# Don't Buy Quicken Software From Intuit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-quicken-software-from-intuit/239548>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 12, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-quicken-software-from-intuit/239548 "2004-04-12T02:43:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-quicken-software-from-intuit/239548/21 "2004-04-13T15:46:37Z")

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So, am I the only person who read the OP title as “Don’t Buy Quicken Software from Inuits”?

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**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-quicken-software-from-intuit/239548/22 "2004-04-13T19:19:58Z")

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> [@scout1222](#):
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> Actually, if the software is $60 and there’s a $20 rebate, you’re going to have to pay _$40_, not $30.
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> Good thing you’re using the software, bub. 😃
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> [sub]disclaimer: I’m an accountant who can’t even do the math right without a calculator most times.[/sub]

Believe it or not, I have a doctorate in engineering. In that spirit, I will contend that I was right within a safety factor of 1.25 🙂

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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-quicken-software-from-intuit/239548/23 "2004-04-13T19:56:31Z")

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Eh, close enough for government work.

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