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| Microsoft Money 2006 Deluxe [Old Version] | ![Microsoft Money 2006 Deluxe [Old Version]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516B7RKGJKL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $59.99
Buy Used: $17.66
You Save: $42.33 (71%)
Used (4) from $17.66
Avg. Customer Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 2768
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.6
MPN: 882224019033
Model: 860-00393
UPC: 882224019033
EAN: 0882224019033
ASIN: B0009KLGJU
Release Date: July 5, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Employee Purcahsed
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't buy it. It's a crap and a waste of time. February 22, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Three weeks ago I bought a TaxCut 2006 Delux from Staples, along with Microsoft Mondy 2006 Delux because:
1. It's free after rebates (weekly special from staples)
2. It's Microsoft, the biggest software compay in the world.
3. The feature list on the cover seems very promising. I thought I could manage my finance better with the help of this software.
But........... I was wrong. I wasted 2 whole nights trying to set up my accounts and make it work. Although it's sort of working now, it still have all kinds of issues. The most frustrating issue is the "Money connects to thousands of banks and updates balances automatically, letting you easily stay on top of your finances." feature, which seems very handy and tempting but unfortunately it never ever works as promised. Sometimes it takes forever to update an account, sometimes it prints "update unsuccessful". I have been using it a dozen times so far and it never updated all of my accounts successfully at once. To me, it's such a frustrating tool and it's a waste of time.
I am also a software engineer but I can't imagine how hard it is to implement this feature. I also can't imagine how come Microsoft would release this crap to public. It doesn't seem that Microsoft ever tested it before release. Anyway, at least I learned a few lessons from this experience:
1. Everybody makes crap, even Microsoft.
2. Every software has a list of "amazing" features (at least the designers think so), while it's a totally different case on how the features are implemented. As a user, don't just assume the features work as you expected and will work well.
3. Always read customer reviews of a product before you placed the order. If I read this before (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009KLGJU/sr=8-1/qid=1140575388/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-4434874-5424810?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance), I would not have wasted my money and time on this crap.
4. Now I understand why people are saying that the only products that Microsoft earns money from is Windows and Office.
BTW: I really wish Amazon would allow users to rate some crap product like this one as "0 star".
Worst Money ever February 16, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've used MS Money for five years now, and have faithfully upgraded each year--only because of the great deal I've gotten each year with the purchase of tax software. I expect that with each upgrade there will be some minor transition issues as the updated software interfaces with my on-line banks. However, this upgrade is by far the worst ever. Last weekend I spent an hour redoing about 3 months worth of bank statements, as Money would import the same transactions three or four times each time it connected to the bank. Thinking I had finally gotten everything correctly synched, I closed and restarted, only to find that the same problem has occurred yet again.
In short, DO NOT UPGRADE!
 Do not believe MS Money 2006 February 14, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Reviewed all other reviews re MS money but since I'm Microsoft certified for 8 years and live with their software daily etc... have ignored bad reviews. However after hours of trying to setup online bill pay...and hours on the phone with MS, I have learned that the online bill pay has been disabled and no longer works. This applies to all Money 2006 products. Call before you buy to see what else may be wrong in their advertising*****...MS Money 2006 online bill pay does not work.... save your time and buy something else.....this software sucks................ I must add that they told me they can refund your money hopefully before June but no guarantees.....
 Not bad, but sure not great February 7, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Well, after reading reviews I decided to download the trial version before buying. I'm an old Parson's Technology MoneyCounts user that reluctantly moved to Quicken when Intuit bought MoneyCounts. I have difficulty with the way Intuit does business after using TurboTax this year. My experience with all their products has been going downhill. I thought MS Money might be the solution. It does have some features that I really like better, and it affords a lot more flexibility than Quicken, not forcing you to use the blind accounts that Quicken sets up for 401(k), investments, etc. After several tries, I was able to import, but it seems to work best using a backup file. However, many transactions did not import properly. Fortunately, it's early enough in the year that I was able to clean up the current year, and I pretty much ignored past years, so prior to 2006 there are a huge number of transactions sitting in uncatagorized accounts. I'm going to run this in parallel for a month or two, but my guess is I'll reluctantly stick with Quicken. If you're not an accountant, either product is probably fine, depending on what you want to do with it. The import of banking data is superior in Money, but slower, if you want to record transactions based on when the bank clears them.
Run Away!!! February 1, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Too many problems to list, but a few of the big ones are;
Import of Quicken 2004 data; Completely dropped the Category from thousands of transactions.
Reports - about 50% of the reports just sit and spin with a "Loading" message flashing on the screen - waited overnight just to see if it just needed time - nope same thing in the morning.
Loans - Can't correctly calculate a loan amortization.
Ugh, back to Quicken I guess.
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