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| Quicken Basic 2006 [Old Version] | ![Quicken Basic 2006 [Old Version]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RZP3K718L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Intuit, Inc.
Category: Software
Buy New: $48.99
New (2) from $48.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 1029
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 1.4
MPN: 294948
Model: 283652
UPC: 028287011045
EAN: 0028287011045
ASIN: B0009XB14M
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: NEXT DAY FIRST CLASS SHIPPING! Brand new sealed box! Box has some wear and crushing, but is sealed and brand new! Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Quicken 2005 or 2006 January 25, 2006
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I love Quicken 2004, but cannot and willnot upgrade to 2005 or 2006. It does not allow use of qif files, my bank wants nothing to do with ofx files. Enough said.
No QIF Import - Don't waste your money January 20, 2006
Be warned! Quicken 2006 doesn't support QIF import. I know (now) that this shortsighted business decision started with Quicken 2005 but I'm still hopping mad about it. Intuit decided that they wanted to extract more of their exorbitant OFX licensing fees from financial institutions by eliminating QIF import support. Some financial institutions in turn pass these fees directly on to the customer.
I don't really care how many new bells and whistles Quicken 2006 has. It doesn't perform a fundamental function that financial software should be capable of doing: importing standard online statement file formats. Without this capability, Quicken is a complete waste of money.
version 2006 is a nice drink coaster January 16, 2006
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Attempted to switch from microsoft money to quicken. Turns out quicken changed their format for banking and credit card transactions from qif to something called ofx. My bank of 15 years does not support this format.
Back to microsoft money for me.
 Quicken Basic 2006 Bug December 9, 2005
23 out of 29 found this review helpful
This is good product but there is one serious flaw. Qicken Basic 2006 is incompatible with Fidelity Net Benefits so you cannot download 401K information. You must have Quicken Deluxe or Premiere. I now have to pay an additional $20.00 to upgrade.
Quicken is a good product, but 2006 missed the boat! December 7, 2005
82 out of 87 found this review helpful
I have been a Quicken user since it was a DOS application back in the mid `80s. It has always been a very good and reliable product. However: Quicken 2006 is by far the worst release of Quicken Intuit has ever produced. There are many improvements that make it better, but the drawbacks trump any advantage to upgrading. If you are considering buying Quicken for the first time I highly recommend it, but if you can still get a Quicken 2005 version I would recommend you buy it rather than this version. If you are considering upgrading, I would suggest you keep your prior version of Quicken and wait to see if Intuit corrects the many discrepancies in this version, or corrects them in their 2007 product.
Amongst the many things needing correction in this version is the way group scheduled transactions are handled. I opened a new checking account and wanted to change the register a scheduled transaction group went into from the old to the new account. I found Quicken 2006 no longer allows you to do this. You either must change it manually each time you add the transactions to you register or delete the group and create an identical group pointing to the new register. All previous versions of Quicken allowed you to change registers with out any trouble. Also: I inadvertently said to skip a transaction group recording. No problem: All I need do is edit the group and change the "Next Scheduled Date" back to the date skipped...wrong! Quicken 2006 no longer allows you to modify the "Next Scheduled Date". All of this information is grayed out when you edit the group. Once again my only option was to delete the group and create a new identical group with the inadvertently skipped due date as the beginning date. Again: All previous versions of Quicken allowed you to make these modifications. I started an online chat with Quicken support on these and other issues only to find out what I told you here. There is no longer any way to accomplish what I needed to accomplish in Quicken 2006. At the end of one chat session the technician I was chatting with told me he had received more questions on these issues than any other issue. He suggested I submit a suggestion request Intuit put these functions back into the current product, which I did. If enough people do so it is possible Intuit will correct these discrepancies and make this product the excellent product it has always been. There are many other issues, but this should be enough to let you know this product needs correction before it is worth upgrading to.
Now that I have tore this product apart let me say this: Quicken is still a very good product. I would highly recommend it over its only real competition, Microsoft Money. There are many improvements made to Quicken 2006 that are good. If they correct these few shortcomings it would be worth upgrading to. Intuit has always been a very good company producing high quality software. They missed the boat with this version, but I expect they will make adjustments to rectify these discrepancies. If not with updates to this version then in their 2007 release.
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