XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, misc.taxes   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   > On 1/28/2026 3:07 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >> ...w�񧱤�  wrote:   
   >>> Char Jackson wrote on 1/28/2026 12:54 PM:   
   >>>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:33:08 -0500, Maria Sophia   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Yet again, Intuit blindsided loyal users, this time by requiring   
   >>>>> Win11 for   
   >>>>> the 25 tax year when the version of Windows was never previously an   
   >>>>> issue.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I've been using Turbotax since 1984 and I wasn't blindsided.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Intuit sent out an email alerting me to this change on 8/21/2025 and a   
   >>>> second notice, mostly identical to the first, on 10/22/25. Plus, the   
   >>>> product listing on Amazon, where I usually buy mine, clearly said   
   >>>> Windows 11 required.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Similar notification, two notices, Sept 2025, early Nov. 2025 that   
   >>> Win11 was required for 2025 editions.   
   >>>   
   >>> Have purchased 'Deluxe' edition from Staples in past, Amazon was   
   >>> cheaper this year - both sources' content for purchase indicated Win11   
   >>> requirement.   
   >>   
   >> Interesting. I believe both of you. Thanks for that useful information.   
   >   You're welcome.   
   >>   
   >> Everyone here knows me well so they know I would never create an online   
   >> account to any marketing organization, least of all Intuit marketing,   
   >> unless I am forced to at the point of a gun.   
   >   Apparently, you deviated from the 'gun' requirement, using a   
   > throw-away email to create the account.   
   >   
   >> You all believe me because you know me well.   
   >> So I don't doubt they sent that email to the bogus registration address.   
   >   
   > The email notices were just another courtesy. The requirement available   
   > prior to completing the purchase(Win11 required) was clearly specified.   
   >   - unfortunate for you and possibly others having the same   
   > concern(maybe some of those exist in different forums or feedback   
   > services/reviews - online, social media, etc.   
   >   
   > Good luck if you choose to return it.   
      
   Thanks for all your help and that from the others because I was clueless   
   yesterday when Intuit blindsided me, but now I think I'm on board.   
      
   In a way, I probably will thank Intuit Marketing for forcing me to look   
   elsewhere, even as I was perfectly happy using their software until now.   
      
   I already bought H&R Block Premier with State for $42.50 on Amazon.   
   It's less than the TurboTax Premier but only by about $7.50.   
      
   Since state e-filing on TurboTax is effectively $15 (with the $10   
   discount), that gets eaten up by the H&R Block $19.95 state efile fee.   
      
   Effectively, they're about two bucks different, which is nothing.   
   I didn't even know all of this until Intuit forced me to go elsewhere.   
      
   I generally don't rush to do my taxes, but when I do them, I will strive to   
   write up a report so that everyone benefits from my experience, as always.   
      
   As for Costco, in the USA, we don't worry about returning stuff.   
      
   Right now I'm concentrating on writing to the media and I need to find the   
   address at Costco marketing to tell them to put up a big warning sign.   
      
   Wish me luck! :)   
      
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