First of all, let me have this chance to thank Zazz, especially Adam and Scott there for helping to run last two months’ competitions smoothly. For the very first time our winners can actually pick the prize, and there’s great communication to help all parties to be in the loop. Well done Zazz!

For the next two months, we will be having a sponsor that is slightly different. No, we are not doing gadgets again, but software this time. Nor is it freebie software that you can just download from the Internet — but something pretty useful for many who have a budget and want a tool to manage his/her own finance. Well, bargain hunting on OzBargain will help you to meet your budget (well, hopefully). This might also help…

Quicken Personal Plus 2010

Quicken Home & Business 2010

Ullash from Quicken came to me last month to negotiate a sponsorship for the next 2 months, and they will be giving OzBargain users who submitted a bargain a chance to win 2 copies of Quicken Personal Plus 2010 subscription edition (RRP $79) each week for the month of March, and 2 copies of Quicken Home & Business 2010 subscription edition (RRP $115) each week for the month of April.

How to win? See the wiki page on OzBargain weekly competitions. Submit a good deal and the personal finance/accounting package could be yours!

Although I spend my day developing software for financial planners, personally I have never used Quicken for planning, budgeting and tax preparation. However I am now very tempted to win the competition myself as the accounting burden from OzBargain has pretty much exceeded my little spreadsheet :) Or maybe I need to see an accountant first…