[GNC] Scheduling Monthly Transactions for Full Credit Card Balances?

[R Losey]

I am in the US, but I don't see how this helps for missing receipts or
mis-entering an amount. I guess I could set the "amount" at a very small
number, so that practically all charges sent texts. That's an interesting
idea.



On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <
stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On 2025-09-11 07:38, R Losey wrote:
> > Noted: I'm a bit like that, too... but I still find errors when I
> > reconcile. Generally, things I miss fall into three categories: (1)
> someone
> > in the household loses a receipt, so it doesn't get entered (2) recurring
> > charges that provide no notice (for example, the yearly charge for Amazon
> > Prime) (3) receipts with hard to read amounts due to faint or blurred
> ink.
>
> I can't remember: are you outside the US? In the US, banks almost all
> offer the option of text or email alerts when your credit card or
> checking or savings is debited(*) by more than an amount you select.
> This is helpful not just for early warning of fraudulent charges, but
> also for the cases you mention where a legitimate charge might not make
> it into your accounting records.
>
> (*) It bears repeating: a debit on the bank's books is a credit on the
> customer's books, and vice versa.
>
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com/
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