Comments on: Quicken 2010 Review and Giveaway

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:24:44 +0000

It would be nice if Intuit offers to download checks images. Let’s say I have 4 checks to deopit.

$50 from aa bb, $100 from c d, $200 from e f, and $150 from g h.

If I depotit them together in one transaction is $500.

How nice if Quicken download all the check images. and add a searchable note such as:

aa bb $50 (or just aa bb, c d , e f )
c d $100 …

so in months or years later, I can search and will be able to find aa bb or c d that I deposited.

Instead just showing a $500 transaction. who will remember from who and what.

Intuit your product is not at the dead end (like Winfax) . move on and implement it

By: JimBob

JimBob — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:15:20 +0000

What makes me nuts about Quicken (besides the hanging-on-update issue, which I get about every third or fourth update) is that the format for reports is so clunky and cannot be customized or altered in any way. One of the handiest things about Quicken is that, if you handle your categories carefully, when it comes tax time you can pop out a report of income and deductible expenses for your tax preparer (even when that’s yourself) in a matter of minutes. But the format is close to illegible, with totals at the top, no lines, no way to separate categories with spaces for readability. It’s truly infuriating and surely one of the simplest things in the world for Intuit to take care of. I hope they’re listening, because I’m not buying another upgrade (I’m at 2007) until I hear that report format can be customized! So there!

By: loucarfizzi

loucarfizzi — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:36 +0000

It would be wonderful if I could Quicken my business financial data. (pun intended) I am a Facebook Fan

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:01:35 +0000

You should have a period where you can return it if you are not satisfied. I believe it is 60 days.

By: Trenton J. McKinney

Trenton J. McKinney — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:22:58 +0000

I would surmise that your Quicken lock-ups are a system issue, not an issue with the software. A nice way to get around the data download issue is to use Scheduled Updates (found in the Online Menu > Schedule Updates). Make certain to put a check next to the Financial Institutions you want to download.

By: Trenton J. McKinney

Trenton J. McKinney — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:17:41 +0000

For a home business I think quicken home & business is probably fine, but for larger business you may want to look at Quickbooks which is also an intuit product.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:56:37 +0000

Dawn…HOW are you downloading into Quicken Ho/B 2003? They don’t support downloads beyon Q1007 currently.

By: Sheryl Pimentel

Sheryl Pimentel — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:16:03 +0000

My bookkeeping for our business would be streamlined and so much easier with Quicken 2010. Thanks for the information and drawing.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:47:05 +0000

Hi, it’s a great article and great review. I believe that you might have missed to review a very important feature of Quicken.

As when Quicken released first few releases (1992), I have bought and happily used them, every week or other day, I input manually each transaction, which includes checks deposit, checks cashed, credit card transaction, then when I receive the statement of each bank, I do compare them. T

hen slowly after 4-5 years, banks allow their clients be able to download they online statements in Quicken or Money format, I was happied to download them each month and imported to Quicken.

If I remember correctly, started from 2002-2003, Quicken was able to download the statements/transactions directly from the banks, It put me at easy, which have saved me lots of time.

And for the past three years, Bank of America, has allowed their clients to not just download the text transaction, they do allow their clients ALSO to download the bank checks images (front and back) for each checks deposit and checks cashed. I

am still using 2006 version, 3 years ago, I have called Quicken tech-supp and expressed my request/wish/expect that Intuit improve/enhance/add the feature that could automatically download also the check images that available. I guess, maybe there are not much demand; therefore Intuit did not implement this feature.

Now a days, the storages in PC and Internet bandwidth no longer an issue. and would be great that you can review and commend it. if you add your comment in your review, I bet, Intuit will wake up their developers and marketing team.

I would not absolutely purchase another release of Quicken, just because, they have improved the cosmetic and GUI. I will wait and will upgrade every 4-5 years/releases. But, once I know they implemented that feature, I will run out buy a copy at once.

To whom that does not have Quicken yet, it’s maybe worthy to buy it, people can buy older version for much cheaper cost – unless you just upgraded or have Windows 7, then you may have to buy 2010 version.

By: Dawn Holliday

Dawn Holliday — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:05:33 +0000

I have recorded every check I’ve written and cash spent since December of 1991, in Quicken– I have run a small business since April of 1998 and have keep all my book work in Quicken. I also manage an apartment building, and keep all my rental information in quicken. Currently I am using Quicken home and business 2003 and would love to try the new version. I download my bank accounts and paypal into my Quicken program, and would like to get a Quicken version of POS system for my store. I love Quicken and highly recommend for personal and business use!!!

By: Flexo

Flexo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:59:41 +0000

The giveaway has ended as of 11:59 PM ET and the winners will be announced shortly. Any comments below this do not qualify.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:49:46 +0000

Truth be told, I have nothing to say, just want to win the free copy :)

By: Ed Walsh

Ed Walsh — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:24:17 +0000

Good article. Like your stories and this one is no exception.

By: Jennifer Barr

Jennifer Barr — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:49:27 +0000

would love to win!!

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:21:16 +0000

I am seriously contenplating my own business and this would come in very handy..

1. I became a fan on FB
2. I tweeted the message on twitter
3. Leaving my comment on this website :)

Good luck everyone!

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:09:56 +0000

Hey there! I did the facebook fan thing, the tweeter thing, and am leaving a comment to let you know that I’d love to win the copy of Quicken. My mom is actually a long-term Quicken user, and this would be a great Christmas gift for her.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:44:54 +0000

Thanks for the review, it’s too bad Intuit has sort of slowed down in the innovation department, but maybe the Mint acquisition will help with Quicken 2011. I won’t pay to upgrade, but I’ll take a free copy any day.

By: David Schlesinger

David Schlesinger — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:50:28 +0000

Any improvement to Quicken’s [non-existent] integration with Excel? In 2009, when you output to Excel, you don’t get any formulas (i.e., a total in a column is just the number, not the sum of the other number). This impedes any kind of analysis or modeling in Excel.

Is there any way to import a budget that you created in Excel?

Thanks

By: Mariel

Mariel — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:58:18 +0000

Ditto on the drawing.

By: Dave Mitchell

Dave Mitchell — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:44:44 +0000

Ahh…nice to see a mention of Managing Your Money in the comments above….takes me back a ways. I’ve been a Quicken user for years and years, and the one feature that keeps me with it is the Savings Goals. Once someone replicates that, I may be one my way out (but I hope I win the Q2010!)

By: Robert Bernstein

Robert Bernstein — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:27:56 +0000

I became a fan on facebook too. Thanks for the chance.

Bob

By: Robert Bernstein

Robert Bernstein — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:25:56 +0000

Thank you for the valuable information. I was hoping that I could use the software during the updating process with this version.

Robert

By: Gayle Watkins

Gayle Watkins — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:07:42 +0000

Informative article. I am a long-time Quicken user, and am anxious to try this new version.
Fan of you on Facebook
Tweeted here:
http://twitter.com/CleverGayle/status/5073981240

Thanks!

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:40:47 +0000

Really nice review, will deffinately be buying a money management software soon to help with my finances.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:08:30 +0000

Great article. I have been looking for something else to manage my finances since Microsoft Money is no more, maybe I can win!!!

Also I am now a fan of Consumerism Commentary on Facebook!!