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Quicken Inc should eliminate or minimize the LARGE popup with expiration (119 Legacy Votes)
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Before I pay another $50 and I will NEVER buy another Quicken Product, I will add another screen to my computer. I am so upset by this high pressure tactic to buy a new Quicken program. I'm retired and I don't need or want another program.
I would no longer recommend this product to anyone.
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Just like other posting, I've been using Quicken for 20+ years. I don't care for the new annual renewal method. A few months ago, I checked out software "[removed -solicitation]" (I believe) but -- from what I remember -- its capabilities didn't even come close to that of Quicken. As I do NOT want to pay my bills online, has anyone else checked out a different software? If so, what's the name of the software and was it a positive experience?
I am using Quicken 2019 Deluxe software.
I do not use any of Quicken's on line services, never had.
How can I get rid of the " account expirered " ribbon that is posted on my account page and blocking my view
Even if you don't utilize any of the online services, the only way to get rid of the banner is to have an active subscription.
See this page for ongoing access to your data if you do not renew the subscription. You can still enter new transactions manually, except for the Starter Edition which becomes read only and is limited. And about 25% of your screen will be taken up with a reminder to renew.
https://www.quicken.com/support/what-quicken-data-access-guarantee
See this thread, Expiration-Vote, voting is done on the first page at the bottom of the original post (look for blue box).
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Quicken should eliminate the LARGE Ad space when a subscription expires
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I paid for the software that I have on my laptop. I understand placing the 25% renewal/reminder banner on systems that have never purchased the software. If you are unable to determine the difference between freeware (trial) and licensed software, that should not be my problem.
It appears that I will be searching elsewhere for my personal financial tracking application.
Quicken come on! Show us your leadership knows better than these "cheap sales techniques"
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Quicken responds that this was "agreed on", and closes the discussion. I have been a user for many years, yet am now considering migrating to a competing product. Where is the sense in this?
When Quicken planned to move from its previous subscription-like model (annual software releases in which online services expired after three years) to a real subscription model back in 2017, they originally planned to make expired subscriptions only have read-only access to data files. There was a lot of outcry f rom users, so Quicken relented to allowing users to continue to use their data files for manual data entry; their tradeoff was that they'd take part of the screen to remind users of new features and benefits of renewing their subscription. No one knew what this would look like at the time; it was only after they implemented it did we see how much space they would take, and that the space grab was constant rather than periodic reminders. This is what they refer to as the "agreed on" compromise (although, of course, only Quicken agreed on it).
You ask what the sense is in such an approach. The answer is likely that people who are not subscribers -- generating revenue for them -- are not important to them. They want all Quicken users to subscribe, because the annual payments pay for technical support, online connectivity to financial institutions, fixing bugs, and adding additional features. Even many users who don't care about online downloads likely care about bug fixes or program enhancements. For those users who don't care about any of that, they decided to let you continue to use the software to update your data, but with a persistent message trying to encourage/annoy you into being a current customer. They clearly believe that this strategy generates more money for them in renewals than it costs them in lost customers; for people who don't renew and are just annoyed, I suppose they don't care because they are no longer paying customers.
For most people, it will come down to a choice of deciding if Quicken is worth about one dollar a week for what it does for you, or not. If you don't want to pay for Quicken, and you can find some alternative that meets your needs for less money, then you move on. If you decide Quicken has the best features for your needs, they want to drive you to remain a paying customer by encouraging/annoying you into subscribing.