Stock Updates

Posted by Bobby on November 14, 2006, 6:38 pm

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The update feature in Quicken to get stock and mutual fund updates seems to
be getting worse everyday. What is the problem? Maybe Microsoft Money would
be a better alternative. I have been a Quicken user since 1995 and all I
have seen is a deterioration of their product and services.

Posted by L Cramer on November 16, 2006, 10:12 pm

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>>Maybe Microsoft Money would be a better alternative

And here I was thinking of switching to Quicken.

I'm afraid you can read the same complaints from Money users. As a Money
user, I have several stock quotes that update only sporadically. "What's
the problem?" Imo, both programs try to do too much. They promise a lot .
. . . . for not very much money. Numerous bugs are the result. Both
companies know that most people are unwilling to pay what it costs to
deliver a high quality program. Both have adopted a business model that
pushes frequent product updates that often introduce more bugs than
improvements.

In Money's case, the 2007 version is probably the best since 2003-04,
i.e., they cleaned up some of the numerous bugs in the previous 2 versions,
although a recent poster on the Money board, who switched from Q to M2007,
thought it was too buggy for him. So, beware!

> The update feature in Quicken to get stock and mutual fund updates seems

> to be getting worse everyday. What is the problem? Maybe Microsoft Money

> would be a better alternative. I have been a Quicken user since 1995 and

> all I have seen is a deterioration of their product and services.

Posted by Oilcan on November 17, 2006, 1:01 am

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I moved to Money 2005 for 6 months. Quicken 10 years prior. Regreted
the switch. Paid the price for converting back (time in recreating
history I wanted). Quicken is buggy right now, but much less then I
experience with Money. Much less complaints about Quicken then Money on
this board....IMHO.

L Cramer wrote:

> >>Maybe Microsoft Money would be a better alternative

> And here I was thinking of switching to Quicken.

> I'm afraid you can read the same complaints from Money users. As a Money

> user, I have several stock quotes that update only sporadically. "What's

> the problem?" Imo, both programs try to do too much. They promise a lot .

> . . . . for not very much money. Numerous bugs are the result. Both

> companies know that most people are unwilling to pay what it costs to

> deliver a high quality program. Both have adopted a business model that

> pushes frequent product updates that often introduce more bugs than

> improvements.

> In Money's case, the 2007 version is probably the best since 2003-04,

> i.e., they cleaned up some of the numerous bugs in the previous 2 versions,

> although a recent poster on the Money board, who switched from Q to M2007,

> thought it was too buggy for him. So, beware!

> > The update feature in Quicken to get stock and mutual fund updates seems

> > to be getting worse everyday. What is the problem? Maybe Microsoft Money

> > would be a better alternative. I have been a Quicken user since 1995 and

> > all I have seen is a deterioration of their product and services.

> >

Posted by L Cramer on November 17, 2006, 5:46 am

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>>I moved to Money 2005 for 6 months

2005 was not a good year for Money. 2007 introduces little that's new, but
fixes a lot that was bad in previous versions, or so I'm told. So far, I've
stuck with 2004, but will likely switch to a Mac soon, although I understand
that Quicken Mac doesn't compare well with the pc version.

>I moved to Money 2005 for 6 months. Quicken 10 years prior. Regreted

> the switch. Paid the price for converting back (time in recreating

> history I wanted). Quicken is buggy right now, but much less then I

> experience with Money. Much less complaints about Quicken then Money on

> this board....IMHO.

> L Cramer wrote:

>> >>Maybe Microsoft Money would be a better alternative

>> And here I was thinking of switching to Quicken.

>> I'm afraid you can read the same complaints from Money users. As a

>> Money

>> user, I have several stock quotes that update only sporadically. "What's

>> the problem?" Imo, both programs try to do too much. They promise a lot

>> .

>> . . . . for not very much money. Numerous bugs are the result. Both

>> companies know that most people are unwilling to pay what it costs to

>> deliver a high quality program. Both have adopted a business model that

>> pushes frequent product updates that often introduce more bugs than

>> improvements.

>> In Money's case, the 2007 version is probably the best since 2003-04,

>> i.e., they cleaned up some of the numerous bugs in the previous 2

>> versions,

>> although a recent poster on the Money board, who switched from Q to

>> M2007,

>> thought it was too buggy for him. So, beware!

>> > The update feature in Quicken to get stock and mutual fund updates

>> > seems

>> > to be getting worse everyday. What is the problem? Maybe Microsoft

>> > Money

>> > would be a better alternative. I have been a Quicken user since 1995

>> > and

>> > all I have seen is a deterioration of their product and services.

>> >