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Budgeting for nerds

DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
edited October 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Because I suck at budgeting/finance/whatever, I want to set up several savings accounts with weekly transfers from my main account to budget for various upcoming expenses like trips, shoes, clothes, what have you.

The thing is, I think I'd be a lot more awesome at budgeting if I could visualize these things like XP bars showing shit like I have 20% saved for an island vacation or 130% saved for sunglasses.

Is there any sort of program that caters to nerds trying finance.


Else, any suggestions on how I could create a graph using excel using =TODAY() to accomplish something similar based on weekly set contributions?

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  • tech_huntertech_hunter More SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    might want to check out mint.com

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    tech_hunter wrote: »
    might want to check out mint.com

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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    This looks perfect! Thank you.

    I just have to do a little homework to make sure this software wont be logging my keys or anything.

    Please lock. Solved!

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Holy shit, this is awesome, and I've been looking for something like this too. Thanks for helping me as well.

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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Okay, this is totally legit, but I can't shake the feeling that this was developed by some awesome James Bond Villian who's going to steal everyones shit and build a Volcano Fortress once mint.com moves to Phase 2.

    On the otherhand, it's so awesome its worth it.

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  • PirateJonPirateJon Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You say that like it's a bad thing.

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  • Iceman.USAFIceman.USAF Major East CoastRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Deebaser wrote: »
    Okay, this is totally legit, but I can't shake the feeling that this was developed by some awesome James Bond Villian who's going to steal everyones shit and build a Volcano Fortress once mint.com moves to Phase 2.

    On the otherhand, it's so awesome its worth it.

    You know I've been using mint for a while and that never crossed my mind. I always assume if someone is going to steal all my identities it'll be instant, but this....wow. You blew my mind.

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  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Well.. considering they were just recently bought by Intuit (who makes Quicken) you're probably safe to use it.

    Unless Quicken has been a front all these years....

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, Mint.com is legit. They even talked about it on TWiT the other day.

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  • exisexis Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Damn Mint looks fantastic. If only such a service existed for Kiwi's :(.

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    While this looks all sorts of badass, it doesn't work with TCFbank :(. Anyone knows if I'm missing something obvious to get my bank account to work with mint.com?

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I use Quicken Online and have no real complaints..is there a reason I should check out Mint?

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited October 2009
    You should check out mint because it is awesome.

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  • WeretacoWeretaco Cubicle Gangster Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Kyougu wrote: »
    I use Quicken Online and have no real complaints..is there a reason I should check out Mint?

    I'm sure it'll all be the same thing soon enough with Intuit buying up mint.

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  • pacbowlpacbowl Los AngelesRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Mint categorizes my MMO subscriptions as a charity donation. :rotate:

    Yes, I know you can edit it.

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  • CognisseurCognisseur Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, I've still got an account on Mint. It's perfectly legit, and works well for most people. However, my girlfriend and I split more or less everything so everything comes up on my credit card as 2x too much or not appearing at all. For a while I would just manually edit but then I realized I put more effort into doing that than just having a nice Excel sheet where I track my expenditures (and can add nice graphs too).

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