Can Quicken Classic Premier for New Subscribers extend a current subscription?

Question

Hello, can Quicken Classic Premier for New Subscribers (1-Year Subscription) be used to extend a long-time user's current subscription?

I usually buy Quicken Premier on sale, but I haven't seen it go on-sale this year.  I see Quicken Classic Premier for New Subscribers be on-sale quite frequently at Best Buy.

Does anyone know of a better price for Quicken Classic Premier 1-Year Subscription?  I live on a fixed income and can't afford full-price every year.

Thank you very much!

Chris_QPW · Answer

To me it looks like Quicken Inc is purposely drying up the possibilities.  Just as they removed the 2-year subscription, and then there were less and less retail sales, and now what I'm seeing isn't even "no sales for existing customers" I'm seeing no sales at all for existing customers.

For the last couple of years, the sales have only been around some holidays.  I don't know about July 4th which is coming up but the ones I saw were around Black Friday and Christmas.  To even play this game any more you basically have to use the fact that you can buy it while on sale up to a year in advance and then be able to apply it within 6 months of your existing subscription expiring.

Two years ago, I also played the game of going with the "New Users" copy because Quicken Inc had a 50% off sale on it.  For the most part this means just creating a new Quicken ID (which will require a different email address, but you can create a free one for this or change your existing on to this email address and use your old email address for the new Quicken Id once switched).  It does mean resetting up all your online services, which depending on which ones you have might be quite a pain.  The two I would worry about (which I don't use) is Quicken's bill pay and especially Quicken's backup service that you pay for.  Since I imagine the paying for the backup is per Quicken ID and for the year, I imagine you might lose some on that change over.

the3roots · Answer

Thanks for the info.

I've been watching prices for Quicken Classic Deluxe and Premier since March.  I check Best Buy, Amazon, Newegg, Office Depot, Staples, Walmart, and Sams Club.  Any other suggested places to check?

Many places seem to be carrying the Quicken Classic for New Subscribers only now, not the standalone 1-year subscription.

Boatnmaniac · Answer

Yes, it does seem that retail stores are not having as many sales of Quicken Classic for existing subscribers as they used to.  That is unfortunate for many people.

If push comes to shove and your current subscription is very close to expiring and if there is not a good sale price for Premier at that time, you might want to consider downgrading to Deluxe which is a little less expensive. Deluxe has all the main features that most people need but, of course, you would need to decide whether or not that is viable for you.  You can view the features comparison at

https://www.quicken.com/products/pricing-comparison-classic/

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Downgrading will not impact your data history.  It just turns off some Premier features.  Later, when you find a better price for Premier you can always upgrade back to Premier.

Or you could continue to use Premier manually after the subscription expires.  And when you come across a good sale on Premier or Deluxe you could then buy it and resubscribe at that time.  Hopefully you would not need to wait too long before you find a good sale.  However, continuing to use Premier after the subscription expires will mean that you lose all online services and you will get some banners reminding you to resubscribe.  The banners take up 20%-30% of the screen and can only be removed by resubscribing so definitely a nuisance but it might be a good bridge option for you.