I bought Quicken Deluxe in 2012 at Costco for $20.
I had never used Quicken before and quickly fell in love with using it. Honestly, I open and update our accounts in Quicken probably three to four times each week. I love the colored charts and how easy it is to track every penny. I also use it to plan my bill paying a month ahead of time.
It's like a game for me when I'm on Quicken. 
(My DH has even referred to me paying bills/accounting as "playing on the computer"!)
About two months ago I started getting messages about how if I didn't update to the latest edition I would lose the ability to download transactions directly into the program. This is a big deal for me. It saves mucho time to just click a button and have all my financial accounts updated. Oh sure the program would still work after May 1st; I'd just be manually entering all transactions.
Had I known at the beginning of the year they would shut off the auto downloading I might have bought it at Costco again. They have Quicken on special every January. I checked the price now - $49.99.
The biggest rip-off is the maker of Quicken - Intuit - says "upgrade now and we will give you $10 off". The cost on their website is $74.99, so $64.99 for all the loyal current customers. The highest price out of anywhere I checked.
Last night I broke down and purchased the 2015 version through Amazon - downloaded and installed it with about three clicks. That process was very easy and smooth.
So far the new version works the same as the old one that I was quite happy with, plus these "improvements".
* The chart and graph colors are in a new color scheme - whatever. 
* Some things have been moved from one side of the screen to the other - I find that annoying.
* I get my credit score listed in the side bar - wow (not).
* You can access your account from your phone - I opted out of that for now as I want to try to limit exposure to sensitive account info.
It cost $39.99 on Amazon. BUT, I still had gift card money from the CC rewards so it cost $0!
*Silver Lining* 
And honestly, $40 every three years for something I use so often is a good deal. I just hate being pushed into it.
*Had* to Update Quicken
April 18th, 2015 at 04:34 am
April 18th, 2015 at 01:46 pm 1429364783
I like Quicken a lot. I am the treasurer for my parish's CCW group and also for the Cub Scout Pack. I obviously use it for my household as well.
Sounds like a smart investment to help with money management.
April 18th, 2015 at 01:53 pm 1429365186
The thing is they usually offer you 10% off initially but eventually will offer 50% off if you wait long enough (like now). I've just been buying through Amazon though since it seems a better deal. (I usually pay $29.99 and even then just pay with credit card rewards).
I Was just wondering if I should upgrade this weekend. I bought on sale in January but have yet to install. I guess it's now or next weekend.
April 18th, 2015 at 09:51 pm 1429393911
And it is totally worth it!