Comments on: Giving Wesabe another try http://www.moochida.com/yc/2007/10/29/giving-wesabe-another-try/ The world is not black or white, but... Sat, 28 May 2011 16:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Minoru http://www.moochida.com/yc/2007/10/29/giving-wesabe-another-try/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Minoru Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:43:44 +0000 http://www.moochida.com/yc/2007/10/29/giving-wesabe-another-try/#comment-378 Marc - Thanks for leaving a comment. I'll look forward to the new tips section. My reason for not being into the tips section has little to do with the feature itself or how the application works. I'm just not all that into what other people have to say, because spending money is so much about your lifestyles, and what works for one person rarely works perfectly for another. I feel like we already spend money on what we want to spend -- but I've been looking for a tool that lets me visualize it in a compelling way so I know where to cut back if necessary. So far the graph in Wesabe fits the bill. I'll look forward to more updates! Marc – Thanks for leaving a comment. I’ll look forward to the new tips section. My reason for not being into the tips section has little to do with the feature itself or how the application works. I’m just not all that into what other people have to say, because spending money is so much about your lifestyles, and what works for one person rarely works perfectly for another. I feel like we already spend money on what we want to spend — but I’ve been looking for a tool that lets me visualize it in a compelling way so I know where to cut back if necessary. So far the graph in Wesabe fits the bill. I’ll look forward to more updates!

]]> By: Marc Hedlund http://www.moochida.com/yc/2007/10/29/giving-wesabe-another-try/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Marc Hedlund Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:00:40 +0000 http://www.moochida.com/yc/2007/10/29/giving-wesabe-another-try/#comment-376 Hey, Minoru, Thanks much for giving Wesabe another try. (I'm one of the co-founders.) I'm really glad you're liking it. You're right that once you have your accounts "trained," each month you'll usually only have to edit or tag new places where you haven't shopped (at least, where Wesabe doesn't yet have a transaction). If you find yourself editing the same places repeatedly, that's a bug on our side, and if you let us know, we can fix it. Once you get into it, I think you'll see that editing new merchants is actually helpful -- for instance, anything that doesn't really belong in your account, like an unexpected fee or a fraudulent charge, will immediately jump out at you since it will appear "different than normal" even in the name. The Tips tab is about to undergo a significant revision, and I'll be interested to hear if you like the new version better than the current one. We've heard a lot of feedback about this feature over the past year, and we think it requires a big overhaul. We'll announce the new release at blog.wesabe.com in a couple of months; if you think of it an have time, I'd love it if you let me know whether the new version works better for you. (You can email me at marc at wesabe.com.) Thanks again and please let us know if there's anything we can improve about the site to make your use of it easier. Marc Hedlund, Wesabe Hey, Minoru,

Thanks much for giving Wesabe another try. (I’m one of the co-founders.) I’m really glad you’re liking it.

You’re right that once you have your accounts “trained,” each month you’ll usually only have to edit or tag new places where you haven’t shopped (at least, where Wesabe doesn’t yet have a transaction). If you find yourself editing the same places repeatedly, that’s a bug on our side, and if you let us know, we can fix it. Once you get into it, I think you’ll see that editing new merchants is actually helpful — for instance, anything that doesn’t really belong in your account, like an unexpected fee or a fraudulent charge, will immediately jump out at you since it will appear “different than normal” even in the name.

The Tips tab is about to undergo a significant revision, and I’ll be interested to hear if you like the new version better than the current one. We’ve heard a lot of feedback about this feature over the past year, and we think it requires a big overhaul. We’ll announce the new release at blog.wesabe.com in a couple of months; if you think of it an have time, I’d love it if you let me know whether the new version works better for you. (You can email me at marc at wesabe.com.)

Thanks again and please let us know if there’s anything we can improve about the site to make your use of it easier.

Marc Hedlund, Wesabe

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