm
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 On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:57:29 -0700, JimH

> c wrote:
> >
> > So each time I buy this product it's only good for 3 years? God I'm
> > angry.
> >
> > c
> >
>
> Three years of financial tracking and planning function with daily
> downloads of all of my banking and investment transactions. All for
> about the price of a movie, a soft drink, and popcorn for two. It just
> doesn't seem that bad a deal to me.


I agree that it isn't a bad deal; it's a good deal.

But I also object to what Intuit does. They don't advertise Quicken as
coming with three years of financial tracking, they advertise it as
coming with financial tracking, period. It's deceptive marketing, and
it's basically dishonest.


--
Ken Blake
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Posted by DotCom on January 22, 2008, 2:08 pm
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E X A C T L Y ! ! !

dotcom
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:57:29 -0700, JimH
>
>> c wrote:
>> >
>> > So each time I buy this product it's only good for 3 years? God I'm
>> > angry.
>> >
>> > c
>> >
>>
>> Three years of financial tracking and planning function with daily
>> downloads of all of my banking and investment transactions. All for
>> about the price of a movie, a soft drink, and popcorn for two. It just
>> doesn't seem that bad a deal to me.
>
>
> I agree that it isn't a bad deal; it's a good deal.
>
> But I also object to what Intuit does. They don't advertise Quicken as
> coming with three years of financial tracking, they advertise it as
> coming with financial tracking, period. It's deceptive marketing, and
> it's basically dishonest.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup


Posted by Greg Siemon on January 22, 2008, 6:22 pm
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This is not the first time that they have done this to me. I as strong armed
into going to 2005, for the same BS reason, which was just the same warmed
over piece of crap software as the previous version. There is nothing on the
market that is as poorly conceived and implemented as Quicken and I have
been using it for over 20 years, but no more.

I did try MS Money, last time, with no joy. I going to buy a new version of
Money before I get BF by this outfit again.

Greg

> What the?
>
>
https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/quicken.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3875#q5
>
> They're forcing me to upgrade to 2008, and their BS excuse is this:
>
> "The answer is simple - we strive to deliver the best products at the
> lowest cost to our customers by investing in technology that makes
> Quicken better and easier to use. One of the ways we are able to do
> that is to manage the costs associated with supporting older releases.
> Therefore, Quicken provides services to the currently shipping Quicken
> version and two versions back. We believe this enables us to provide
> you with the right level of service, while still providing leading-
> edge solutions to our customers at the lowest cost."
>
> What a crock of shit. They don't really think we believe this do they?
>
> I'm going to contact my financial institutions and see if there are
> any other options, like Money maybe?
>
> So each time I buy this product it's only good for 3 years? God I'm
> angry.
>
> c
>



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