2006 Download vs CD?

There is at least one potentially useful tool you will be missing if you do not get the CD; it is a tool for complete removal of a corrupted Quicken installation, including all registry entries.

Personally, I would never purchase software without the CD if one were available.

one go about getting a CD to replace the download (aside from paying another $70)?

...and as a side note, does anyone know where on the Quicken site it mentions the differences between the two delivery options?

Thanks, pete

I am reasonably certain you do not have to pay full price again to get it on CD.

One possibility is to take advantage of the 60 money back guarantee policy, "return" your downloaded version, then purchase the CD ... if you haven't already owned the download for 60 days.

Also, I just read the other day that if you lose your CD, you can buy a replacement for $15 + shipping/handling ... so I think you should not have to worry about paying any more than that.

I took a brief look around the Intuit site but couldn't find any other useful information; you might have better luck, or you can just call their sales department.

When he intended to write:

One possibility is to take advantage of the 60 day money back guarantee policy, ....

Thanks. I should look into that. I'll have to wait until Monday to call them about it though. Thanks again.

pete

I always recommend that people get the boxed set. You can get it at multiple places for the same or, more likely, less as from Intuit. If you use Turbo Tax, I'd wait for a couple of weeks or so. There are usually some very good deals (Staples usually has, IMNSHO, the best one) where you can get Q for a lot less.

I can't imagine why Intuit would follow up with a boxed set. That's the whole point of a download. It saves them the cost of the packaging.

I suspect that he download is a "starter" app that will download the full package.

To avoid even that charge, be sure to burn the download before proceeding...

Well, the thing is, I got "Quicken 2006 Premier". They did nothing to mark the download version as anything different from the boxed set. They even mentioned that the download would be big, thus implying that the download would be around CD size. These days, 41M is not big. Regardless of the price it's offered at, to offer the same package, labeled the same way, at the same price, without any indication that one's different from the other beyond the media you get (plastic disc vs bits) seems a little wrong to me. I don't think they're trying to screw the customer as, AFAICT, they don't gain anything from this. I just think it was an oversite on their behalf.

That said, I'm still annoyed. I want to "return" the download. I'll go to one of my local computer stores (or Staples, thank you, Hank) and pick up the plastic disc version.

pete

Actually, they even say it's the same as the boxed version.

http://quicken.> Well, the thing is, I got "Quicken 2006 Premier". They did nothing to

As far as I know, this is the first year the uninstall tool has been available to users at all. And when asked directly if it was available for downloaders, Intuit said, "no", but they were looking into making it available to them.