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No Problems with Quicken After 14 Years of Use

Reader Reviews: Review Quicken Personal Finance Software

User Rating 5 Star Rating

From Bob

Quicken Personal Finance Software

How long have you used Quicken? 

over 2 years

What is your favorite feature in Quicken? 

The calender events

What is Quicken missing? 

Free Trial. Quicken does offer free trials in AU but not in the U.S., WHY?

Did you need to contact Quicken for help? 

A couple times over 16 years.

My Review 

A great program. been using for about 14years. A lot of people say this program is no good, I don't understand. Never had a problem that wasn't caused by me. People say it loses data, no I think people forget what they put in or didn't. Also another common mistake that is made is if you have it installed on two different computer and you save to a disk you may take your disk to another computer and not upload it to that computer, then you enter transactions then save from that computer which over writes your last save then you will go back to the first computer upload the disk from the second and BINGO you lost data. Any way we love this program as it keeps us straight on bills, over the years we have been able to save for two different homes, and many other things.

Would you recommend this to a friend? 

Yes

Shelley Elmblad, Financial Software Guide, says:

I don't understand why there's no free trial for Quicken, either. Although there's a money back guarantee, a lot of people don't want the potential hassle of dealing with a customer service rep who may try to talk them out of returning the software. And every other personal finance software that I know of has a free trial - if Quicken did, it would be easier for consumers to decide whether or not to buy it (and I think a lot of people would).

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