Customer Reviews

Quicken Basic 2007 [OLDER VERSION]

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

As of this writing, Quicken's servers have been non-functional 90% of the time, meaning that I cannot download my financial institutions' online data. The program itself is good, but don't expect it to be able to download your financial data.

I wish there was a negative star rating! LOVED Quicken 99 but due to a computer upgrade, bought Quicken Basic 2007. HATE IT! So basic as to be totally useless. Can't download my monthly statements into this program. It doesn't accept the .qif file Bank of America converts my data into. If I can't transfer my info from Quicken 99 into 2007 (or any other Quicken program) I AM TOTALLY SCREWED!!!!!!!! Not sure what to do but probably will move away from Quicken altogether beccause of this. I am that MAD!

Don't buy Quicken. I was shocked to get an email from them saying that my Quicken 2004 software would no longer work for downloading data after April 30, 2007.

The software automatically disables online downloads after three years. This is now company policy.

I have used Quicken for many years but now I am going with GnuCash-- it is free, open-source, and works great!

I've been using Microsoft Money since 1999, but I made the switch to Quicken this year for the first time in part because of a positive review by PC Magazine. But oh what a big mistake it was! From the very beginning I had trouble converting my Money file into a usable Quicken file, with things going quickly downhill from there. Online support had me download an older Quicken version in order to import my file, (yeah, my reaction was "Huh?") but that didn't work either. Having to start from scratch, I entered all of my accounts information manually and then configured the software to perform web updates. For a while it worked flawlessly (my only gripe being those omnipresent pesky little links that are there just to get you to try this or sign up for that, with no way to disable them), until about a week later when, inexplicably, the online update feature just refused to work. It downloaded my transactions as it was supposed to, but I couldn't actually get to them to review and match against my accounts. Having tried everything from restoring backup files to creating new data files and pretty much everything else their online "support" threw my way, I gave up in frustration and just downloaded Money 2007. Big sigh of relief... Yeah, life is good again and I'm back in business with things that just work, period. So bottom line, buy this product at your own risk and beware that bugs need to be ironed out before it can actually be used for anything productive. If you're a Money user stick with it, because I see no reason to switch over to Quicken. That is unless you're a masochist and like to spend hours with "tech support" going absolutely nowhere.

I switched to Quicken after having used Microsoft Money since the 90's. Why switch? (1) I bought TurboTax and Quicken was free after rebate and (2) an article in PC Magazine gave Quicken high praise. But, now I understand the old saying, 'If it's not broken, don't fix it.' The Quicken interface is vastly different than Money's (but, that's to be expected - they are two completely different programs). But, Quicken's interface is poorly designed; it's cumbersome to try to get from one screen to another. The Money to Quicken conversion tool wasn't available until well after I acquired the software. Their tech support department didn't even know a conversion tool existed until I pointed out where they could find it on their website. The payment reminder calendar is ridiculous. There is no screen to see a snapshot of your accounts. I guess it's just not I was used to with Microsoft Money. In both functionality and aesthetics, Money is a vastly superior product.

I've been using Quicken '04, but recently tried to download transactions from my bank. I can get the file, but Quicken refuses to open it. After a Quicken "update", it demanded that I upgrade.

It would be one thing if my bank stopped offering older data formats, but this is just Intuit trying to leech more money off of users.

Intuit, you've just lost a customer (I'll never buy TurboTax again, either). This is a terrible way to treat your customers. I'm switching to MS Money, and if they yank me around, GnuCash.

Before you buy this product, consider this: It prints reconciliation reports that would fit on a stamp and are unreadable. Despite numerous attempts to adjust font size, etc. the reports always print the same. When I contacted Quicken about the problem, they gave me a fix that was too difficult for me to attempt without my running the risk of fouling up my printer settings for everything else I do. I also reported that when I printed checks in bold type, the figure amount didn't bold, I was told that I would have to live with that. Caveat emptor.

I upgraded to Quicken 2007 Basic when I could no longer download bank trasactions. The people at Quicken seem bound and determined to give us features that most people don't need. The old Quicken used open to a simple trasaction screen, but now it's the last thing one finds. Quicken has taken a good product and made it way too complicated. I thought Basic meant Basic, but not with this program.

I have read almost all of the reviews for this product and discovered they were all over the map. Many gave Q2007 4-5 stars saying it was great. The other half gave it one star saying that it had so many bugs in it that it did not work. After (foolishly) buying the program, I must now join the One Star Raters!

I have used Quicken since 1998 and depend on it. I upgraded to 2004 and loved the program. I did not want to change to Q2007, until Intuit MADE ME!! The whole "sunst clause" is another pain in my side, but not to be debated here. I bought Q2007 and it uploaded and converted my files easy enough. I had a bit of a hard time setting up the portion to download my account information from my bank. It worked well....four times. Suddenly I received a message box that said, "Sorry, unexpected error. Q07 needs to shut down...". Sorry..Sorry!!

Now I get that error within three seconds of opening the program and have not been able to fix it. The Intuit help people have not been. They told me to remove and reload it. Didn't work. I can not get the program to work AT ALL! I have removed it once and for all and will go to Amazon and buy Q2006 and hope for the best. Congrats to those who bought Q2007 and won the roullete game. I lost, as did many others. Make sure you want to risk it before you buy, because it appears to be a pretty good risk at50-50...

If you have not bought this yet, don't. If you have, but haven't installed it yet, don't.

I've used Quicken for years, and this is the worst implentation yet. The major problem, an issue known to the company, is that reports will not print properly on many printers.

Wait until they issue a fix before you use this product.