On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 15:30:17 -0000, Matt F <mf[at]spamME.earthlink.netwrote:

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I don't see any "change" in step 4. Where is it?

* Matt F <mf[at]spamME.earthlink.net> :
:
: I am in a similar situation. I'll search the MS knowledgebase to see
: if I can find anything. I'll post if I do.
:

See if this helps:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;317457
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Regards,
Matt

* tbsteph <anonymous[at]discussions.microsoft.com> :
: Just about the same background - used Quicken since the
: days of DOS. I believe Money does a great job execpt when
: matching downloaded transactions. As the original poster
: describes, mismatches will sometimes occur with
: transactions of differing amounts and/or different
: payees. Sometimes the mismatch is with a reconciled item?
: I hope someone has an answer to this.
:
: Thanks,
:
: Tom in AZ

I am in a similar situation. I'll search the MS knowledgebase to see
if I can find anything. I'll post if I do.

--

Regards,
Matt

Just about the same background - used Quicken since the
days of DOS. I believe Money does a great job execpt when
matching downloaded transactions. As the original poster
describes, mismatches will sometimes occur with
transactions of differing amounts and/or different
payees. Sometimes the mismatch is with a reconciled item?
I hope someone has an answer to this.

Thanks,

Tom in AZ

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Please accept my apologies if this issue has been addressed here before.



About a year ago, I switched to MS Money after being a Quicken user since
the DOS/Chipsoft days (I'm fed up with Intuit.long story that I'm sure you'
ve all heard before from many others).



Overall, I like MS Money in many ways better than Quicken. However, one
issue that I can't seem to figure out is the way MS Money deals with
downloaded transactions.



The problem I'm having is that Money will occasionally match a downloaded
transaction with another payee already entered somewhere in the register
that happens to be for the same amount. For example, if I pay for a meal at
the Ming Tree Restaurant with my debit card, when money downloads the
transaction it might match it with Bud's Tires, if the amount happens to be
the same.



Sometimes, Money will match up a downloaded transaction with a totally
dissimilar transaction. In this case, I made an online payment to Silkies
(a company that sells pantyhose via mail order.my wife's been using them for
years). The amount of this transaction was $39.89. However, Money matched
it up with a Walgreen's transaction for $40.00. Yes, I know I Money gives
me the option to separate the transactions, but I don't understand why it
matched them up in the first place.



Can anyone shed any light on what's going on here?



Many thanks in advance!