Pear Budget and other tools
by Pc3
Frugal hack reader April @Question the Culture wrote a great little post on my question “Are you teaching frugality or just being broke?”. Go check it out http://questiontheculture.blogspot.com/2009/02/mini-sermon-aimed-at-me.html
In the post she links to Meredith’s post on Pear Budget so I wandered over to Pear Budget and did some poking around. I gotta tell you it looks GREAT. I will be trying it for the next little while and see if it’s a good fit for us but I’m liking what I’m seeing. (BTW the Pear Budget blog looks like a keeper too – I am subscriber 172)
What about you? What budgeting tools and tips work for you? I’d love to know!
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4 Responses to “Pear Budget and other tools”
February 25th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I just started using PearBudget in january and I really like the ease and confidentiality of the program. I feel good that it’s all on-line, so no worry about losing things on my computer (which needs to be replaced – part of creating a budget!)
I love that we can easily see where our money is going an what needs to be adjusted from month to month, it’s a great budget for beginners because it’s so simple to use. Great tech support too!
February 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
@Inky
We set up a Pear Budget account in 20 minutes last night. I’m looking forward to using this little tool.
February 26th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
One quick note for our readers.
I was in contact with Charles Park from pearbudget.com overnight about a small bug they are having with the javascript.
When you punch in your figures and save or update it appears to change the numbers you just provided to the website.
Here is a workaround that Pear Budget provided. When the bug is fixed shortly we will let you know.
From Pear Budget:
“Thanks so much for the note on that. It’s not an issue with your computer … it’s a javascript issue that we’re working on. If you see that happen again, if you click on one of the other pages (like the Enter page [the link is at the top of the page]) and then come back to the Plan page, you’ll see that the numbers will have sorted themselves out. It’s a frustrating bug, I know, and it’s something I’m working on fixing this week.”
February 27th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
This information is so helpful, I love hearing new and interesting ways to save money or make money!
It was so great to hear what everyone has been doing on here, so much the wiser for it!
My tool of trade lately has been looking for banks that pay higher percentage rewards on checking accounts, a lot of my friends use it and have loved it. I found this tool helpful for me on CheckingFinder.com They have a list of banks offering up to 6% in reward checking accounts just to use the debit card, online banking, or use direct deposit
I’ll pass it on:
Bank Rates:
First Robinson Savings Bank – Robinson, IL
6.01
Southern Missouri Bank & Trust
6.01
Bank of Ripley – Ripley, TN
5.26
Communication Federal Credit Union – OK
5.25
LA DOTD Federal Credit Union – Denham Spring, LA
5.25
Keystone Bank – Auburn, AL
5.15
Connexus Credit Union – Wausau, WI
5.15
Altra Federal Credit Union
5.05
Farmers and Merchants – Nashville, IL
5.05
Community State Bank – Poteau, OK
5.05
First State Bank – Kansas City, KS
5.03
State Employees Credit Union – Santa Fe, NM
5.02
Grand Bank of Texas – Grand Prairie, TX
5.02
Harbor Credit Union – Green Bay, WI
5.01
Malvern Federal Savings Bank – Paoli, PA
5.01
Union State Bank – Everest, KS
5.01
United National Bank – Cairo, GA
5.01
First Banking Center – Lake Geneva, WI
5.01
Noble Bank & Trust – Anniston, AL
5.01
The Community Bank – Brockton, MA
5.01
Bank of Little Rock – Little Rock, AR
5.01
Community Bank of Pleasant Hill – Pleasant Hill, MO
5.01
Community Bank of Raymore – Raymore, MO
5.01
Olmsted National Bank – Rochester, MN
5.01
Royal Banks of Missouri – St. Louis, MO
4.78
Texas Citizens Bank – Pasadena, TX
4.76
Courtesy of BancVue.
Enjoy!
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