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| Quicken 2008 Deluxe [OLD VERSION] | ![Quicken 2008 Deluxe [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rozdCQ-FL._SL160_.jpg)
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Category: Software
List Price: $59.95
Buy New: $40.00
You Save: $19.95 (33%)
New (5) from $40.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  147 reviews
Sales Rank: 361
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Deluxe
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 1.3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: N30110
UPC: 028287016743
EAN: 0028287016743
ASIN: B000U0I11A
Release Date: September 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Upgrade from Quicken Deluxe 99 on XP August 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have Windows XP. I've been running Quicken Deluxe 99 for a long time.
I starting getting more and more bugs in the program. I decided maybe it was time to upgrade to Quicken Deluxe 2008. I saw it on sale here for $[...] and jumped on it with the free shipping. WOW. I had read some negative reviews but decided I would just do everything manually and not try anything fancy like download information from a financial institution. Like before, each transaction would be entered manually and would be reconciled every month.
Conclusion: I returned the program (I hope they accept it) to Amazon. I couldn't even upgrade my Quiken 99 program accurately. I spent about half an hour with online customer service and decided that I am too old for this crap. Maybe in my 20s or 30s I would have spent the five weeks learning the program and working out the bugs. But as soon as I saw it couldn't even upgrade my financial information accurately, I knew what kind of fight I had on my hands. This would be a marathon. Wisely, I gave up right way (well, after a half hour). I returned the program to amazon and saw the price went up in the last few days. It was now over $[...]. Maybe the $[...] program doesn't have the same bugs.
Finale: I simple reinstalled Quicken Deluxe 99 on Windows XP (actually, it is only supposed to be used with Windows 98) and all my bugs went away in my old version. So far, even on XP, I'm having almost no problems at all compared to that abortion they call Quicken Deluxe 2008. I would rather keep my financial information in a spreadsheet.
Quicken converting from Money August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had Money on my old machine but needed a different software as Money isn't compatible with Vista. The information re. Quicken said it could convert from Money - in the event I found it couldn't - but not before I'd bought it, taken it from the packaging and installed the software, so it was useless but unreturnable.
Warning - check that the software will do whatever you need it to do before opening the packaging.
 Solid product for my uses July 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've used Quicken since 1993. I just upgraded from Quicken 2003 for Mac to Quicken 2008 Deluxe for Windows XP Home Edition, and have had absolutely none of the operational problems mentioned in other reviews. I had no problem saving my Mac 2003 data to a single "QIF" file and importing this file into Windows Quicken 2008 Deluxe. All data, including multiple accounts, etc., came in with no errors or other issues. (Note, however, that I only use Quicken for tracking basic checking and savings accounts, and do not use its connectivity options to connect to investment accounts, etc.) For my uses, Quicken Deluxe has worked flawlessly. I like the user interface, which is certainly superior to the 2003 Mac version, and I've made extensive use of the report capabilities, which are more than adequate for my purposes. On the negative side: (1) Like everybody else, I object to Quicken's frequent upgrades that add no useful functionality for 99.9% of users; (2) My few experiences with their customer support over the past 15 years have been both futile and extremely annoying. Fortunately, my questions were minor ones that I figured out on my own in the end, and the product itself has worked very well for my purposes so I've had no show-stoppers.
Horrible software sold by a truly evil company. July 9, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For heaven's sake find some other software for your accounting. We've been struggling with Quicken for months, both at home and at my business.
This company spends most of its effort on reducing the choices consumers have so it has to spend little or no time on producing software that works.
Banks are forced to pay fees to use the ever-changing file formats, which means that both banks I use now no long support any sort of file exchange, so we have to enter transactions manually. I can see almost any point on the Earth for free in a few seconds using Google Earth, but thanks to Quicken 2008, I can't download a few simple numbers from my bank.
The worst program ever! July 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the worst program I've ever used in my life. I am deeply sorry that I went ahead a couple months ago and bought this software. The program is not easy to use, and never updates my transactions successfully. I have spent hours trying to download my transactions and there's always one issue or the other. Moreover, I was sorely disappointed that in the end I would have to pay to use Bill Pay. The program is utterly worthless and had I known it earlier, I would have saved my money and made better use of it and my time by doing my accounts the old-fashioned way!
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