Debt Reduction Planner Problem

Money >> Debt Reduction Planner Problem Hi, I have a problem with my Debt Reduction Planner and am hoping that
someone will be able to help. I currently set up a plan to pay $1250 /
month. After linking all bills to this plan, I pay the first bill. For some
reason, once paid, all the other bills in my bill planner that have not yet
been paid and are linked to my plan, increase automatically as if to say the
original bill was never linked to my plan. For example:

Planned Amount : $1250/month - The following amounts are automatically
calculated by the debt planner:
Bill 1 Due 11/2 - $500
Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $200
Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350

My problem has been this: On 11/1 after I pay the first bill of $500
associated with my debt plan, one of the other bills will increase as if the
one that was just paid was never associated with my plan. It will look
something like this:

Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $700
Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350

I really like the idea of the debt reduction planner, but cannot afford to
pay the increases in bills. Is this happening to anyone else? Is it a bug
or is there some way that I can fix it? I apologize for the long post, but I
didn't know how else to get my problem accross. Thanks in advance for your
help!

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Money >> Debt Reduction Planner Problem I have exactly the same problem. So far, I have read about a lot of
difficulties with the debt planner, and people are recommending going into
tools and resetting the debt planner, then setting up the plan over again
when all of the 'next due' payments are in the following month. I am going
to try that, but don't know if it will solve the problem. In any case, this
is a bizarre bug, in the sense that it certainly should have shown up in beta
testing and been fixed.

"kees79" wrote:

> Hi, I have a problem with my Debt Reduction Planner and am hoping that
> someone will be able to help. I currently set up a plan to pay $1250 /
> month. After linking all bills to this plan, I pay the first bill. For some
> reason, once paid, all the other bills in my bill planner that have not yet
> been paid and are linked to my plan, increase automatically as if to say the
> original bill was never linked to my plan. For example:
>
> Planned Amount : $1250/month - The following amounts are automatically
> calculated by the debt planner:
> Bill 1 Due 11/2 - $500
> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $200
> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
>
> My problem has been this: On 11/1 after I pay the first bill of $500
> associated with my debt plan, one of the other bills will increase as if the
> one that was just paid was never associated with my plan. It will look
> something like this:
>
> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $700
> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
>
> I really like the idea of the debt reduction planner, but cannot afford to
> pay the increases in bills. Is this happening to anyone else? Is it a bug
> or is there some way that I can fix it? I apologize for the long post, but I
> didn't know how else to get my problem accross. Thanks in advance for your
> help!

Money >> Debt Reduction Planner Problem I suspect that this is one of those bugs whereby the effort required to fix
it far outweighs the, relatively, minor pain and, perhaps, the small number
of users that it affects.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny.

I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.

"dpsychs" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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>I have exactly the same problem. So far, I have read about a lot of
> difficulties with the debt planner, and people are recommending going into
> tools and resetting the debt planner, then setting up the plan over again
> when all of the 'next due' payments are in the following month. I am
> going
> to try that, but don't know if it will solve the problem. In any case,
> this
> is a bizarre bug, in the sense that it certainly should have shown up in
> beta
> testing and been fixed.
>
>
>
> "kees79" wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have a problem with my Debt Reduction Planner and am hoping that
>> someone will be able to help. I currently set up a plan to pay $1250 /
>> month. After linking all bills to this plan, I pay the first bill. For
>> some
>> reason, once paid, all the other bills in my bill planner that have not
>> yet
>> been paid and are linked to my plan, increase automatically as if to say
>> the
>> original bill was never linked to my plan. For example:
>>
>> Planned Amount : $1250/month - The following amounts are automatically
>> calculated by the debt planner:
>> Bill 1 Due 11/2 - $500
>> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $200
>> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
>> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
>>
>> My problem has been this: On 11/1 after I pay the first bill of $500
>> associated with my debt plan, one of the other bills will increase as if
>> the
>> one that was just paid was never associated with my plan. It will look
>> something like this:
>>
>> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $700
>> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
>> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
>>
>> I really like the idea of the debt reduction planner, but cannot afford
>> to
>> pay the increases in bills. Is this happening to anyone else? Is it a
>> bug
>> or is there some way that I can fix it? I apologize for the long post,
>> but I
>> didn't know how else to get my problem accross. Thanks in advance for
>> your
>> help!

