Comments on: Intuit Quicken 2008 is Here! And Here’s a Giveaway!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:34:37 +0000

I love your pf blog! You offer a lot of great advice.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:12:51 +0000

Boy, I’d love to win a copy- just started using quicken after several years of just checking my online balance and love being able to track income/expenses and net worth so quickly.

By: Kurt Moeller

Kurt Moeller — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:46:25 +0000

First off great website and keep up the great work. I have been learning about personal finance since I got out of college in 2003 and have been constantly evolving, using newer (or many time just different) techniques for tracking my money. Since mid-2005 I’ve simplified my Excel tracking system 4.0 strictly to monthly balance sheets for my accounts with a aimed at budget forecast. I added an income statement in January of this year, though it does get tricky keeping track of everything and cross-referencing it with my 12 solo accounts (checking, savings, credit). And it got trickier getting married this year and adding my wife’s 9 accounts along with our 5 joint accounts. We have different incomes from 1 Rental Property, her Lia Sophia business, my occasional computer consulting business and both our full-time careers. It gets to be almost obsessive to constantly keep track of every penny and where it is going without totally turning her off to the process of financial management. I have tried Microsoft Money 2002, but was not disappointed by the lack of customization in the program for reporting. I love to see reports and analyze numbers, probably more than I care about the budgeting itself. I highly like your monthly process of both income statement and balance sheet and it seems simplified to just download all the info into one program and print out reports, spending more time analyzing and looking for new avenues of income than the busy work of cut and paste each statement into a report. Basically I am ready to give Quicken 2008 a chance after seeing your success with it.

By: GeekMan

GeekMan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:58:48 +0000

I’ve tried Quicken in the past and have never been able to even get it to work with my banks or finances. I’m willing to give it another try (this would make #4 over the last 10 years) but I’m doubtful it will ever help me.

Perhaps I’m just helpless…

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:56:49 +0000

Great idea. would love to upgrade.

Keep up the good blog. I read every week.

By: PhantomMB

PhantomMB — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:42:24 +0000

I have been using Quicken since 1993 and used to upgrade religiously till Quicken 2003 (or somewhere around that time frame – when the ‘features’ just weren’t worth the money). Currently, I am on Quicken 2007 Premier. I have never tried Money – for fear of how much time I would have to spend on ‘converting’ my data. Nice lock-in, eh?
I don’t see the value in upgrading to Quicken 2008 based on the reviews and feature lists. But ‘free’ is an unbeatable value – free market economy rules!
Thanks for all your great work and thanks for putting up the Quicken Copies.
Cheers,
Manoj

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:37:39 +0000

Flexo–

It would be great to receive a copy of Quicken.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:55:57 +0000

Maybe it is time to graduate from Excel!

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:38:39 +0000

Here’s hoping I can win!

By: foolarch

foolarch — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:34:21 +0000

pick me, randomizer.

and thank you.

By: jnwcmr

jnwcmr — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:10:59 +0000

Thanks for offering the products as gifts. I’ve been using Quicken since “Quicken for Windows v2.0″ ~circa 1993

I find that for general record-keeping, it is a very good product, although the reporting features are lacking. I use OpenOffice Calc to make my quarterly reports.

Thanks again for the chance to win!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:03:58 +0000

Yikes! I’m #115 to leave a comment on this post. This is a live example of how when a situation permits arbitrage (making money without no risk), the whole system find a way to re-establish a stable environment. With more than 100 entries, you have much less chance to win. Therefore, you need to make more efforts and be creative in your comment if you want to have chance to win. So we went from a simple “Sounds interesting, could I get a copy??” to MS money or Quicken reviews.

I personally never used Quicken since I have MS Money. This could be very interesting to compare both of them.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:05:28 +0000

Okay, if I get this I will give a solid attempt at Quicken-izing my finances.

By: Jon L

Jon L — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:31:24 +0000

What’s more frugal than free?

By: Steve O.

Steve O. — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:00:36 +0000

A copy of Quicken sure would be nice. :D Maybe then I can manage my money well enough to buy some Laker tickets this upcoming season.

By: Di

Di — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:52:16 +0000

I’ve been having a rough time with my personal finance software transition: I was using MSN Money until last year, and there were problems with it – especially when I started my own business and found it was completely unadaptable for situations like mine where work/home budgets are very closely intertwined. I’d be open to trying a new software, especially one that worked with PayPal, since that’s where the bulk of my funds flow through.

By: Kenny Jacob

Kenny Jacob — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:18:23 +0000

Hello!

By: James Trimble

James Trimble — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:46:32 +0000

I’d love to get the new quicken! Sign me up please! :)

By: Holly Williams

Holly Williams — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:16:11 +0000

Hello,

I would love to receive a copy! I took your advise on a dishwasher, I begged my husband to replace and it is still going strong and a energy saver. Your awesome!

Thank you.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:15:30 +0000

Would love to have Quicken 2008. I have Quicken 2005 and I need to upgrade…

By: MoneyPhreek

MoneyPhreek — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:34:05 +0000

I’m a quicken convertee after having fought with MS money for so many years. I’d love to try the new version!

By: wormbuff

wormbuff — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:35:00 +0000

mmm… windows version :)

By: Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:25:49 +0000

Thanks for the great site and having the Quicken contest!

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:21:03 +0000

Enter me please

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:19:19 +0000

First off, thanks for this opportunity to win this software. I have been using Quicken for quite some time now after Money failed to have access to about half of my online accounts. Created a huge hassle for myself.

Anyways, thanks for the website, I read it through RSS feeds every single day.

