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Old 03-18-2010, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Radiance View Post
Still hate the idea of registering every transaction manually. Maybe will serve as a shopping deterrent:
One way around this, kind of, is to stop using a debit card. I've never used one and don't plan to start. I pay everything with a credit card. That way, there is only one payment to deal with each month but that payment may cover 30 or 40 different shopping transactions and other monthly bills.

Of course, you still have to make sure the credit card statement is correct, but it makes balancing the checking account much easier since there aren't nearly as many transactions to deal with.
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