I'm digging the one-click downloads a lot for my AmEx. I also have a Chase account and was considering the $9.95/mo fee. Question for you, Kevin, do you still enter transactions manually even though you download them directly from Chase?
txcrew On Mar 12, 7:02 am, Kevin Hoctor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 11, 2009, at 10:04 PM, glooft wrote: > > > > > Hi. I'm a long time Quicken user taking the plunge into MoneyWell. I'm > > slowly figuring out the new way of thinking. However I am wondering > > about the value of paying for Direct Connect. I have my checking and > > savings accounts at Citibank (please hold your bailout comments until > > later). I pay a monthly fee to have Quicken Direct Connect access. > > > In Quicken it makes life pretty easy to just hit download and bam, > > your recent transactions show up, you classify them and your done. But > > paying $9.95/month is starting to bother me. > > > The fact that the gov't is pouring trainloads of money into this > > blackhole of a bank AND I have to pay another $9.95/month for Direct > > Connect is really pushing me out the door of Citibank. > > > If I switched to a bank without Direct Connect, would it really make > > things more difficult? I am thinking of switching to TD Bank which is > > on MW's financial institution list. What sort of differences would I > > see? Anything? > > Hi Gary, > > It's difficult to switch banks based on what they do or do not charge > for right now. For years, Chase didn't charge for direct access and > then last summer they started to do it also. It's a hassle switching > and if you find out that a bank doesn't give you the nice detail in a > direct connect or download that you had with your last bank, that > could be frustrating too. > > One thing I like about Chase that I didn't see at Wachovia was the > immediate processing of my transactions. Chase would show a pending > transaction on their website minutes after it happened (freaked out my > wife the first time I asked her what she just bought at Macy's when > she hadn't left the store yet). This kind of solid information > processing has helped keep me with them even though I pay $9.95 per > month to use one-click MoneyWell access. > > Peace, > > Kevin Hoctor > [email protected] > No Thirst Software LLChttp://nothirst.comhttp://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
