Quicken 2008 rebate?

"Bob Wang" wrote in news:XPednaYvRJF-9FrbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

=======================Oooh you must like throwing money away...

check out

Interactive Brokers

quit throwing money away for trades.

Not as much as those who bought IBKR at $34 in May ;-)

check out

Interactive Brokers

quit throwing money away for trades.

"Bob Wang" wrote in news:Mb2dnQ2iS8lDH1rbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

================I < NEVER > do IPO's.

Love Interactive Brokers but I never touched the stock.

I'd surely like to see the fine print on that guarantee. I have to wonder if they have EVER agree to pay out on that offer.

Try and define "does it right"!! I doubt that you'll find 2 people on this ng who would agree on what that is.... ;-)

For credit cards, you are not responsible for *any* charges after you notify the CC company. The maximum you are liable for is $50.

SOME of us believe in being proactive in computer security matters--we do NOT rely on promises from financial institutions about limited liability if one's credit is illegally accessed. Better to nip it in the bud rather than rely on OTHERS to make things right. Sort of like leaving your door unlocked because LIEbrawls think that the police and the courts will "make things right" if anyone opens that door illegally.

"sharx35" wrote in news:mXVxi.115131$xk5.24899@edtnps82:

Life is full of compromises. IMO your compromise between the degree of security acceptable to you and convenience for you, is for less convenience and more security than appeals to me.

To each his own, and with utmost respect to the choices others make (most of the time, knowingly leaving your computer open to be used as a bot is beyond what I would call acceptable).

Where exactly did I say that??? Try reading a post before you go off like that...

"Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote in news:7sUxi.484$u%6.302 @newsfe12.lga:

This is what you posted, Arnold.

In the other post I was answering sharx35, not you.

For starters, don't remove fetaures and then charge for an upgrade.

(I see you are a Microsoft MVP, so you are accustomed to be jerked around by vendors....)

There is more to a brokerage service than the trades.

bjn wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

FWIW, I have had really good help from MS MVPs, so IMNSHO that remark is off.

In addition, nobody forces you to keep using (new versions of) Quicken. As many have said, for the performance you get purchasing new versions is almost like a subscription charge, like many AV programs have.

All that being said, new version shock is very real, especially if it affects your established way of working. However, the only way around would be to keep supporting really old versions, and that should (IMO) entail yearly maintenance charges.

YMMV (acronymfinder.com)

bjn wrote in news:vrhgc3tj089si486946fjupm4rq32p55be@

please elaborate. I'd like to know what I am missing by making my own decisions.

The problem is we've gone WAY past the original rebate discussion that was a simple question about the timing of the rebate! Perhaps time to drop credit card and security threads within this discussion, or move it to a more meaningful NG?

As a former computer professional, I have found that new-version shock is worse for users who seldom upgrade. If they upgrade more frequently, feature and GUI changes are less dramatic and thus, less of a shock. That said, no one really likes change. Or at least it takes us all a while to get used to it. I find myself that when I upgrade to a new software versions (no matter what program), there are features and GUI changes that I may initially dislike only to find later that I quite like them.

Anyway, my two cents.

Regards,

Margaret

Han wrote:

Just don't read the postings that are of no interest to you.

Ben - Sorry, must not have been clear. I wasn't complaining about the postings beng off topic per se....my point was addressed to the fact that so many threads have been posted under this original topic we're losing track of who said what to who....which often happens when so many side threads (like this one, in fact!) are made.

Not sure exactly what that last comment means... Do you understand what an MVP is???