Comments on: My First Impression Of Mint.com For Managing Personal Finances and Budget http://thepassivedad.com/2009/01/my-first-impression-of-mintcom-for-managing-personal-finances-and-budget/ Sharing Passive Income and Money Saving Tips Tue, 03 May 2011 23:44:32 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ted http://thepassivedad.com/2009/01/my-first-impression-of-mintcom-for-managing-personal-finances-and-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-13341 Ted Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:35:21 +0000 http://thepassivedad.com/?p=818#comment-13341 i love mint.com!!! It is a truly freeing, real time budget system for us. Love it. I just signed up for an ING account and heard that mint.com and ING are not friends :( I hope it is resolved as mint.com puts everything in one place for me. Hope so! i love mint.com!!!

It is a truly freeing, real time budget system for us. Love it.

I just signed up for an ING account and heard that mint.com and ING are not friends :( I hope it is resolved as mint.com puts everything in one place for me.

Hope so!

]]> By: Scott http://thepassivedad.com/2009/01/my-first-impression-of-mintcom-for-managing-personal-finances-and-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-2644 Scott Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:43:28 +0000 http://thepassivedad.com/?p=818#comment-2644 @ Alison Mint is wonderful, and yes I do track cash on Mint but I do have to get a little creative. What I do is change the ATM cash category to the corresponding purchase. It's can be difficult to track $50 if you spent $30 at the grocery store and $20 at the movies. I tend to use cash very sparingly and use my atm debit card for most purchases. Using cash can be a great way to spend less and the only way I can think to use mint is to do several $20 transactions and go back and adjust the category by using your receipts. Kind of a pain to workaround, but it can work. @ Alison

Mint is wonderful, and yes I do track cash on Mint but I do have to get a little creative. What I do is change the ATM cash category to the corresponding purchase. It’s can be difficult to track $50 if you spent $30 at the grocery store and $20 at the movies. I tend to use cash very sparingly and use my atm debit card for most purchases. Using cash can be a great way to spend less and the only way I can think to use mint is to do several $20 transactions and go back and adjust the category by using your receipts. Kind of a pain to workaround, but it can work.

]]> By: Alison http://thepassivedad.com/2009/01/my-first-impression-of-mintcom-for-managing-personal-finances-and-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-2642 Alison Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:02:13 +0000 http://thepassivedad.com/?p=818#comment-2642 I love mint.com... except that it does not allow you to track cash. I've been trying to control grocery spending by using cash only- if I only have $50 in my pocket, I can only SPEND $50, right? I started using clearcheckbook.com to track everything instead. The downside is that clearcheckbook.com is not connected to my accounts and does not update automatically. The plus side is that I can track cash spending, gift card purchases, etc. If you have any solutions to the mint/cash issue, I would love to hear them. :) I love mint.com… except that it does not allow you to track cash. I’ve been trying to control grocery spending by using cash only- if I only have $50 in my pocket, I can only SPEND $50, right?

I started using clearcheckbook.com to track everything instead. The downside is that clearcheckbook.com is not connected to my accounts and does not update automatically. The plus side is that I can track cash spending, gift card purchases, etc.

If you have any solutions to the mint/cash issue, I would love to hear them. :)

]]> By: How We Shed $200 From Our Grocery Budget. Next Month FoodMaxx For More Savings | The Passive Dad http://thepassivedad.com/2009/01/my-first-impression-of-mintcom-for-managing-personal-finances-and-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 How We Shed $200 From Our Grocery Budget. Next Month FoodMaxx For More Savings | The Passive Dad Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:13:50 +0000 http://thepassivedad.com/?p=818#comment-2536 [...] recently wrote about Mint.com and how I started using the site to track our personal finances. After a few weeks I am still very impressed with Mint and the ability to track daily transactions [...] [...] recently wrote about Mint.com and how I started using the site to track our personal finances. After a few weeks I am still very impressed with Mint and the ability to track daily transactions [...]

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