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Summary: That's it for me
Review: Many years of TurboTax user. Satisfied with the way software works. But after I learned that SafeCast (something installed by TurboTax) is messing with my harddisk, potentially interfering with other softwares, I decided enough is enough. I would rather file returns by hand.
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Summary: Defecting to TaxCut for 2003
Review: I buy and install two TurboTax state editions. In the past, I could save copies of these editions on a backup CD, in case my hard drive crashed (which it did last year).With Intuit's activation, that's no longer an option. Intuit customer service has no solution to this problem - I'm pretty sure they haven't thought of the issue. I've used TurboTax for years, but no more. TaxCut here I come!
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Summary: A matter of violation of trust
Review: The last thing you want with a financial product is for the company to perform sneaky non-recoverable acts on your computer. Writing data in hidden portions of hard drives, calling home and transfering who knows what private information about you and your computer, etc., is a poor reward they give for your spending money on their product. There are a number of other tax programs available that treat you with respect and do everything above board. Use them. I switched, you should to. If you really like turbotax...bit the bullet and at least switch for 2003 before switching back.
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Summary: NEVER AGAIN
Review: I installed TurboTax on my laptop, and the initial installation and activation was no problem. However (yup, you guessed it) - my laptop BOMBED. I mean, BOMBED. Everything was wiped out. I can't say what killed it, but it was dead. In the course of putting the software on my desktop computer (since the laptop was useless), I ran into problems as I'd already activated the turbotax software. I contacted intuit, and they said I had to buy my federal and all three states again. I told them that I understand one copy, one license, however, this event was a bit extreme. After 1/2 hour of arguing, I got my federal. Then another 1/2 hour of fighting to get the states. The product itself is decent (I've used it for the last 3 years), but I will never use this product again. It was way too much stress (not to mention countless hours of trying to get all the AOL icons and programs out of my computer). NEVER AGAIN.
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Summary: Turbo Tax is suck, Tax Cut is awesome
Review: For the past couple years I have been using Turbo Tax for filing return. However, due to the nature of spyeare that came with the Intuit product this year, I turned to Tax Cut to do my filing. And let me tel you this, Tax Cut is as good as Turbo Tax with less hassle as far as the installation concerns. Good bye Turbo Tax and hello Tax Cut from now on.
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Summary: Not buying this next year
Review: Turbo tax is a disaster this year. I spent one hour with product activation. The product activation code
on the box did not work. I had to go online and get a new activation code
that took a while to figure out. The rebate process is a nightmare! I still havn't gotten my rebate. You have
to cut out little bits of the box, fill in forms, make copies in case they screw up
the rebate and you have to show proof etc -- all designed to make you give
up. This is well known sales strategy - a small percentage of people actually
mail in rebates. So I guess if you make it frustratingly hard - no one will
mail it in. Bad business practice. I'm going to look out for some other tax software next year.
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Summary: one way to deactivate Quicken's bundled spyware
Review: Do not use Quicken products if you can avoid it, I came to this conclusion after I installed turbo tax basic and found that it secretly installed Macrovision's C-dilla anti-piracy software. You can disable this useless software by going to the RUN cmd utility in the start menu, and entering services.msc located in my windows services, then right click on the C-dilla entry and choose to disable it(instead of automatic). C-dilla is anti piracy software-Quicken admits so much, and this software will not uninstall with Quicken(gee, I wonder why they set it up like that if its just installed to protect quicken products from being pirated?!, as Quicken claims). I think that its best to let consumers decide EXACTLY what software they install on their computers(whose computer is it anyway?) Unfortunately, companies such as Quicken and Real Networks(REALONE PLAYER also will spy on you) are pushing for a future where consumers are helpless lambs in their business plans. Give them no more credit than they would give you! Think for yourself and free your computer, free your mind and understand what you are doing before you install useless junk on your computer that is spying on you.
These accessory spyware programs will start themselves every time you boot up, and do not even need your permission to do so...
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Summary: Goodbye Intuit, and Goodbye Turbo Tax
Review: I have been a loyal Intuit Turbo Tax customer since 1993 but will now say goodbye due to their disasterous marketing and the biggest mistake of locking me out of transfering my data from one PC to another.
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Summary: Downfall of Turbo Tax Deluxe
Review: I have used Turbio Tax Deluxe for many years and have never had a problem. This year (TTD for 2002) is a different story. I have had to install it twice and pay for it twice! I have written Turbo Tax a letter aboutr the problems and have yet to receive a reply (3+ weeks). There are more problems running the system than I have seen with any other software, ever! I recommend you buy an abacus or go to jail for tax evasion rather than waste your money on this product!
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Summary: Scumbags
Review: Beware....you WILL NOT get your refund. Intuit tries every trick in the book to keep you from getting your refund. They require special proofs of purchase that many customers will accidentally throw away. Their telephone and e-mail support lines are manned by bots. All e-mail responses are created by computer....and just try to get a human on the phone. Last time I will buy their products...EVER.
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