Ask HN: whither Billmonk? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by goberoi » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 6:43 AM UTC

TeHCrAzY wrote: post #7

http://billmonk.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/billmonk-now-on-twi... A comment has been posted on their blog.

That comment was not written by me, Gaurav Oberoi. I've posted a follow up: http://billmonk.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/billmonk-now-on-twi...

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by goberoi » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 6:44 AM UTC

credo wrote: post #9

goberoi wrote: post #4

Thanks for posting this question here kgrin. I'm one of the co-founders of BillMonk, and like you, am disappointed to see that the service is down without any warning or follow up information. I haven't been at Obopay since late 2007, so don't have much knowledge about how BillMonk is being handled today. However I reached out the company and will be speaking with them this week. I can't promise that there will be an…

Gaurav, http://billmonk.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/billmonk-now-on-twi... lists you as the author of the comment. However, I'm assuming that you didn't write that comment. In case, that comment was spoofed, you may want to write a disclaimer

Woah, thanks for pointing that out. How unfortunate and confusing. I took your advice and posted a clarifying comment. Sigh...

http://billmonk.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/billmonk-now-on-twi...

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by chrismsnz » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 6:48 AM UTC

Unfortunate...

I've noticed they've been more and more unrealiable over the last few months - i.e. random fatal errors, recurring bills going weeks without occurring.

I even recently started developing a clone for my flatmates and I to use in Django, shame it couldn't wait until it was ready :)

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by usaar333 » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 7:22 AM UTC

novum wrote: post #2

I was an active, very satisfied Billmonk user with 9 or 10 friends. It was aggravating when Billmonk started choking; worse still when the degradation made the app more or less unusable. If you're in the same boat, we've since moved to http://www.splitmybill.ie -- a service that has more or less duplicated Billmonk's use cases. Very basic, but meets our needs.

I'm glad my roommates switched to splitmybill.ie last month when it seemed billmonk was really beginning to die. I still prefer the billmonk interface, but splitmybill works.

The ability to get export history from billmonk would be great though.

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by rottencupcakes » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 7:39 AM UTC

Thank god for the cache.

If you grep through your cache files for "layout.addDataset", that line of code is what draws the pie chart of what you're owed on your dash.

That page is likely to have your biggest debts and loans. Good Luck.

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by Shariff » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 1:04 PM UTC

goberoi wrote: post #4

Thanks for posting this question here kgrin. I'm one of the co-founders of BillMonk, and like you, am disappointed to see that the service is down without any warning or follow up information. I haven't been at Obopay since late 2007, so don't have much knowledge about how BillMonk is being handled today. However I reached out the company and will be speaking with them this week. I can't promise that there will be an…

Thanks Vivek and we will be waiting for the outcome of your discussions with Billmonk..kindly push them to bring the site back up.. if that requires any donation so be it..

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by alx » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 1:14 PM UTC

novum wrote: post #2

I was an active, very satisfied Billmonk user with 9 or 10 friends. It was aggravating when Billmonk started choking; worse still when the degradation made the app more or less unusable. If you're in the same boat, we've since moved to http://www.splitmybill.ie -- a service that has more or less duplicated Billmonk's use cases. Very basic, but meets our needs.

Thanks for splitmybill.ie link, I hope they'll release some export method, otherwise we've just long a year long debt list with my flatmates :/

Funny how this kind of website is really useful.

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by swindsor » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 3:47 PM UTC

goberoi wrote: post #4

Thanks for posting this question here kgrin. I'm one of the co-founders of BillMonk, and like you, am disappointed to see that the service is down without any warning or follow up information. I haven't been at Obopay since late 2007, so don't have much knowledge about how BillMonk is being handled today. However I reached out the company and will be speaking with them this week. I can't promise that there will be an…

Sad! I worked for Obopay and on Billmonk with Chuck and Gaurav a few years ago. I hope to see the site back up and explanation on what happened.

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by foxywfu » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:10 PM UTC

aberkowitz wrote: post #3

They got bought by obopay.com in 2007, so you could try contacting Billmonk through them. Both their blog and twitter (@BillmonkFriends) are long dead.

Obopay's contact info:

Obopay, Inc. 350 Marine Parkway, Suite 100 Redwood City, CA 94065 Main Office - 650-264-2000 General inquiries: info@obopay.com Support: If you can't find the information you need, please contact us by calling our customer support hotline at 888-8-OBOPAY (888-862-6729) or 650-264-2100.

Re: Ask HN: whither Billmonk?

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Post by crazyg33k » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 4:14 PM UTC

I don't really care if billmonk comes back up or not, as long as I'm given back my data! There are umpteen number of sites out there which provide a similar (and now I can say, more reliable) service....