How do you upgrade from Quicken Starter to Quicken Premier

AC

I get a free version of Quicken Starter with Turbo Tax. How do you upgrade to the Premier version other than paying full price for the more robust version. One would think you could upgrade for the difference in list price 77.99 less 35.99.

Chris_QPW

Well I have a copy of Starter so I walked through the upgrade, and it doesn't offer any discount!

Note you start with:
Help -> Add More Investing & Tax Tools (actually it doesn't matter which one in this area you pick they all take you to the same web page to pick what edition you want to upgrade to)

thecreator

AC said:

I chatted with Quicken Support and he said I would need to pay the full Premier price to upgrade. In any case, I found Premier at Best Buy on sale for $46.49, pretty close to the difference in suggested prices.

Hi @AC ,

See this FAQ:  https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7307115/add-your-quicken-information-to-your-posts-plus-how-you-are-connected-to-the-internet 

Only New Users Of Quicken Membership get price breaks. Once you become a member, you would need another Email Address to use for one year. Once your Quicken Membership expires, and don't wish to live without Quicken, for 30 days, to be treated as a new Member, I would buy a second copy of Quicken, when it is on sale to save money and hang onto the Activation Code, so it does not get lost.

Premier comes with Quicken Free Premium Support, where Starter and Deluxe, do not.

See: https://www.quicken.com/compare 

Under Premier: Priority access to customer support (a $49 value)*

Questions?

Chris_QPW

Well I have a copy of Starter so I walked through the upgrade, and it doesn't offer any discount!

Note you start with:
Help -> Add More Investing & Tax Tools (actually it doesn't matter which one in this area you pick they all take you to the same web page to pick what edition you want to upgrade to)

Ps56k2

AC said: How do you upgrade to the Premier version

BTW - just curious as to why are you looking at Premiere vs Deluxe ?

AC

Ps56k2 - I want to use Premier primarily for Investment tracking.

Ps56k2

AC said:

Ps56k2 - I want to use Premier primarily for Investment tracking.

Depending upon what you might actually use - the Deluxe version tracks, reports, and handles investments pretty well.  There are a few more extra reporting features in Premier - but for my Chase, Schwab, Fidelity, Vanguard, and TRowe - Deluxe works -

And.. all the versions use the exact same software and Quicken QDF data file -
just the extra features are turned on when you purchase that version or upgrade.

AC

I chatted with Quicken Support and he said I would need to pay the full Premier price to upgrade. In any case, I found Premier at Best Buy on sale for $46.49, pretty close to the difference in suggested prices.

thecreator

AC said:

I chatted with Quicken Support and he said I would need to pay the full Premier price to upgrade. In any case, I found Premier at Best Buy on sale for $46.49, pretty close to the difference in suggested prices.

Hi @AC ,

See this FAQ:  https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7307115/add-your-quicken-information-to-your-posts-plus-how-you-are-connected-to-the-internet 

Only New Users Of Quicken Membership get price breaks. Once you become a member, you would need another Email Address to use for one year. Once your Quicken Membership expires, and don't wish to live without Quicken, for 30 days, to be treated as a new Member, I would buy a second copy of Quicken, when it is on sale to save money and hang onto the Activation Code, so it does not get lost.

Premier comes with Quicken Free Premium Support, where Starter and Deluxe, do not.

See: https://www.quicken.com/compare 

Under Premier: Priority access to customer support (a $49 value)*

Questions?

AC

Thank you for the tip @thecreator . I did not notice that the lower cost was for new customers. It's a shame that Quicken does not value their long time customers even though it is existing customers that recommend the product, not new ones.

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jrich75

The following is from Quicken Help, How Do I Manage My Quicken Subscription

Upgrade
Upgrading will add a new set of features that aren't included in your current subscription tier. 
Things to know: 

• You can upgrade at any time during your subscription term, but no more than once every 30 days. 

• When you upgrade, the prorate for your original subscription value is added on as additional time to the new subscription.

• You can redeem an activation code in a retail copy to upgrade your subscription once every 30 days. 

Note that the second bullet indicates you should get some additional time added to a new one year subscription.  Also, the third bullet indicates that if you can find a retail DVD on sale, it can be used instead of paying the full price through Quicken.  For example, Staples is currently offering the Deluxe version for windows for about $32. Just be sure you get a normal DVD version (one without the big yellow banner) rather than the download for new subscribers.  I recently downgraded to Deluxe using a retail package when my subscription was due for renewal and it worked fine. 
Note: as @Ps56k2 indicated, I also find Deluxe more than adequate for my simple investment tracking requirements.