Blogging Away Debt Our Journeys to a Debt-Free Life

by Tricia

I believe that one of the greatest tools that I have ever owned is Quicken. Now, it could be any computer program that helps you keep track of your check register and keep track of your spending. For me, I started with Quicken 98 and went from there. Not too long ago I upgraded to Quicken 2005.

While I was doing some shopping, I was able to find copies of Quicken 2005 to give away. These are brand new and registerable…they are only a few versions old. The program will run on PCs that run XP, 2000, ME and 98. To see the full list of specs, please click here. Why not brand new? Well, for basic keeping track of your money, this older version does just fine and it costs a lot less. The deal I found was very good.

I purchased a total of 6 copies of Quicken 2005 and I am giving away 5. Why not 6? Well, along with this gift, I am offering my support to help you get set up to use it. I currently run Quicken 2005 for Mac, and to be able to help you as much as I can it helps to have the same version (the Mac and Windows version are actually quite different). As you are working to set it up, I will be an email away to answer your questions and help you get started with the basic set-up and use of Quicken.

Now, if you are interested in receiving a copy, please leave a comment below on this post sharing with me your committment to learning the program and setting it up. While I am offering to help you, you will have to do your part with making this work. I can’t set everything up for you. I will ship the program to you free of charge to US addresses only. I do have the complete boxes, but if you don’t mind I’d like to ship the disk and a little QuickStart guide to you and toss the box to save on shipping costs (the manual is on the disk in .pdf form). If you *really* want the box, let me know. If something should happen where you receive the program damaged or it gets lost, I cannot replace it. So far, everything I’ve sent out has made it to its destination *knock on wood*.

I will use random.org to select five random numbers. In the event that the randomizer selects some of the same numbers, I will pick others to have five different numbers. Those numbers will correspond with comments and that will determine the commenters who will receive the books.

I will accept comments on this post until 11pm EST on Wednesday, February 21, 2007. I will announce the winners on Thursday, February 22, 2007. If after I email the winners I do not hear back from them by Monday, February 26, 2007 with a shipping address, I will select another number(s).

And so you know, just like if you subscribe to my updates via email, I will never use your email or address for anything other than what they were provided for.

If you have questions, please contact me via email at bloggingawaydebt [at] yahoo [dot] com. Please do not leave a comment to ask a question – we’ll keep that for the entries.

Thanks! 🙂

NOTE: The version here is not for Mac. The specs needed are listed above in bold

by Tricia

As I mentioned earlier, I went and did a little shopping this past week. I have received so much from this blog in terms of support and some advertising dollars so I wanted to take this opportunity to give back a little. I’m big believer that when it comes to reducing debt, you have to figure out a plan that works for you. To do that, it helps to have some tools. So, the things I want to give away follow that philosophy. For the first part I went to a used bookstore to purchase some financial books to give away.

1.) The Wall Street Journal Lifetime Guide to Money – published in 1997, this book has almost 600 pages. A quick flip through made me feel like this will be a good reference book for someone.

2.) The Consumer Reports Money Book – published in 1995 it’s over ten years old so some things may be outdated. I actually have an older edition of this book and I’ve read through most of it. I believe it’s a good solid reference book as well.

3.) The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom – this one is by Suze Orman. I haven’t read this book, but I did purchase a copy of it a while ago and haven’t gotten around to reading it. One of these days I will finish it and review it on here (but first I still need to finish “The Millionaire Mind”).

Unfortunately, that’s all they had. All of the books are in good condition, but they do have an insense smell on them from the bookstore. I’ve been trying to air them out a little but the smell is still there. Also note I do have a pet-friendly home.

Now, if you are interested in receiving one of these books, please leave a comment below with something about yourself like how much you debt you have (or don’t have). I will ship the book to you free of charge to US addresses only. If something should happen where you received the book damaged or it gets lost, I cannot replace it. So far, everything I’ve sent out has made it to its destination *knock on wood*.

I will use random.org to select three random numbers. In the event that the randomizer selects two identical numbers, I will pick another one to have three different numbers. Those numbers will correspond with comments and that will determine the commenters who will receive the books.

I will accept comments on this post until 11pm EST on Monday, February 19, 2007. I will announce the winners on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. If after I email the winners I do not hear back from them by Thursday, February 22, 2007 with a shipping address, I will select another number(s).

And so you know, just like if you subscribe to my updates via email, I will never use your email or address for anything other than what they were provided for.

There will be another giveaway that I am really excited about. Unfortunately, I am still securing them. I’m hoping to have it finalized soon. When it is, I will be announcing that one as well. I am hoping it will help 5 people really take charge of their finances. Those that are selected for a book are eligible for the next givewaway as well.

What are you waiting for? Leave a comment and tell everyone about your debt (or lack of) 🙂