Comments on: Quicken Starter Edition: Not for Upgraders

By: Noah

Noah — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:32:03 +0000

I recently upgraded to vista, and needed to reintall Quicken 2006, but can’t find my disc. So I went to Besy Buy, and grabbed the starter edition. When I got up to the check-out I finally saw the fine print on the side, that Quicken 2009 will only import from Quicken 2008. So I figured I would have to step up to deluxe, but when I check the other versions, ALL OF THEM SAID THE SAME THING. It appears that intuit doesn’t want my business anymore for a glorified checkbook register. If I’m going to lose ALL of my data, why would I want to be forced to upgrade EVERY YEAR just to keep from losing my transaction history. If I have to start over, then I’ll just use an open source alternative. I’ve already tried several that I had installed in Ubuntu, which is also FREE.

By: Toni

Toni — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:22:56 +0000

It looks like Quicken has also changed packaging, probably to avoid potential lawsuits. My Starter Edition box does not include the line you picture above (“Imports your existing Quicken data”) at all. Further, in the tiny mouse print on the side of the box it says “Quicken Starter Editoin 2009 imports data from Quicken 2008 only.” Since I currently use Quicken 2008 — albeit the Deluxe version — I thought this would import my data. I wish I could figure out a way to make them do what the box says without having to pay them more.

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:16:30 +0000

I to just got suckered with the “starter” edition. I could not make it get past adding features. afeter several hours am now trying to go back to my older version.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:29:45 +0000

I too, got suckered by the “starter” edition. I even bought the Turbo-Tax Deluxe so that I could get Quicken. It erased my regular Quicken and left me with GARBAGE. I was able to
delete the starter program (with great difficulty) and got back my old Quicken. I am happy that I had a backup on an external hard drive. Since I am getting the $30. rebate, I really didn’t lose anything but respect for Intuit. Maybe I’ll try the H&R Block program next year.

By: John Schultz

John Schultz — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:09:12 +0000

I use Turbotax and in the past, you got an upgrade to the most recent version of Quicken for free if you applied for the rebate with Turbotax. While I agree that the “upgrade” haven’t been particularly useful I usually installed the latest version for forward compatibility. Imagine my surprise when I did the same thing this year, Quicken Starter Edition 2008 uninstalled 2007 Basic and then would not import my historical data.

Unbelievable.

Has Intuit developed a new policy to annoy what used to be a loyal customer?
Apparently. The “starter” edition was $29.99 with a $29.99 rebate. The full version is only $39.99 at Amazon – apparently my future business is not worth $10 to Intuit.