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For existing subscribers of Quicken, some retailers (Newegg, Walmart) are offering promotions for 1-year subscription keys. Here's Newegg breakdown (www.newegg.com/p/N82E16832624019)
Business Quicken Class @ Newegg [1YR Key] = $77.93 - $14.94 (SAVNW2 promo code)
Premier Quicken Classic @ Newegg [1YR Key] = $55.35 - $10.36 (SAVNW2 promo code)
Deluxe Quicken Classic @ Newegg [1YR Key] = $41.93 - $4.94 (SAVNW2 promo code)
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expired Posted by Rick1953 • Jan 26, 2025
Jan 26, 2025 12:43 PM
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Good suggestion on just making a new account!
I'm frugal as can be and my wife hates me but you sometimes do not save anything being cheap if the cost in work, time and labor far outweighs the money spent. We are talking the price of a couple coffees here what are you saving doing all that extra work? One transaction download gets me transaction from 25 or so accounts and is done in few minutes. Just going out and grabbing all the statements would take me hours and it would take days to then enter them. That only gets you to the point where you still need to reconcile and hope that you entered no errors.
How do we account for transfers between accounts, capital gains, 401Ks, payroll deductions etc. would all be other things to work out. That would take more spreadsheet magic and many more hours. Ideally I would be better off learning to program and create a piece of software dedicated to keeping track of finances. Alternatively I can give some few dollars a year to someone that has already done that for me.
What you propose might be possible with one or two accounts but most have much more to keep track of. I love spreadsheets and they have many uses but they are not accounting software.
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The sub gets u automatic downloads but it often never works and takes forever. This is the way...just login to an acccount and d/l manually. The automatic crap ur paying for when it fails (and it does quite a bit) costs you more time. Plus manually d/l puts the control back in your hands...just d/l the date u left off till present
I'm frugal as can be and my wife hates me but you sometimes do not save anything being cheap if the cost in work, time and labor far outweighs the money spent. We are talking the price of a couple coffees here what are you saving doing all that extra work? One transaction download gets me transaction from 25 or so accounts and is done in few minutes. Just going out and grabbing all the statements would take me hours and it would take days to then enter them. That only gets you to the point where you still need to reconcile and hope that you entered no errors.
How do we account for transfers between accounts, capital gains, 401Ks, payroll deductions etc. would all be other things to work out. That would take more spreadsheet magic and many more hours. Ideally I would be better off learning to program and create a piece of software dedicated to keeping track of finances. Alternatively I can give some few dollars a year to someone that has already done that for me.
What you propose might be possible with one or two accounts but most have much more to keep track of. I love spreadsheets and they have many uses but they are not accounting software.
You forgot one little important tidbit. Banking agencies don't endorse giving your creditentials to quicken and other such programs. Against their TOS.
I don't like the way this is starting out with Quicken. Should I consider requesting a refund (is this possible?) as I cannot enter my bank account or just write off the $19 I spent? Just asking here before dealing with Quicken or Amazon. Thank you
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It does not work that way. You log into the bank yourself or via proxy. The bank has to support this. When you first connect your account, Quicken redirects you to your bank's website or app. You enter your login credentials directly on your bank's secure website, not on Quicken's interface. Or in some cases, quicken makes this more transparent with a fancy GUI if the bank has a login API. Your bank verifies your login and then provides Quicken with a special token (a type of digital key).
Quicken stores this token securely on your computer or in the cloud, depending on the version you use. This token is encrypted, meaning it is scrambled and unreadable without the proper decryption key which the bank maintains, not quicken.
These tokens typically have an expiration date. Quicken automatically renews them periodically, so you don't have to keep re-entering your login details every time you use the software. However, if the token expires, you may be prompted to re-authenticate with your bank (again, directly on your bank's site).
TLDR: So, Quicken is not 'given' your credentials. They use different methods.
OAuth or token-based authenticationBank-provided secure connection methodsRead-only access tokens
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If I was to guess, Quicken needs to show their equity lending firms that they're attracting new "customers" and this is the way to do it by forcing new subs (not necessarily new customers)
In theory you can just go into your file and do "sign in with a different account" once that is done, however not sure anyone has tried it yet. My sub doesn't expire until August and I don't see it being worth the risk waiting that long to find out.
Maybe this will become a standard new customer price, but we also have to worry that they'll somehow make it so that if your FILE has ever been associated with another account it won't work (heck we don't yet know for sure they haven't already done that0.
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