1 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 Try fact 2000 pro Belgium cheap,easy euroincluded andsoon, 2001-12-27
I previously used quickbooks, untill the euro came, and quickbooks had no answer for me. I don't like also software asking for money after a buy already . Disappointed is the good word that i like to include this software after several years good cooperation still. Few interactions in customer- info findings, item deviding, and not easy mastering sorry intuit you lost a thankfull customer years to go maybe with some cooperation Dr Jansen Veterinary surgeon Belgium
7 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
You'll be Buying this Product Over and Over, 2001-12-14
Here's the deal with Quickbooks if you have any employees and a payroll. Buy and install the the latest version, then you have to shell out (more) bucks a year (even if you have just one employee) to keep your tax tables updated. This tax table service used to cost just $($$$); you are at their mercy if you want to run with the latest tax tables. Now it is 2-3 years down the road and you get a message saying that you need to upgrade your entire Quickbooks package because tax tables will not be produced for your version after a certain date. Round and round the cycle goes....I think I have spent over $1000 in the past 6 years on Quickbooks versions and tax table updates. There is certainly a market out there for some sharp programmers to produce less expensive tax table updates for prior versions of Quickbooks. Be warned....Intuit makes Microsoft look good!!
5 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 Quick Books Stinks, 2001-12-06
Quickbooks is an easy program to learn. Tech. support can answer questions that any one can find the answers in the help menu. Quickbooks cannot track workman's comp, itemize payroll garnishments (if 2 or more employees are garnished from the same agency). Data will loose integrity if your file is too big or running a network. When I upgraded from QB99 to QB2001, I had to get my payroll updated online(with a subscription). I pay enough money to keep my business running, I don't like having to shell out extra's that I believe should come with the $(dollar amount) per computer for the program. I also feel that there must be something a lot better than this program for the construction/contractor business. I am definately not upgrading. I have had many thoughts of using this CD for drink coasters in my living room. Do some research before buying this product.
37 of 38 customers found the following review helpful:
 QuickBooks Pro 2001: the good, the bad, and the ugly, 2001-11-21
In the quest to find a decent accounting solution for my sole-proprietorship (start-up), I tried and evaluated several trial versions of accounting software packages (QuickBooks Pro 2001, gnucash, gACC, MYOB, and Peachtree Accounting). The good: Hands down, QuickBooks Pro is the easiest and most intuitive accounting package aimed at small businesses, on the market. I was able to setup the books, generate purchase orders, sales receipts, deposits, checks, with a minimum of effort. The only difficulty is figuring out the QuickBooks way of doing things, but once you do, things fly. I was surprised to find that it will even print out deposit slips (nice feature, especially if you take in a lot of checks). The bad: Unfortunately it is also the most expensive software package in this class. Peachtree Accounting is about half the cost (but much more difficult to use [double-entry accounting]). The ugly: Also, beware that the features included in this software package are a little misleading: Setting up payroll requires you to use their payroll update service ($). Setting up a "professional website" requires you to use their service ($). From the trial, I got the feeling that accepting credit cards also requires you to use an Intuit-affiliated merchant account ($?). I never went any further to investigate. Several "marketplace features" were discontinued. Simply stated, QuickBooks is an intuitive, easy to use accounting solution for small businesses. However, I was disappointed in the QuickBooks Pro version, which charged a premium for features that either contained ongoing hidden charges, or are not likely to be used by most people. My advise: get QuickBooks 2001, not QuickBooks Pro.
13 of 15 customers found the following review helpful:
Quickbooks help line, 2001-11-13
I purchased the Quickbooks 1 year help contract via telephone. I thought it was a good deal until I found out that all calls to the help line are long distance. Also when calling in you are usally put on hold. This becomes quit expensive as I have already spent (...) for the service to begin with. One would think that the help line would be a toll free call. (or is this a way to limit calls and employee hiring) The yearly contract is no bargain when you add up the cost of long distance calls added to the origional price of the package.
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