Anyone try Mint yet? - Page 3

rstlne · 01-14-2008, 01:53 PM

I worry whether Mint is going to stick around. It doesn't have a long track record yet. I use Quicken for personal finance and accounting and I know I'll retain a base level of functionality as long as I still have the software installed.

Ginger · 01-14-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Darrin

After much consideration and reading in their forums I decided to make the plunge and try out Mint.

Im learning to really like it. I only have a few accounts integrated with it so far.

Anyone else?

LOVE LOVE MINT!!! We dumped Money Plus and went with them. Its way easier and more intuitive and this way hubby and I are able to check the accounts from remote locations. I posted a a review on my blog: Girls Just Wanna Have Funds: A Personal Finance Blog About My Journey To Financial Freedom

Anthony Marrone · 01-14-2008, 08:04 PM

I use Mint but only as a safety net to track expenses. Basically, I collect all my receipts, etc. for the week and input them all to my You Need A Budget (YNAB) excel spreadsheet. Then, I update Mint and cross-reference to make sure I didn't miss anything.

Obviously the shortcoming to Mint is that it cannot track cash spending, and I also don't think it can track certain types of investment accounts. Additionally, the labeling in Mint is weird, and for my purposes, I'd like more freedom to remove transactions after I've referenced and recorded them (or at least be able to archive older transactions).

It's great that Mint breaks down your spending with relatively little tinkering. Overall, I thin Mint can be an effective piece of any personal finance package.

stormy · 01-20-2008, 01:37 PM

Is Mint a replacement for Quicken?

Megan · 01-20-2008, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by stormy

Is Mint a replacement for Quicken?

Depending on how you use Quicken, it definitely could be! I use Microsoft Money, and Mint doesn't quite do everything that I use money for, but as the poster above commented, they have substituted Mint for Money Plus. So it might very well work for you.

ocellnuri · 01-20-2008, 02:04 PM

I've been using Mint for about 4 months, and accepting the fact that it's in Beta and there are some bugs, I am in complete love with it. I'm not sure that it does anything more than other personal finance programs, but the web access (I use many different computers every day) and simple interface really sold me.

I hadn't stuck with a money program before, so my perception of my spending was based on more of a gut feeling than any real evidence. Mint quickly showed me that constantly eating out was destroying my checking account. I'm also the type of person that loves tracking stats and trying to improve things, so trying to keep my monthly spending categories in the 'green' has been rewarding and challenging for me, with absolutely positive benefits.

The site doesn't work with my credit card yet (and I accept that since it's a beta) but thankfully I don't use my credit card for anything anyway.

Most of the benefits I've gotten from Mint are probably the same benefits that anyone who tracks their spending gets... but Mint has made it easy and fun to do, without tying me to one computer or inputing transactions by hand.

To anyone worried about security, give this a read to understand what's going on with your info: Mint | Refreshing Money Management

merlik · 01-24-2008, 09:26 AM

I really love Mint.com I have all of my accounts in it. The only thing I think it is missing is Loan accounts, but supposedly they are working on that. I think it will be very cool once I have my car loan in there and such because then I can see over all, all the money I have and all the money I owe in one place.

Yeah you can do that stuff with Quicken and those other programs, but I hate manually having to enter all the data in. Mint.com does the best job of automatically entering all of your transactions.

Darrin · 01-28-2008, 06:29 AM

I ended up canceling it. It seemed really good and has a lot of features, but to be honest I just wasnt using it with the potential it has.

jkuo13 · 01-28-2008, 07:25 AM

Anyone have an idea of how well Mint works in tracking shared expenses? The idea seems cool, but I initially went with a two month experiment with Buxfer so I could keep my personal expenses and shared expenses with my fiancee distinct. So far Buxfer works well for me, but I'm pretty diligent about entering my expenses every month. My fiancee on the other hand complains about having to manually identify things as shared expenses and having to upload her bank statements, etc.

I'm tempted to switch us to Mint b/c of its automation.

moneymatters · 01-28-2008, 09:27 AM

I just signed up today for Mint -and so far so good. I'll let everyone know how it goes!

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01-14-2008, 01:53 PM	#21
rstlne Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 368 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (115)	I worry whether Mint is going to stick around. It doesn't have a long track record yet. I use Quicken for personal finance and accounting and I know I'll retain a base level of functionality as long as I still have the software installed.

01-14-2008, 08:04 PM	#23
Anthony Marrone Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Syracuse, New York Posts: 55 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (18)	I use Mint but only as a safety net to track expenses. Basically, I collect all my receipts, etc. for the week and input them all to my You Need A Budget (YNAB) excel spreadsheet. Then, I update Mint and cross-reference to make sure I didn't miss anything. Obviously the shortcoming to Mint is that it cannot track cash spending, and I also don't think it can track certain types of investment accounts. Additionally, the labeling in Mint is weird, and for my purposes, I'd like more freedom to remove transactions after I've referenced and recorded them (or at least be able to archive older transactions). It's great that Mint breaks down your spending with relatively little tinkering. Overall, I thin Mint can be an effective piece of any personal finance package.

01-20-2008, 02:04 PM	#26
ocellnuri Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	I've been using Mint for about 4 months, and accepting the fact that it's in Beta and there are some bugs, I am in complete love with it. I'm not sure that it does anything more than other personal finance programs, but the web access (I use many different computers every day) and simple interface really sold me. I hadn't stuck with a money program before, so my perception of my spending was based on more of a gut feeling than any real evidence. Mint quickly showed me that constantly eating out was destroying my checking account. I'm also the type of person that loves tracking stats and trying to improve things, so trying to keep my monthly spending categories in the 'green' has been rewarding and challenging for me, with absolutely positive benefits. The site doesn't work with my credit card yet (and I accept that since it's a beta) but thankfully I don't use my credit card for anything anyway. Most of the benefits I've gotten from Mint are probably the same benefits that anyone who tracks their spending gets... but Mint has made it easy and fun to do, without tying me to one computer or inputing transactions by hand. To anyone worried about security, give this a read to understand what's going on with your info: Mint \| Refreshing Money Management

01-24-2008, 09:26 AM	#27
merlik Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (11)	I really love Mint.com I have all of my accounts in it. The only thing I think it is missing is Loan accounts, but supposedly they are working on that. I think it will be very cool once I have my car loan in there and such because then I can see over all, all the money I have and all the money I owe in one place. Yeah you can do that stuff with Quicken and those other programs, but I hate manually having to enter all the data in. Mint.com does the best job of automatically entering all of your transactions.

01-28-2008, 06:29 AM	#28
Darrin Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Maria, CA Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Reputation: (10)	I ended up canceling it. It seemed really good and has a lot of features, but to be honest I just wasnt using it with the potential it has.