Quicken 2008 rebate?

Well sharx35, of course, that's one person's opinion. I bet you probably wouldn't think much of my volunteering time to the Museum of American Finance in NYC (shameless plug:

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just moving this fall to the old home of the Bank of New York at 48 Wall Street from their former Broadway location across the street from the Raging Bull statue). Some of us really do get a kick out of manipulating and tracking computer money (despite not having nearly as much as I'd like), learning about it's history, understanding payment systems over the years, the history of credit cards, the ways of Wall Street, the absolute wonder of the history of Gold (only a few weeks left for THAT exhibit at the Museum of Natural History on Central Park West) and so on. Why else would some of us suffer such abuse!

btw, as far as my calling Q2008 'dull' and your offering of " then don't buy it", I prefer Hank's approach. It's great to be of the bleeding edge. Bring it on Intuit!!

Reply to
Andrew
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If you had an IQ above 4, you would have seen the "smiley face"....:-(

You're the one who needs to get a life....

BTW, get a spell checker....... :-)

Now, go away.... *PLONK!

Reply to
Hank Arnold (MVP)

It's not the new features, it is the features that are removed that I look out for.

So far I've seen two features I use a lot be removed from Quicken.

Reply to
bjn

What would those features be?

Reply to
Brian

Well, then it sounds like your needs are simple, and you are happy with the version that you have.

Of course, you only hear about the few people who had problems, but not the thousands who download their transactions every day with no problems at all. After years of downloading transactions, my experience has been that downloads are very reliable. They are easy to set up, and they save me a lot of time and effort when reconciling my records with account statements.

I did manual entry for many years, as I started with Managing Your Money back in the 80's. After using automated downloads, I'd never consider going back.

Reply to
JimH

Well, I *do* download stock and fund prices--99% of the time they are correct. However, I have so many different accounts, it would be counter-productive for me to automate those--it would take more time just accessing their web site, entering name and password, etc., that to enter the sporadic transaction *manually*. Over a month, I have quite a few transactions but they are spread out over many accounts--that's why I still do that manually--total time used is less.

Reply to
sharx35

"sharx35" wrote in news:Qhqxi.80454$Io4.60@edtnps89:

Huh? Have you not used the password vault in Quicken? One password and all your accounts set up for download do ust that Some faster than others, depending on the server (Citibank is fast, Cii Mastercard is not, at least for me). I have checking and saving at more than 1 bank, a number of charge cards, etc, etc. While Chase does want webconnect on my Q2006, it works with one-step update in Q2007.

Reply to
Han

How about you make a financial application and show Intuit how to do it right.

Reply to
Hawk

It would be foolhardy to entrust all my passwords to ANY system like that. The potential for abuse is too high.

Reply to
sharx35

"sharx35" wrote in news:bZuxi.80564$Io4.12050@edtnps89:

Well, maybe my situation is unique. I trust my spouse, who is the only one with access to the machine. I keep antivirus, antimalware and firewalls up-to-date, and monitor my finances just about daily. I keep backups separately. Any discrepancy, and I'm on the phone to the bank within minutes.

So far, so good.

Reply to
Han

- Trimming price history for securities

- the ability to have non-cash accounts show up on the Account balance graph in the calendar. You can select non-cash accounts for the calendar portion, but not for the account balance graph below the calendar.

The trimming feature disappeared a coupe (few?) years ago. The calendar/account feature disappeared either with 2007 or 2006.

Reply to
bjn

See my other message for the two features that I noticed were removed.

Reply to
bjn

How about intuit makes a financial application and does it right? That is their core compentency, no?

Reply to
bjn

I'm with you on this also, Han. But Sharx35 makes a good point. Years ago, I might have called him paranoid. I've read enough about identity theft, and computers being compromised that I wouldn't anymore. I've also read articles by security experts that with the possibility of a key logger being installed by rogue software, typing in the passwords may be more dangerous than having them in a file.

I currently rely on the Quicken password vault and Quicken encryption, but I'm not sure how good that encryption really is. I'm looking at truecrypt to make an encrypted virtual drive. I will keep my Quicken data in that. It has a very strong encryption algorithm. That way, if my computer were stolen, or a rogue program began shipping my data out, my Quicken data would still be secure.

Regards, Jim

Reply to
JimH

JimH wrote in news:CtIxi.48236$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe09.phx:

It's all good and well to be reasonably paranoid, but remember what can happen when you give your credit card to the clerk to make an imprint of (as I still do at cheap gas stations)? An extra copy can be taken and "used" nefariously. I think that keeping things reasonably secure (I'm not in favor of letting the engine run while going into the store), and keeping good track of what the bank thinks is happening, should be sufficient. I do track my credit report occasionally, too.

I also walk across Manahattan daily - 20-25 min back and forth to Penn Station since 1976, ride the subways, and bicycle without a helmet to the local NJT train station. Still alive.

Reply to
Han

Not unique at all. I just did a cursory count on my main Quicken file.

35 Direct Connect accounts. 20 Express Web Connect accounts. THANK YOU Quicken 2007 :-)

Just manually logging into those accounts would take me an hour a day. As it is, One Step Update takes 10-15 minutes.

Bob

Well, maybe my situation is unique. I trust my spouse, who is the only one with access to the machine. I keep antivirus, antimalware and firewalls up-to-date, and monitor my finances just about daily. I keep backups separately. Any discrepancy, and I'm on the phone to the bank within minutes.

So far, so good.

Reply to
Bob Wang

I'll answer my own question. I emailed Quicken support, according to their response, there will NOT be a rebate offered. Costco's web site shows 2008 Premier at a price of $61.99, available 9/5. Yes, I am anxious to see the new version, so I guess I'll be stopping by there on 9/5.

Thanks to those who offered some useful responses.

Reply to
Tracy McKibben

Yes, but that is just one credit card, and the worst anyone can do is charge on it until someone notices and stops them. As long as it is reported in a reasonable time, the credit card company eats most of that.

If my Quicken file were somehow taken, it would give access to all of my investment accounts, and expose virtually all of my financial data to modification and theft. I doubt my financial institutions would reimburse me for someone emptying my account using my ID and password.

It is a long time since I was in Manhattan. I grew up on the upper west side. Later, I used to work nights, running all over the downtown and banking areas, fixing mainframe computers. Once I went back to working day shift, the long commute on the LIRR did me in, and I left. I've been in Tucson, AZ for over 30 years, and I still love it.

Reply to
JimH

Other brokerages may do it as well, but Charles Schwab puts it's 100% guarantee in writing:

"Schwab will cover 100% of any losses in any of your Schwab accounts due to unauthorized activity"

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Bob Wang

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