Money >> Debt Reduction Planner Problem If it is not fixable, this would make the "bills created from the debt
planner" feature useless. Is there ANY way that this could be fixed?

"Bob Peel, MVP" wrote:

> I suspect that this is one of those bugs whereby the effort required to fix
> it far outweighs the, relatively, minor pain and, perhaps, the small number
> of users that it affects.
>
> --
> Regards
> Bob Peel,
> Microsoft MVP - Money
>
> For UK tips & fixes see
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny.
>
>
> I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.
>
> "dpsychs" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> >I have exactly the same problem. So far, I have read about a lot of
> > difficulties with the debt planner, and people are recommending going into
> > tools and resetting the debt planner, then setting up the plan over again
> > when all of the 'next due' payments are in the following month. I am
> > going
> > to try that, but don't know if it will solve the problem. In any case,
> > this
> > is a bizarre bug, in the sense that it certainly should have shown up in
> > beta
> > testing and been fixed.
> >
> >
> >
> > "kees79" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, I have a problem with my Debt Reduction Planner and am hoping that
> >> someone will be able to help. I currently set up a plan to pay $1250 /
> >> month. After linking all bills to this plan, I pay the first bill. For
> >> some
> >> reason, once paid, all the other bills in my bill planner that have not
> >> yet
> >> been paid and are linked to my plan, increase automatically as if to say
> >> the
> >> original bill was never linked to my plan. For example:
> >>
> >> Planned Amount : $1250/month - The following amounts are automatically
> >> calculated by the debt planner:
> >> Bill 1 Due 11/2 - $500
> >> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $200
> >> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
> >> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
> >>
> >> My problem has been this: On 11/1 after I pay the first bill of $500
> >> associated with my debt plan, one of the other bills will increase as if
> >> the
> >> one that was just paid was never associated with my plan. It will look
> >> something like this:
> >>
> >> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $700
> >> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
> >> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
> >>
> >> I really like the idea of the debt reduction planner, but cannot afford
> >> to
> >> pay the increases in bills. Is this happening to anyone else? Is it a
> >> bug
> >> or is there some way that I can fix it? I apologize for the long post,
> >> but I
> >> didn't know how else to get my problem accross. Thanks in advance for
> >> your
> >> help!
>
>

Money >> Debt Reduction Planner Problem One solution I seem to recall being posted is to start over with the DRP and
when restarting it to only have bills occurring in the following month.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny.

I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.

"kees79" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> If it is not fixable, this would make the "bills created from the debt
> planner" feature useless. Is there ANY way that this could be fixed?
>
> "Bob Peel, MVP" wrote:
>
>> I suspect that this is one of those bugs whereby the effort required to
>> fix
>> it far outweighs the, relatively, minor pain and, perhaps, the small
>> number
>> of users that it affects.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Bob Peel,
>> Microsoft MVP - Money
>>
>> For UK tips & fixes see
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny.
>>
>>
>> I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.
>>
>> "dpsychs" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
>> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> >I have exactly the same problem. So far, I have read about a lot of
>> > difficulties with the debt planner, and people are recommending going
>> > into
>> > tools and resetting the debt planner, then setting up the plan over
>> > again
>> > when all of the 'next due' payments are in the following month. I am
>> > going
>> > to try that, but don't know if it will solve the problem. In any case,
>> > this
>> > is a bizarre bug, in the sense that it certainly should have shown up
>> > in
>> > beta
>> > testing and been fixed.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "kees79" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi, I have a problem with my Debt Reduction Planner and am hoping that
>> >> someone will be able to help. I currently set up a plan to pay $1250
>> >> /
>> >> month. After linking all bills to this plan, I pay the first bill.
>> >> For
>> >> some
>> >> reason, once paid, all the other bills in my bill planner that have
>> >> not
>> >> yet
>> >> been paid and are linked to my plan, increase automatically as if to
>> >> say
>> >> the
>> >> original bill was never linked to my plan. For example:
>> >>
>> >> Planned Amount : $1250/month - The following amounts are automatically
>> >> calculated by the debt planner:
>> >> Bill 1 Due 11/2 - $500
>> >> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $200
>> >> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
>> >> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
>> >>
>> >> My problem has been this: On 11/1 after I pay the first bill of $500
>> >> associated with my debt plan, one of the other bills will increase as
>> >> if
>> >> the
>> >> one that was just paid was never associated with my plan. It will
>> >> look
>> >> something like this:
>> >>
>> >> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $700
>> >> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
>> >> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
>> >>
>> >> I really like the idea of the debt reduction planner, but cannot
>> >> afford
>> >> to
>> >> pay the increases in bills. Is this happening to anyone else? Is it
>> >> a
>> >> bug
>> >> or is there some way that I can fix it? I apologize for the long
>> >> post,
>> >> but I
>> >> didn't know how else to get my problem accross. Thanks in advance for
>> >> your
>> >> help!
>>
>>

