Author Topic: Keeping track of Credit Cards... (Read 24776 times)

elikay · « **Reply #40 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:14:33 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on January 31, 2011, 12:05:02 AM

Right, that's what I meant. It's a regular auth, but it never posts because the company never actually processes the charge.

I believe that technically they are exactly the same thing.

AsherO · « **Reply #41 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:15:30 AM »

Quote from: elikay on January 31, 2011, 12:14:33 AM

I believe that technically they are exactly the same thing.

Right, but one will ultimately get charged, the other one won't.

elikay · « **Reply #42 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:24:56 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on January 31, 2011, 12:15:30 AM

Right, but one will ultimately get charged, the other one won't.

Exactly. The way I was once explained this by a bank is that the processor has a certain amount of time (about two weeks) to follow up on a hold or else it will expire. (I had once that the hold expired but eventually the charge came through anyway.)

AsherO · « **Reply #43 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:32:20 AM »

Quote from: elikay on January 31, 2011, 12:24:56 AM

Exactly. The way I was once explained this by a bank is that the processor has a certain amount of time (about two weeks) to follow up on a hold or else it will expire. (I had once that the hold expired but eventually the charge came through anyway.)

It's probably more than two weeks, at least for certain merchants e.g. car rental companies.

est · « **Reply #44 on:** September 07, 2011, 11:38:46 PM »

im trying to work out an account on mint but cant seem to figure out how to get all mine and my husbands cc's in one spot? any ideas? should i just post both chase accounts so it will pick up all those cc's or will it also double up the savings and checking accounts? what do most ppl do? u have seperate accounts?

elikay · « **Reply #45 on:** September 07, 2011, 11:47:59 PM »

Quote from: est on September 07, 2011, 11:38:46 PM

im trying to work out an account on mint but cant seem to figure out how to get all mine and my husbands cc's in one spot? any ideas? should i just post both chase accounts so it will pick up all those cc's or will it also double up the savings and checking accounts? what do most ppl do? u have seperate accounts?

I do not recommend mint it does not work well with chase when it needs verification for access try Pageonce. On the second question, I put everything together.

est · « **Reply #46 on:** September 07, 2011, 11:58:59 PM »

thanx for the advice im trying to get some sort of system for all the cc's and points that i got over the summer. is there one place that does it all or do you need one for cc (pageonce?) and one for points (awardwallet?)

elikay · « **Reply #47 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:03:56 AM »

I think there is a site which does both, can't remember now...

AJK · « **Reply #48 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:34:13 AM »

Quote from: elikay on September 07, 2011, 11:47:59 PM

I do not recommend mint it does not work well with chase when it needs verification for access try Pageonce. On the second question, I put everything together.

chase and mint work stupendously for me,,,,

BAHayman · « **Reply #49 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:37:34 AM »

I like manilla.com

mercaz1 · « **Reply #50 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:40:44 AM »

chase works fine for me with mint

est · « **Reply #51 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:48:06 AM »

Quote from: BAHayman on September 08, 2011, 10:37:34 AM

I like manilla.com

is that better than mint?

jblack · « **Reply #52 on:** September 08, 2011, 01:10:41 PM »

how does anyone if any are safe?

elikay · « **Reply #53 on:** September 08, 2011, 01:28:41 PM »

Ill have to try it again and see. either way I lik pageonce's interface more than mint's.

elikay · « **Reply #54 on:** September 13, 2011, 01:24:45 PM »

Quote from: est on September 08, 2011, 10:48:06 AM

is that better than mint?

I just tried Manilla, and it does not show transactions. It only show the total balance of each account, not very impressed. The one cool thing they have is that they'll retrieve you statement every month and save it for you .

doublejay · « **Reply #55 on:** September 13, 2011, 03:55:13 PM »

Quote from: elikay on September 13, 2011, 01:24:45 PM

I just tried Manilla, and it does not show transactions. It only show the total balance of each account, not very impressed. The one cool thing they have is that they'll retrieve you statement every month and save it for you .

Mint and Manilla are two very different services.

Mint is basically quicken.

Manilla is a bill reminder/tracker/payment site.

Avid Reader · « **Reply #56 on:** November 18, 2011, 01:58:52 AM »

Quote from: elikay on January 30, 2011, 11:24:44 PM

I use quicken 2009 I got it a couple of years ago for 30 Dollars on Amazon. I love it, I also have a mint.com account and I like quicken much more, it allows you to do more. Specifically I found annoying on Mint that when you pay a card from a checking account it was very hard to explain that it was a transfer, in quicken it is very simple. Only downside with quicken is that it does not know when your bill is due (at least not in my version) but you can tell it what day of the month it usually falls on and how many days in advance to remind you.
BTW billpay is an added service to quicken, which you have to pay for separately (again, at least in my version).
Edit: I have Quicken Home and Business which allows you to do more (I don't remember the differences) and it usually costs over 50 but I found it for 30.

Does Quicken have anything online based like mint.com? (old post, i know).

AsherO · « **Reply #57 on:** November 18, 2011, 02:00:30 AM »

Quote from: Avid Reader on November 18, 2011, 01:58:52 AM

Does Quicken have anything online based like mint.com? (old post, i know).

Quicken is made by Intuit, which bought Mint.com. There used to be a Quicken Online, but AFAIK it was folded into Mint.com

Avid Reader · « **Reply #58 on:** November 18, 2011, 02:03:45 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on November 18, 2011, 02:00:30 AM

Quicken is made by Intuit, which bought Mint.com. There used to be a Quicken Online, but AFAIK it was folded into Mint.com

Good to know. Thanks!

mguy · « **Reply #59 on:** February 15, 2012, 01:36:40 PM »

Do you folks use Mint.com (or similar)?

I'm curious - why do you use it? To keep tabs on budgeting, fraud alerts, just for kicks, etc?