Comments on: Mint: I Stand Corrected

By: Holland

Holland — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:45:22 +0000

I can’t beielve I’ve been going for years without knowing that.

By: Tom Krieglstein

Tom Krieglstein — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:29:42 +0000

Here is another site that might be worth reviewing. I think it is newer to the field, but looks slick.

https://www.spendview.com/default.aspx

By: Lynnae

Lynnae — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:23:31 +0000

@Donna – I’m glad to hear that Mint is continuing to improve on things. I can’t wait to see how it continues to develop!

And it was an oversight on my part, but I had said there wasn’t a budgeting feature, when there was. It’s only fair that I corrected my mistake. And I’m glad you mentioned it to me. I’d hate to think I was giving my readers the wrong information.

By: Donna Wells

Donna Wells — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:18:41 +0000

Lynnae, I didn’t think your post was in error, maybe just an oversight. But I really appreciate your informing your readers about our budgeting feature. Your readers rightly call out some features we still need to create or fix. I appreciate the feedback and assure you that we’re working on many of these.

Good news re Patrick L.’s comment: Mint.com will be adding investment accounts (and student loans and mortgages) over the next few months. Announced this publicly just yesterday (http://mint.com/press/downloads/release_20080108.pdf )

By: Harris

Harris — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:50:15 +0000

Come on, budgets are so silly. Only buy what you need. Starbucks is never needed. Mint is just another encumbrance.

By: rocketc

rocketc — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:09:24 +0000

Has anyone had trouble or success in connecting Mint to FNBO?

By: Patrick L

Patrick L — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:47:57 +0000

Yes, you are correct on the lack of configurable categories. I find that I can’t even list “Property Tax” as a category. Another huge downside is that Mint doesn’t link up with Mutual fund accounts or investment accounts in sites like ETrade.

So Mint doesn’t and cannot show a complete financial picture at all for many users.

By: SavingDIva

SavingDIva — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:29:09 +0000

I have been thinking about using Mint, but I’m going to stick with my spreadsheets for right now.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:26:58 +0000

The major flaw I see with Mint is it makes it impossible to track cash purchases (unless I’m missing something). The budget will really fail you if you think you only spend $70/month on Starbuck’s, but in reality, you spend $100/month there because you sometimes pay for your coffee in cash that you withdrew from the ATM, received as a gift, etc.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:35:26 +0000

Thanks for the clarification! Your reviews on budgeting tools are really helpful to me, and I plan to highlight them on my blog next week some time.

I hate it when newspapers don’t run corrections, as well. When I was an editor at our college newspaper and we had a big mistake on the front page, we ran a correction on the front page, usually above the fold. You can’t undo a mistake, but you can try to make amends.