Comments on: Winning Financially: From Seed to Mighty Oak http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/winning-financially-from-seed-to-mighty-oak/ You haven't budgeted like this. Tue, 22 May 2012 10:49:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Raising Money Awareness, Budget Mobility, and Direct Connect to Banks http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/winning-financially-from-seed-to-mighty-oak/#comment-367 Raising Money Awareness, Budget Mobility, and Direct Connect to Banks Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:12:57 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/2008/winning-financially-from-seed-to-mighty-oak/#comment-367 [...] talked about awareness a lot in the past, how I tracked my spending on a piece of paper when I was a teenager, different activities you can do to raise money awareness, and the six levels of [...] [...] talked about awareness a lot in the past, how I tracked my spending on a piece of paper when I was a teenager, different activities you can do to raise money awareness, and the six levels of [...]

]]> By: joel http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/winning-financially-from-seed-to-mighty-oak/#comment-366 joel Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:43:01 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/2008/winning-financially-from-seed-to-mighty-oak/#comment-366 I LIKE THIS BUT PLEASE MAY YOU TALK MORE ABOUT MONEY USAGE TO FRIENDS AND THOSE IN NEED AND NEED YOUR SUPPORT JOEL ARUMBA I LIKE THIS BUT PLEASE MAY YOU TALK MORE ABOUT MONEY USAGE TO FRIENDS AND THOSE IN NEED AND NEED YOUR SUPPORT

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]]> By: Andy http://www.youneedabudget.com/blog/2008/winning-financially-from-seed-to-mighty-oak/#comment-365 Andy Sat, 03 May 2008 04:58:52 +0000 http://www.youneedabudget.com/2008/winning-financially-from-seed-to-mighty-oak/#comment-365 In this post - and somewhere else on your site as well - you mention the potential downfall of having a budgeting software program download your transactions automatically. I agree with what you've said, and here's my own two cents: 1. A software glitch can create more trouble than it's worth. I can't tell you how many times the so-called "automatic download" (in Quicken) has been far from automatic; causing me to spend much more time troubleshooting the bank connection than I would have spent just downloading the transactions manually. 2. Even when the software is working properly, I have found that banks are constantly adding new security features to the "web-connect" system to protect your information. This is a good thing, but it also means you now end up typing your username and password each time you synchronize your transactions anyway (try using Quicken Online to synchronize with Wells Fargo and you'll see what I mean.) This time it takes to type usernames and passwords uses up a lot of the valuable time I was trying to save by using the automatic synchronization. I have not purchased your software yet, because I am still considering and comparing other options, but it is definitely close to the top of my list. Keep up the great work! In this post – and somewhere else on your site as well – you mention the potential downfall of having a budgeting software program download your transactions automatically. I agree with what you’ve said, and here’s my own two cents:
1. A software glitch can create more trouble than it’s worth. I can’t tell you how many times the so-called “automatic download” (in Quicken) has been far from automatic; causing me to spend much more time troubleshooting the bank connection than I would have spent just downloading the transactions manually.
2. Even when the software is working properly, I have found that banks are constantly adding new security features to the “web-connect” system to protect your information. This is a good thing, but it also means you now end up typing your username and password each time you synchronize your transactions anyway (try using Quicken Online to synchronize with Wells Fargo and you’ll see what I mean.) This time it takes to type usernames and passwords uses up a lot of the valuable time I was trying to save by using the automatic synchronization.

I have not purchased your software yet, because I am still considering and comparing other options, but it is definitely close to the top of my list. Keep up the great work!

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