I use Intuit's Quicken to keep track of my finances (in fact, I haven't kept a manual check register since 1991 when I started using it!) and TurboTax to do my taxes. I don't succumb to Intuit's come-on's to get me to upgrade to the latest and greates version every year, but I do upgrade every couple or 3 years or so, primarily because they have a tendency to drop support for certain features from older versions.
So every couple years at this time of year, I go through this exercise of trying to find the best combination price on TurboTax and Quicken. They (Intuit and the various retailers) play all kinds of games of promotional tie-ins and rebates between the two. I'm going to use the Deluxe versions of both TurboTax and Quicken this year, and each has a retail list price of about $60 (although the Deluxe version without the included State tax return, which I don't need in Texas, appears to be about $50). But then you can usually find a rebate of up to $30 on Quicken if you buy Turbotax.
I looked around at different retailers, including Best Buy, Sam's, and Fry's Sam's had each of them for $38-$39 (can't remember the change), but no rebates, which put the total at $78 + tax. Best Buy appeared to have a good deal Saturday night, with Quicken for $39.99, and the Premier version of Quicken bearing a sticker proclaiming a $25 instant rebate on Quicken Deluxe, Premier, or Home and Business if you bought Turbotax. But the sticker wasn't on the Deluxe version, and they wouldn't honor the terms at the cash register, making the total with tax $91. Thanks, but no.
I checked online today, including sites such as PriceGrabber who make it their mission to be able to find price online. BUZZZZ. Wrong answer. They claimed $46 was the best price for Quicken Deluxe 2011.
I manually went to Amazon, and checked their, and their price was $35.98, with free shipping and no sales tax (at least in Texas). Go here
to check it out. And, actually, you can get an instant download version for $3.00 less ($32.98). And that was without a rebate, which leaves me able to purchase Turbotax a little later when Fry's starts running their promotions to get 100's of dollars worth of software free with the purchase of Turbotax!
Anyway, just in case anybody else is looking.
So every couple years at this time of year, I go through this exercise of trying to find the best combination price on TurboTax and Quicken. They (Intuit and the various retailers) play all kinds of games of promotional tie-ins and rebates between the two. I'm going to use the Deluxe versions of both TurboTax and Quicken this year, and each has a retail list price of about $60 (although the Deluxe version without the included State tax return, which I don't need in Texas, appears to be about $50). But then you can usually find a rebate of up to $30 on Quicken if you buy Turbotax.
I looked around at different retailers, including Best Buy, Sam's, and Fry's Sam's had each of them for $38-$39 (can't remember the change), but no rebates, which put the total at $78 + tax. Best Buy appeared to have a good deal Saturday night, with Quicken for $39.99, and the Premier version of Quicken bearing a sticker proclaiming a $25 instant rebate on Quicken Deluxe, Premier, or Home and Business if you bought Turbotax. But the sticker wasn't on the Deluxe version, and they wouldn't honor the terms at the cash register, making the total with tax $91. Thanks, but no.
I checked online today, including sites such as PriceGrabber who make it their mission to be able to find price online. BUZZZZ. Wrong answer. They claimed $46 was the best price for Quicken Deluxe 2011.
I manually went to Amazon, and checked their, and their price was $35.98, with free shipping and no sales tax (at least in Texas). Go here
to check it out. And, actually, you can get an instant download version for $3.00 less ($32.98). And that was without a rebate, which leaves me able to purchase Turbotax a little later when Fry's starts running their promotions to get 100's of dollars worth of software free with the purchase of Turbotax!Anyway, just in case anybody else is looking.
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