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Intuit Shooting Themselves in the Foot?

I think Intuit is shooting themselves in the foot. My bank doesn't yet support OFX. I currently use Quicken 99 (yes, it's old, but it works!). I was thinking of upgrading to Quicken 2006, but knowing that I will no longer be able to download my transactions from my accounts, that's not going to happen.

I think MS Money still supports QIF imports. My bank says that it is working on supporting OFX, but I know better than to buy Quicken 2006 and wait for my bank to conform.

If MS Money supports QIF files, I am going to buy MS Money 2006.

Intuit, if you're reading this, bad idea. You could have just lost a customer. (True, I am using Quicken 99, so they can say that I am not really a customer they care about since I don't upgrade my versions every couple of years.)

Reply to
Seth
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You just gotta love it when someone argues against themself.

Reply to
MikeB

yep, i like to look at it from both (my and their) perspectives.

Reply to
Seth

To be honest, how is Intuit losing a customer? You say that Q99 works and does what you need and you are "thinking" about upgrading. Also, Intuit does not, IMNSHO, make much (if anything) from Quicken. Look at the prices. By shopping and using rebates, you can get the price well below the $40 level. Many of us can get it at no cost by getting it at the same time we update TTAX each year.

Also, Intuit drops a version only after 3-4 years. You could upgrade every 3 years and never lose any functionality (other than what they cause as part of the "upgrade").

If you want to upgrade and keep QIF imports, you could get a copy of Q04 from e-Bay for almost nothing.....

BTW, don't delude yourself that MS Money doesn't do similar things w.r.t. upgrades.....

Reply to
Hank Arnold

i'm sure they do the same thing. i just want something that works. in my case, that would be quicken 99 for now. i guess newer is not always better!

Reply to
Seth

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