Categories Needed: Public Transit, Refund, Bars/Nightlife

[prophecy]

These are must haves. By refunds, I mean when you return something and get money put back into your account. Right now, it shows up as Transfer which is isn't.

[Damon]

Have you tried creating labels for these categories? It is our way of letting folks create custom categories right now.

[werddrew]

These are must haves. By refunds, I mean when you return something and get money put back into your account. Right now, it shows up as Transfer which is isn't.

I agree with these as must haves. Although I do see that "Returned Purchases" is now a category under income.

I'd still rather have the formal categories of "Mass Transit" and "Bars/Nightlife" because they're much different than "Travel" and "Restaurants."

[mason55]

Have you tried creating labels for these categories? It is our way of letting folks create custom categories right now.

Is there a way to have labels automatically applied to transactions?

[hpbrad]

Wouldn't you want a refund to go under the original category... the positive amount should reduce the negative amount spent on that category.

I don't want my spending on clothes to be $300 if i actually returned half of them... am i crazy here?

[lordscarlet]

Wouldn't you want a refund to go under the original category... the positive amount should reduce the negative amount spent on that category.

I don't want my spending on clothes to be $300 if i actually returned half of them... am i crazy here?

I definitely agree.

[missj5]

Under Transfers -
Transfer to savings

Under Financial & Invest -
Retirement

[karimlakhani]

i understand labels are one way - but that seems kind of kludgy..

[Damon]

Agreed...labels are not the perfect solution. We're looking to see what we can do categorization wise...so suggestions are always welcome in the suggestion forum...

[nkerzman]

I definitely agree, your "returned purchases" should go back to the category that they came out of. Then your spending for that category will be accurate.



Wouldn't you want a refund to go under the original category... the positive amount should reduce the negative amount spent on that category.

I don't want my spending on clothes to be $300 if i actually returned half of them... am i crazy here?

[Damon]

Note: Filing a bug (http://forums.mint.com/showthread.php?t=1540) helps us identify these issues.

[City Rat]

I agree with these as must haves. Although I do see that "Returned Purchases" is now a category under income.

I'd still rather have the formal categories of "Mass Transit" and "Bars/Nightlife" because they're much different than "Travel" and "Restaurants."
I agree 100%. These are very basic, frequent categories for me. I find Mass transit especially problematic. This is a basic monthly expense, there's no way around it; unlike travel or auto or even some utilities, it is not something I can economize on. I ended up sticking it under the general category "Bills and Utilities," which seemed closer than "auto" and much closer than "Travel" (which is essentially entertainment/leisure). Labels don't help items show up in appropriate wedges on trends and they aren't automatic.

[themightychris]

These are actually the very two I've been hurting for the most since I started using mint. Both are big expenses for me as I think they are for many people that fit awkwardly in more general categories.