I am in the US, but I don't see how this helps for missing receipts or mis-entering an amount. I guess I could set the "amount" at a very small number, so that practically all charges sent texts. That's an interesting idea.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2025-09-11 07:38, R Losey wrote: > > Noted: I'm a bit like that, too... but I still find errors when I > > reconcile. Generally, things I miss fall into three categories: (1) > someone > > in the household loses a receipt, so it doesn't get entered (2) recurring > > charges that provide no notice (for example, the yearly charge for Amazon > > Prime) (3) receipts with hard to read amounts due to faint or blurred > ink. > > I can't remember: are you outside the US? In the US, banks almost all > offer the option of text or email alerts when your credit card or > checking or savings is debited(*) by more than an amount you select. > This is helpful not just for early warning of fraudulent charges, but > also for the cases you mention where a legitimate charge might not make > it into your accounting records. > > (*) It bears repeating: a debit on the bank's books is a credit on the > customer's books, and vice versa. > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
