SOCIAL: Fwd: Fwd: Free QuickBooks at Staples - TODAY only

[Manish Champsee]

My understanding is that quicken products on the mac blow. I run
quicken using bootcamp on windows on my mac. It's the only windows
program that I regularly run.

Manish

On 12/24/08, E. Grace Gellerman <egracia at well.com> wrote:
> I keep the books for two small businesses- one in QB on Windows and
> the other in MS Money (in combination with doing the billing in MS
> Word).  For my own finances, I use Quicken on a Mac.
>
> Quicken on a Mac kinda sucks for me (but not everyone), and it
> reminds me that being Mac user comes with a price- great overall
> system on which not all software works swimmingly.
>
> What I can tell you is that QB on Windows works fine.   No quirkiness
> at all- none of the shenanigans that the personal version acts out on
> a Mac.
>
> I recently bought a printer that came with a certificate for some
> free version of QB (sorry- not home right now so don't know the exact
> one).  But whatever ver it is, it only works for first time setup of
> QB and not for transferring over existing data.
>
> If that's of interest to anyone, let me know and I'll happily pass it along.
>
> Thanks,
> Grace
>
> At 10:19 AM -0700 12/24/08, Willo O'Brien wrote:
>>OK, awesome...that makes me feel better. I mean, sad for both of us,
>>obviously (they always hose us mac ppl, what up w/ that!?), but I
>>would have been pissed if I missed such a great deal. hah.
>>
>>Thanks Celeste!
>>
>>and re: Randall's reply - HA. Srsly. Can someone come out with an
>>accounting program that kicks QBs ass, please? (and no, I don't want
>>to use MYOB).
>>
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>>w
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>>Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>>From: c e l e s t e h o w e l l
>>><<mailto:celestejewel at mac.com>celestejewel at mac.com>
>>>Date: December 24, 2008 8:36:58 AM MST
>>>To: Willo O'Brien <<mailto:willo at willotoons.com>willo at willotoons.com>
>>>Cc: <mailto:social at lists.deeptrouble.com>social at lists.deeptrouble.com
>>>Subject: Re: SOCIAL: Fwd:  Free QuickBooks at Staples - TODAY only
>>>
>>>I tried to get the Mac version and was shot down.
>>>Free version was only the Windows version. bleah.
>>>
>>>celeste
>>>
>>>. . .             . . .              . . .
>>>c e l e s t e j e w e l h o w e l l
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>On Dec 24, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Willo O'Brien wrote:
>>>
>>>>Did anyone do this? I was bummed to miss out on it, as I was
>>>>traveling all day Monday, but if this was for the new QB Pro 2009
>>>>for Mac, I want that so bad!
>>>>
>>>>w
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>>From: Kathi McCracken Dente
>>>>><<mailto:kathi at mccrackendesign.com>kathi at mccrackendesign.com>
>>>>>Date: December 22, 2008 10:30:31 AM MST
>>>>>To: Social <<mailto:social at deeptrouble.com>social at deeptrouble.com>
>>>>>Subject: SOCIAL: Free QuickBooks at Staples - TODAY only
>>>>>
>>>>>I just received the following offer from a former coworker at
>>>>>Intuit and thought some of you on the list with small businesses
>>>>>may be interested.
>>>>>
>>>>>Happy Holidays!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>><http://cp3.intuit.com/CMS/articlefiles/2872-QuickbooksFlyer_V2.pdf>http://cp3.intuit.com/CMS/articlefiles/2872-QuickbooksFlyer_V2.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry for the blast email... but if anyone wants a copy of
>>>>>QuickBooks, you can get it FREE today!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>To help customers grow and run their small businesses Intuit will
>>>>>offer QuickBooks Pro for FREE at Staples stores on Monday, Dec.
>>>>>22. This promotion will help small businesses through tough
>>>>>economic times, and supports our goal of bringing customers,
>>>>>customers, customers into the small business ecosystem.
>>>>>
>>>>>The regular price at Staples is $199.99. Customers will receive
>>>>>$40 in instant savings and, with a $159.99 mail-in rebate, they
>>>>>get QuickBooks Pro for FREE!
>>>>>
>>>>>This is a great opportunity to tell all of your friends and
>>>>>family to go to one of our most valuable retail partners and get
>>>>>a great deal on QuickBooks.  Please forward this e-mail or
>>>>>download and print or forward the promotional advertisement
>>>>><<http://cp3.intuit.com/CMS/articlefiles/2872-QuickbooksFlyer_V2.pdf>http://cp3.intuit.com/CMS/articlefiles/2872-QuickbooksFlyer_V2.pdf>
>>>>>
>>>>> to your friends and family.
>>>>>
>>>>>The offer is one day only; you can find the nearest Staples store
>>>>>at <http://www.staples.com>www.staples.com
>>>>><<http://www.staples.com/>http://www.staples.com/>  or buy
>>>>>on-line.
>>>>>
>>>>>Rick Jensen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Kathi McCracken Dente
>>>>>User Experience Strategy and Design
>>>>>
>>>>>McCracken Design
>>>>><http://www.mccrackendesign.com>http://www.mccrackendesign.com
>>>>>415-225-5840
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