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Posted by Donald Sessler on January 11, 2008, 8:34 am
Please log in for more thread options Been doing that for years with ETrade and Quicken.
> Hey, my bank (citibank) was hosing me 9.95 per month. I have less than
> ten transactions/checks per month on my checking account, and maybe 5 on
> my other accounts, so axed that fine service. Use the citibank website
> now, no charge, and manually enter whatever I do there into Quicken.
> Should have made this move 5 years ago.
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>>> Over the last few months, I've seen numerous posts about the data
>>> being transmitted from Intuit to your Quicken accounts. Apparently,
>>> NO ONE is LISTENING! Tonight, I had to manual upgrade five
>>> securities. It's sad that YAHOO can get the quotes right thirty
>>> minutes after the markets close.
>>>
>>> Since 1992 I have religiously upgraded my Quicken. Knowing full well
>>> there was not that much difference between the previous year and the
>>> new year's edition. 2008 is different. Since Intuit chooses not to
>>> listen to our voices, maybe they'll pay attention to bottom line. THE
>>> PRODUCT HAS LOST IT'S RELIABILITY! I will NOT upgrade to the 2008
>>> edition.
>>>
>>> Next, speaking of of Intuit revenue, do you realize that if you
>>> download information from your bank, you are paying a monthly service
>>> charge. The monthly charge is $5.95. It's not that difficult to
>>> manual enter your transactions. Plus, how reliable is the data being
>>> entered for you? And yes, the reason for the monthly charge is to pay
>>> for the service! You can bet financial institutions are paying
>>> royalites to both Intuit (Quicken) and Microsoft (Money).
>>>
>>> Hopefully when sales decrease, someone will finally understand why!
>>> Product quality has gone down the tubes.
>>>
>>> Done typing, done buying annual s/w upgrades and done paying monthly
>>> bank fees for a product I have to review DAILY for accuracy!!
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>> I pretty much agree with you. I pay no bank charges aside from
>> personalized checks. (the cost of printing them, not for processing them)
>> ..the books I bought 5 years ago are barely used. I update prices
>> (manually) monthly, quarterly or semiannually--depends how much spare
>> time I have. That way I KNOW that they are accurate. It is not necessary
>> for me to know my EXACT net worth on a daily or even weekly basis.
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