Life or Debt 2010, Free HDTV Giveaway, Winners of Free Software

Well it’s time to announce who won the 2 free software downloads from YNAB. This free personal finance software giveaway yielded some interesting feedback for the creators of YNAB. Here was one that caught my eye — from Scott, who downloaded the free trial:

I downloaded the trial and like what I see so far. I used to shoehorn the envelope method into MS Money. MS Money worked but required a lot more effort than it needed too (really a pain). YNAB appears to do the same thing I was doing but in a much easier way. Really like what I see so far. But I do have a usability concern regarding their reconciling feature. It automatically marks each transaction I download as “r” even if it duplicated something I already had in there or even already downloaded. That can be a really big problem when making sure you have the same balance as the bank. I assume from other people that rave about it that this problem does not make the software unusable. It certainly seems like a small price to pay for all the program’s other great features. I do wish the trial was longer than 7 days so I could try a “reconcile” or two before buying.

It would certainly be nice if the trial was available for a longer period!

Now on to the giveaway results! The winners of the YNAB software this time around are…. Scott and Christene. I’ll be contacting you with details on how to receive your copies. If anyone’s interested in a 15% discount off the regular price, you can get still get it using this YNAB discount coupon code.

I will have more giveaways of this software in the future, for sure!

Free HDTV Giveaway To One Reader

Recently, I’ve been in the habit of watching out for interesting giveaways to share with you here. Well, if you’d like to be in the running for a lovely 40″ HDTV, then you can check out this giveaway. You can enter for free (instructions are in the page) but you can increase your chances by purchasing a copy of the book Life or Debt 2010, by Stacy Johnson, who also runs the site Money Talks News.

Announcements

Thanks to The Consumerist for mentioning my post on gourmet coffee recipes!

On another note, I wish I had mentioned this in time so I could bribe you for a few votes . But apparently, I got clobbered in the Free Money Finance March Madness blog tournament for my entry on 55 Best Ways To Save Money. I read my opponent’s piece on 11 Dumb Ways To Get In Debt, and you know what? It was awesome and see why it’s a winner. So I guess I’m out of the running this time — a little earlier than I would have liked, but them’s the breaks!

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