The membership program’s luster is wearing off
Does a membership program actually save you money, and if so how much? This is a question I pondered in some past posts. And I have an update. But.
Ledger-mode command saves the day
Sometimes there is an Emacs command that makes delightfully short work of a plain text accounting task. This was the case recently when I was trying to catch up.
Tricks and traps with membership plans
I have written recently about a membership program where you can pay a monthly or yearly fee. In return, you receive monthly credits that you can use to reduce.
Does a membership program pay for itself? – part 5
In this part of the discussion of membership programs, we get hledger to do some of the work for us in terms of calculating savings. A few days ago,.
Does a membership program pay for itself? – part 4
As promised from last week, I want to show how I calculate the savings from a membership program. For example, the following transaction shows a savings of M6.36, but.
Does a membership program pay for itself? – part 3
This is part 3 of “Does a Membership Plan Pay for Itself?” In this part, I look at some specific hledger transactions for tracking membership costs vs. benefits. First,.
Does a membership plan pay for itself – part 2
Following up from last week’s blog, the question is: How could you use hledger to track a membership plan to see if you are breaking even on the cost.
Does a membership plan pay for itself?
Consumer’s Checkbook recently published a useful study of several U.S. membership programs, including what the break even point is for each of them. For example, one plan cost $5.00.