[moneytalks] Re: payment first

Rob it sounds complicated. Easier the old way.
Jim


At 03:29 PM 4/5/05, you wrote:

>Jim:
>
>The recurring feature sounds great for this situation. It can be told
>to skip weekends, so that helps. In cases where the date is different
>than the one which you set up with the recurring feature, you can just
>edit the posted date. For example, if I pay XXX Foods $100 on the 15th
>of every month, I would first enter the transaction normally. Then, I
>would press Ctrl+R to set it up to be recurring, and set the frequency
>to Monthly. I would set the Weekend Action options to Next week day, and
>the pre-post option to 0. Then on 4/15, the new transaction would post
>automatically.
>
>But wait, it was supposed to be on the 20th. In this case, you just
>change the date after the transaction posts.
>
>But wait, it was supposed to be on the 10th. A little more tricky, but
>can be done. In this case, you move to the last posted transaction of
>this type, the 3/15 one, and select Post Next Recurrence from the
>Transaction menu. Then, you can change the date of the newly posted
>transaction from 4/15 to 4/10.
>
>Hope this makes sense.
>
>Rob Meredith
>
> >>> fpardee@xxxxxxxxxx 04/05/05 02:36PM >>>
>Rob,
>
>In my case  I receive a number of recurring credits at the beginning of
>the
>month, but they are not on the same day. In other words the payer and
>amount are always the same but the day of payment varies. Also I pay
>several bills that are always the same but I do not pay them on the
>same
>date of the month.
>Perhaps I do not fully understand the recurring payment feature,  can
>it be
>used in the above scenario?
>Jim
>  >
>
>
>
>t 01:00 PM 4/5/05, you
>
>
>
>
>   wrote:
>
> >We are wondering why those with regular payments of the same amount
> >would not prefer to use recurring transactions instead of entering
> >transactions by hand every time. When we first began developing Money
> >Talks, the item first concept made sence. But now, it seems like most
>of
> >this work could be done with recurring transactions. Thoughts?
> >
> >Rob Meredith
> >
> > >>> musicmaker365@xxxxxxxxxxx 04/05/05 12:00PM >>>
> >I agree, I would like the Payee to be first.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "The Pardees" <fpardee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 8:02 PM
> >Subject: [moneytalks] payment first
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Having the amount shown before the payee or payer may be desirable
> >fore
> > > some users, however, in my case I have a number of debits and
>credits
> >that
> > > remain the same from month to month and having the payer or payee
> >come
> > > first with the amount of the last payment retained is much more
> >desirable.
> > > Is there a way the user could choose which he wants?
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

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