Money >> Debt Reduction Planner Problem That seemed to work okay, but after paying the first bill, the same problem
arose. Say I budgeted $1000 for debt per month. After I ran the debt
planner, it came out with suggested bills, and entered them into my bill
calander. After I paid the first bill that was due (say for example $100 to
Chase Bank), one or all of the remaining bills for that month increased
automatically (as if I had never paid the chase bill). I just want all the
bills that were created from the debt planner to follow the debt plan as I
originally set it up. Does this make sense? Thanks so much for your
willingness to help me.

"Bob Peel, MVP" wrote:

> One solution I seem to recall being posted is to start over with the DRP and
> when restarting it to only have bills occurring in the following month.
>
> --
> Regards
> Bob Peel,
> Microsoft MVP - Money
>
> For UK tips & fixes see
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny.
>
>
> I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.
>
> "kees79" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> > If it is not fixable, this would make the "bills created from the debt
> > planner" feature useless. Is there ANY way that this could be fixed?
> >
> > "Bob Peel, MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> I suspect that this is one of those bugs whereby the effort required to
> >> fix
> >> it far outweighs the, relatively, minor pain and, perhaps, the small
> >> number
> >> of users that it affects.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards
> >> Bob Peel,
> >> Microsoft MVP - Money
> >>
> >> For UK tips & fixes see
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-GB;mny.
> >>
> >>
> >> I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.
> >>
> >> "dpsychs" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> >> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> >> >I have exactly the same problem. So far, I have read about a lot of
> >> > difficulties with the debt planner, and people are recommending going
> >> > into
> >> > tools and resetting the debt planner, then setting up the plan over
> >> > again
> >> > when all of the 'next due' payments are in the following month. I am
> >> > going
> >> > to try that, but don't know if it will solve the problem. In any case,
> >> > this
> >> > is a bizarre bug, in the sense that it certainly should have shown up
> >> > in
> >> > beta
> >> > testing and been fixed.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "kees79" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi, I have a problem with my Debt Reduction Planner and am hoping that
> >> >> someone will be able to help. I currently set up a plan to pay $1250
> >> >> /
> >> >> month. After linking all bills to this plan, I pay the first bill.
> >> >> For
> >> >> some
> >> >> reason, once paid, all the other bills in my bill planner that have
> >> >> not
> >> >> yet
> >> >> been paid and are linked to my plan, increase automatically as if to
> >> >> say
> >> >> the
> >> >> original bill was never linked to my plan. For example:
> >> >>
> >> >> Planned Amount : $1250/month - The following amounts are automatically
> >> >> calculated by the debt planner:
> >> >> Bill 1 Due 11/2 - $500
> >> >> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $200
> >> >> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
> >> >> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
> >> >>
> >> >> My problem has been this: On 11/1 after I pay the first bill of $500
> >> >> associated with my debt plan, one of the other bills will increase as
> >> >> if
> >> >> the
> >> >> one that was just paid was never associated with my plan. It will
> >> >> look
> >> >> something like this:
> >> >>
> >> >> Bill 2 Due 11/15 - $700
> >> >> Bill 3 Due 11/20 - $200
> >> >> Bill 4 Due 11/27 - $350
> >> >>
> >> >> I really like the idea of the debt reduction planner, but cannot
> >> >> afford
> >> >> to
> >> >> pay the increases in bills. Is this happening to anyone else? Is it
> >> >> a
> >> >> bug
> >> >> or is there some way that I can fix it? I apologize for the long
> >> >> post,
> >> >> but I
> >> >> didn't know how else to get my problem accross. Thanks in advance for
> >> >> your
> >> >> help!
> >>
> >>
>
>