Quicken 2004 Deluxe [Old Version]

Biggest problem for me is that the "exclude internal transfers" setting does not work when you generate a report. So when you try to view your budget report, it's full of garbage lines that shouldn't be shown. Doesn't make it easy to manage your finances. Several months ago, Intuit told me that this is a known bug. But months go by, and they have no interest in fixing it.


Don't believe the others   April 30, 2004
 1 out of 11 found this review helpful

The makers of Quicken software may be playing dirty by MAKING their users, who download information from their banks, upgrade to Quicken 2004, but the product is good and up to the quality of past versions. I upgraded from Quicken 2001 with no difficulties. The first look is quite foreign, but by doing usual fuctions, I see ways to adjust things to my old way of doing things. Already, (less than 24hrs)I'm liking some of the new features. By bad-mouthing a good product, people who have to upgrade, are hesitant to buy. I didn't like being forced to upgrade, but perhaps it was necessary because of internet or banking upgrades. Sometimes change is good.


DON'T EVEN THINK OF BUYING THIS   April 25, 2004
 4 out of 5 found this review helpful

I've been using quicken for over 10 years. I recently tried to upgrade from the 2003 version. My data was corrupted and I had to reinstall the 2003 version to get my data back. If you have more than 7 years of data the coversion may be lost with the upgrade. Stick to the 2003 version and save your money. Intuit has absolutely no tech support so good luck trying to get help from them.


Better not need customer service!!!!   April 21, 2004
 8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Intuit continues to produce complicated and non-user-friendly software. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS junk if you have any of the following: An Employee Stock Purchase Program/Plan, a 401K, any options, the desire to download investment transactions, the naive belief you can get free customer service from Intuit. The program requires you enter share purchases to the millionth decimal (no exageration!). If you don't, watch out. You're in for a major headache. The web-based "help" is utterly useless for ANY slightly complicated matter (to be fair, it did answer one of my questions). You want to speak to a person? Good Luck! The web-based technical support chat has never been available, even during their published hours. And, if that's not enough, the chat-line helpers can't assist you with investment questions. Can you believe that? Quicken is supposed to help you track personal investments, and their customer service can't even help you sort out those questions? What a sham! You can talk with someone, but it will cost you $1.95/minute. I think I'll just track my finances on my own Excel spreadsheet. It will be MUCH simpler for me in the long run.