Given that users like us are relying on these seemingly simple things to
work correctly and efficiently, I'd say it's time to start shopping
around for a bank that gets it right. Consult the financial instutions
partners list at http://www.microsoft.com/money/onlin...t.asp?FIList=5

These little conveniences, (or annoyances in your case), are no
different than a bank's evening hours, convenient locations, no fee ATM
systems, clean lobbies, etc. were ten years ago. All a bank really does
is shuffle your money around, find one that does it the way you want.

jeff wrote:

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Say hallelujah!

"jeff" <eunicep[at]ruralramp.net> wrote in message
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"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
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Thanks, I'm using Money 2003 so after you mentioned this I've gone in and
added the stupid "ATM/CK CARD WITHDRAW" to the excluded payee name list. Now
if only I could get it to pick up the real payee name from the memo line.

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Yes, that would be way too easy. I've already e-mailed them about this. They
say that they like the idea but they have no control over it because they
have some STUPID outside vendor handle their website. They did kindly pass
my suggestion along however.

Another problem I run into is that they like to throw meaningless crap in
the Check Number field. The majority of the transactions will say
"POS000000" as the check number. (This must mean "Piece Of S---" as far as I
can tell.) A lot of other ones will say "ATMSC0351" which doesn't really
make sense because sometimes I'll be at a store like wal-mart and it will
still say ATMSC0351, while other times it will say POS000000 from the same
location.

Now they are starting to even type the memo field with a hodge-podge of the
name of the store as well as the street address smushed together... Such as
"WAL-1121-E-MART-CARO RD" for the Wal-mart at 1121 E Caro Road. Why not say
"Wal-mart 1121 E Caro RD" instead of shoving the address in the middle of
the word wal-mart?!

If there were a better bank in town that had this problem fixed, I would
gladly close my account and change banks. But, my friends and I have tried
all of the banks in town and we have determined that they all suck even
worse than this one does unfortunately.

I guess I'm just not going to bother downloading anymore transactions. It
makes a bigger mess than it is worth.

-Jeff

In microsoft.public.money, jeff wrote:

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Money 2002 does not have the Payee rules manager which would let you
at least ignore the "ATM / CK CARD WITHDRAW" by making it an
Excluded Payee Name.

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The easy way would be for the bank to put the Payee into the Payee
place, doncha think?

It does this to me too and quite frankly it SUCKS. My bank conviently names
EVERY transaction as "ATM / CK CARD WITHDRAW". So, I of course go through
and change it. However, the next time I download something Microsoft Money
changes ALL of the downloaded transactions to match the payee of the FIRST
one I changed the last time, so they all are labeled as the incorrect payee.

The really stupid thing is that the bank sticks the correct payee name in
the memo field. So why can't I just tell Microsoft Money to swap the Memo
with the Payee as it processes the import? But no... That would be way too
easy!

-Jeff


<kharless[at]qwest.net> wrote in message
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It matched it to another transaction for some reason. Click the 'change'
button and match it to the correct transaction, or allow it to create the
transaction as a new one.

The window of time you allow money to scan to make a match can affect this.
If you don't allow it to look back far enough to find an older transaction,
it can't match it properly.
--
Chris Cowles,
Gainesville, FL

<kharless[at]qwest.net> wrote in message
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Often when I download transactions from my bank, they
have a payee that is one of my Epays, but the real payee
is usually another specific vendor. When I look online
at my bank transactions, they payee is correct, so
therefore money is renaming this for some reason. It is
nearly always the wrong vendor associated with this epay
I have scheduled in my banking software, not Money, any
ideas why?