Home Inventory: Good or Bad?

Posted by Oilcan on September 11, 2008, 2:43 pm

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The best freeware I found is at www.knowyourstuff.org. I do not know
how it compare with the newer Quicken product, but it is much more
robust then the older QHI application. I believe this was written by
the Insurance Industry.

Oilcan

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From: Andrew [mailto:andrew@jkl.com]
Posted At: Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:43 AM
Posted To: alt.comp.software.financial.quicken
Conversation: Home Inventory: Good or Bad?
Subject: Re: Home Inventory: Good or Bad?

Oilcan wrote:

> ... I use neither of these Home Inventory products.

> Oilcan

What do you use? An EXCEL spreadsheet might be just as good for me
anyway.
Any 'freeware' out there that's as good. I am using QHI only on
momentum as
I started logging stuff in their in the early 1990s I think (maybe even
late
1980s -- the ICONS on QHI certainly look like Windows 3 timeframe!)

But I don't see an easy export way on their menu to get the data out of
it
however. I believe we discussed this several years ago on how to do it,
but
I can't remember the details. Any easy method? I can search the
archives
later tonight; go to get to work now in the morning.

(OT - As I write this at approximately 845 AM on 9/11, please take a
moment
to remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks 7 years ago today at
approximately this time.)
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- Andrew

Posted by XS11E on September 11, 2008, 3:04 pm

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> The best freeware I found is at www.knowyourstuff.org. I do not

> know how it compare with the newer Quicken product, but it is much

> more robust then the older QHI application. I believe this was

> written by the Insurance Industry.

Thanks, that looks very useful!

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Posted by JimH on September 11, 2008, 6:21 pm

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XS11E wrote:

>> The best freeware I found is at www.knowyourstuff.org. I do not

>> know how it compare with the newer Quicken product, but it is much

>> more robust then the older QHI application. I believe this was

>> written by the Insurance Industry.

> Thanks, that looks very useful!

I'll second that. I've not messed with the Quicken home inventory. It
appears too limited to be any good. This looks great. The fact that it
can store pictures means I don't have to inventory all of my DVD
collection. With this program, I can just store a few pictures with all
of the titles visible. Same for CDs, and maybe even my old records.
After all, A thief could steal enough in a few minutes to cost a lot to
replace, and proving I own them could be difficult. A picture really is
worth a thousand words.

Thanks!

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Posted by XS11E on September 11, 2008, 8:21 pm

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> XS11E wrote:

>>> The best freeware I found is at www.knowyourstuff.org. I do not

>>> know how it compare with the newer Quicken product, but it is

>>> much more robust then the older QHI application. I believe this

>>> was written by the Insurance Industry.

>> Thanks, that looks very useful!

> I'll second that.

I wish they included a round tuit with the program, somehow I gotta get
a round tuit..... <sigh>

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Posted by Andrew on September 11, 2008, 7:57 pm

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Oilcan wrote:

> The best freeware I found is at www.knowyourstuff.org. I do not know

> how it compare with the newer Quicken product, but it is much more

> robust then the older QHI application. I believe this was written by

> the Insurance Industry.

> Oilcan

Wow! Cool - thanks.

So does anyone remember the easiest way to get info out of QHI in machine
readible format - other than cut and paste (although that works wonders
sometimes too!)

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