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In response to "I look a lot because there isn't a lot of cushion there. If there was, I wouldn't. -- nm" by TFox

But in theory, it should matter. You know what is in and what is coming out (checks, debits, etc). It's not like the bank balance is "true"

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Oct 13 '09, 08:11

in the sense that there are outstanding checks you've written or payments due to be deducted that you can take the bank balance as "this is what I have"

*shrug* I guess I'm so used to working with Money/Quicken that my bank balance is whatever Quicken says it is, not whatever the bank thinks it is right now

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so, you check Quicken every day, I check my balance online every day. - znufrii Oct 13, 08:14 4
- No, I only look at Quicken once a week when I pay the bills -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 08:15 3
  - fair enough. - znufrii Oct 13, 08:16 2
    - Seriously, use Quicken, even the free online one. Once you know where everything is going, it is so much easier to manage -- nm - oblique Oct 13, 08:19 1
      - *shrug* - znufrii Oct 13, 08:23
Which works if you, y'know, never have to cheat. Or don't have your wife occasionally needing the debit card to buy diapers and stuff. - TFox Oct 13, 08:12 2
- This is what credit cards are for - oblique Oct 13, 08:13 1
  - Which would be great if... - TFox Oct 13, 08:14

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But in theory, it should matter. You know what is in and what is coming out (checks, debits, etc). It's not like the bank balance is "true"

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