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:19:02 +0000

I’ve used Quicken for many years. Have tried Money a couple of times, but always returned to Quicken, probably because of the long learning curve in using either of these financial management programs. They do seem to get better each year. Seem to have fewer problems and require less fine tuning.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:59:32 +0000

I am a long time Quicken user. Overall I’m quite happy with the software. I’m not sure if the 2008 version has this, but I’d love to see them incorporate some type of tag system. I use the categories, but I need a way to assign several other attributes to combine dining,gas,lodging to run a report on a specific vacation. I know classes can be used but what if the same entry applies to multiple classes? In any case, please enter me in the contest. Thanks!

By: Barkley

Barkley — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:57:53 +0000

It’s an uphill climb getting out of debt. Using Quicken 2008, more of a sure bet! Eternally grateful, if I win! Thanks for the chance my friend.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:32:18 +0000

I have been using an older version of Quicken for the past year and it’s really been helping me move forward with debt elimination and savings.

Quicken 2008 sounds like it’d be awesome to help continue down that path…especially as the versions really only last so long.

By: DJ

DJ — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:24:39 +0000

I’m in university, and have just moved into a place of my own. Because of this, I’m in a whole new world for me, financially speaking.

It would be very useful to have a program that would help me manage my finances; I’ve never really gone beyond the basic Excel list of income & expenses (I wouldn’t even call it a budget).

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:21:30 +0000

I have used Quicken since 1995, and have downloaded and catagorized years worth of my bank account transaction information to use for budget planning and control for my family finances. It is an incredibly useful tool for keeping track of expenses. Every upgrade is not really required, in my view, but I am interested as I am currently running 2002. A lot has likely changed in the past 5 years!

By: iarenoob

iarenoob — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:09:00 +0000

I am 21 and just started to learn about budgeting and I have a tough start since I am in over my head! But I think Quicken would really help me out!

By: franco

franco — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:57:56 +0000

I have never used a budgeting program. I keep it very simple with my checkbook, so it would great to use the program.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:56:33 +0000

huh, for the first time I crawled out from RSS reader to your actual page to post a comment. And wow, your page looks really different than I imagined. In any case, I would like to take one of your Quickens. Thanks.

By: DJDove

DJDove — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:40:22 +0000

I’ve got over a decade of my financial life in Quicken. I’ve had to transfer the Paypal info by hand. Looking forward to a free 2008 edition since my funds are really low with three kids in college…

By: david sellers

david sellers — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:05:43 +0000

I’d saw the release last week and wanted to upgrade but couldn’t justify spending more money on quicken h&b when i have quicken 2007. Thanks for the great site..
david

By: thomas

thomas — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:38:52 +0000

too late to enter?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:58:58 +0000

Dropping my name in the hat, too.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:28:53 +0000

i hope i win!

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:18:09 +0000

I’ve been playing around with a review copy of Quicken 2008 (I teach Quicken and run a PC User Group Quicken SIG) and although there are not too many big changes, there are two that I noticed immediately.

1. You can now REALLY backup to a CD and burn the saved data directly from within Quicken, without having to deal with the XP burner separately. That alone might make the upgrade worthwhile for many people.

2. They changed category ‘classes” to the new “tags” without any clear explanation of having done so in the Help file. Very poor transition. However, I’m interested to learn from you that you can use more than one tag for a transaction…I don’t think that was possible with classes.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:33:34 +0000

Two haikus about the new PayPal feature in Quicken ’08:

Though I use PayPal,
Old Quickens do not help me,
So I need Oh-Eight.

No more hand-typing;
Need to download split data -
Reconcile quickly!

By: Kevin Korol

Kevin Korol — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:58:35 +0000

I too miss the monthly reports on microsoft money but overall I’m happy with quicken and would love to have a copy of the new one.

By: pchedstrom

pchedstrom — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:39:23 +0000

Quicken by Intuit is a software title that honestly makes an attempt to listen to its customer base and make changes. Company responsiveness is getting to be rare – Just try and see what Microsoft thinks of your opinion! I remember when Intuit changed course about ending Mac support. I would be happy to get a new copy – Its overpriced and I am not overpaid!

By: gabmets

gabmets — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:01:59 +0000

As a user of Quicken 2004 I am sure the 2008 version is a major upgrade. 2004 does work fine for me but I don’t know what i am missing. (I do think that’s a great way to save money by the way)

good luck all

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:02:15 +0000

Would like a copy, but am happy for whoever wins.

By: Savingguy

Savingguy — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:13:56 +0000

Count me in !! It would be great to have quicken instead of relying on current freeware + xls.

By: SavingWithMe

SavingWithMe — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:23:32 +0000

Enter me in the contest. Looking forward to trying 2008 at some point. I am on 2006, and it meets my needs but it might be a good time to upgrade.

By: marmalade

marmalade — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:56:17 +0000

Very useful information, would love to win the 2008 version!

By: GLM

GLM — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:23:33 +0000

I would love to upgrade – my current version of Quicken just will not do all it should. (I would give the old version to my daughter who graduates college in December and has simpler finances)

By: James Dwyer

James Dwyer — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:20:36 +0000

Love the site, been tracking it for several months now. I’m running Quicken 2007 now, and am really interested in the tagging feature of 2008. One problem I’m having with 2007 is that it crashes every time I go to my 401k screen, so I’m hoping they fix this in 2008 because I really feel like I’m not gaining any money in this :(

I also wish that Quicken would offer a better upgrade program, the best I could find was an email offering $20 off Premiere. I’m wondering if the new features are worth the price with the small amount of new features and am looking forward to your review.

Thanks for the site and I hope I win so that I can see my 401k going up again (well, with the market right now, maybe not going up exactly, but you know what I mean…It’s the long haul right?)