Neat Receipts - Portable Scanner with Digital Filing
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What's Included
- Neat Receipts Portable Scanner with Digital Filing
- USB cable
- Scanner calibration and cleaning paper
- Protective pouch
- NeatWorks 4.0 software
- Owner's manual
Specifications
- Warranty Terms - Parts: 1 year
- Warranty Terms - Labor: 1 year
- Height: 4 inches
- Width: 14 inches
- Depth: 10 inches
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Scan documents while traveling on business with this portable scanner which features 48-bit color depth.
Product Features
From our expanded online assortment; not available in all Best Buy stores
Up to 600 dpi
To capture every word with clarity.
True 48-bit color depth
For true-to-life color reproduction.
Scanning and e-mail functionalities
Scan images or e-mail photos at the touch of a button.
Digital filing system
Conveniently allows you to file documents digitally.
High-speed USB 2.0 interface
Offers easy connection to a computer or printer.
Ratings & Reviews
50% of customers would recommend this product to a friend (7 out of 14)
Best Buy Customer Reviews
(7 out of 14)
Great for the money5
Posted by:
PanamaJim from Riverview, Florida on
04/02/2013
I use my Neat mostly to scan receipts, so this is not a good review of it's color features. I love it's portability since I travel a lot. I like the product overall, but there are two things that I need to warn you about.
One - the filing system that they brag about in the commercials uses a file type that can only be read by their software. The software will do all that they say that it will, but you can't share the files. I prefer to scan to pdf and organize manually. You may only scan one page at a time with this model, however the software provides an option that will allow you to create multipage documents.
Two - sometimes papers will not feed properly. This is easily solved by creating a level feed into the device. I use an unopened pack of card stock printer paper.
Overall, this is a good buy.1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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Scans, but don't try to use it with Quicken1
Posted by:
dmillertiac from Framingham, MA on
03/28/2013
Bought this after much debate due to such mixed reviews. Main goal of scanning a large stack of receipts for importing into Quicken. Scanned 8 receipts. All but 2 captured information from receipt reliably (those 2 did not capture the store name due to "logo" on receipt). All 8 were exported for Quicken import (using the defined guidelines) in QIF format. Import into Quicken only recognized 4 of the 8 receipts (only 4 new entries created) and of the 4 only 2 were accurate compared to the data in Neat software. I'm not sure if the failure is in Neat export of QIF, or Quicken import, but either way, a 25% success rate is not acceptable for the job I bought it to do.1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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Disappointed2
Posted by:
Nealettie from Glenn Dale, MD on
01/28/2013
I was expecting the system to be more proactive in the sorting process as I scan. It takes longer to scan than I expected,as well.3 out of 3 found this review helpful.
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not worth the money1
Posted by:
hunter1645 from berwick la on
01/19/2013
save your money dont buy this junk you can buy a good portable scANNER and get more for your money2 out of 3 found this review helpful.
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Works as expected!5
Posted by:
Conesa from Miami Fl on
04/19/2012
I'm able to scan perfectly, organize my receipts and documents into seperate folders. I can export my scans successfully. I've use it frequently and haven't had any issues with it. I don't use it for travel but for home use, I like that's it's small and doesn't take up too much space. Installation was super easy for me.19 out of 22 found this review helpful.
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Does exactly what it says4
Posted by:
analog2pixels from West Virgina on
03/01/2012
It scans your receipts. Period. It will also sort, show if its a credit card, shows date, and all relevant information from your receipt. Well worth the money.
Scanner has a difficult time grabbing the paper, so must wiggle and push lightly to get going. Other than that, a very decent piece of product.27 out of 27 found this review helpful.
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Scanner does not work as advertised2
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JeaninneH from Baton Rouge, LA on
02/01/2012
The scanner will only work in C drive; which means that although I purchased a 2 Gig exterior hard drive on which to save my documents and take them with me should I upgrade computers, I cannot use it with this system. I was very disappointed. It also takes a while to set up and get the system to recognize subsequent scans of like documents. As a matter of fact, it has not recognized and sorted on its own yet.9 out of 20 found this review helpful.
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I'm not happy with this purchase2
Posted by:
donlemaire from Louisiana on
01/09/2012
It is a bit cumbersome to work with. Worked good for a while but never did update the files due to some error. Would not purchase again.9 out of 9 found this review helpful.
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Don't buy if you want to export to Quickbooks1
Posted by:
Linda40 from Avon, CT on
01/02/2012
I rarely write reviews, but this unit does not do what it says it does, and I'd like to save another potential buyer from going through what I did. If all you want to do is scan and organize papers, I think that this unit would be FABULOUS once you get it installed and start using it (this is not a quick or easy task). However, IF YOUR GOAL IS TO EXPORT, I would not buy this unit. Since that is my purpose, I'm returning it.
I bought this with the intent of scanning charge receipts from my business and exporting them into Quickbooks. The box and information say that Neat will do this. I hate this task, and I thought the money would be well worth the time savings.
Installation: The box comes with version 4 of the software. However, version 5 is out, so you are directed to the internet to obtain it as prior problems have supposedly been fixed. Their website is slow, freezes, and often links you to a non-functioning page. After multiple tries, I was able to download the software. It directs you to disable any internet firewalls or anti-virus software. Seems easy, but Firefox didn't have a pull down menu for this. Had to go to help and finally found out how to do this. (The time required for this was my ignorance and not Neat's, however, the same might be true of others as well).
Usual policy to close all other programs during installation of a new program was followed. Finally ready to install, and it freezes and crashes my computer (Windows XP) and my wireless mouse multiple times. I had to endure many restarts of my computer (most had to be without proper shutdown and by using the on/off switch on my computer), and unplugging and plugging the USB connection to the computer for the wireless mouse. Three hours later, it finally installed.
Starting: I'm pretty intuitive and usually start using a program and exploring menus without a
problem. However, menus are not intuitive until you read the directions. Again, this is more time invested. Once reading the directions, I have to admit it was no problem using the machine, but it was cumbersome. The first thing is that although the scanning is pretty quick, it takes a while for the software to convert the data into a viewable receipt. Perhaps the best thing is to scan in a bunch of receipts, then go do something else while it works and come back later. I wanted to see if it exported properly before I invested a lot of time scanning. If you do have to go away and do something else while it is processing the scans, it takes away from the time saving purpose of using Neat.
The next problem is each time you export a receipt, you have to drill down to tell Neat where you want it to export. This involves many clicks from My Computer, All users, shared documents, documents and settings, shared documents, Quickbooks, Company, etc. You can't set any or preferable locations. Then, you have to choose the account from Neat software to the account in QB's each time. Takes a lot of time. Batching the exports is definitely the way to go to make things efficient, but still not as much of a time saver as I thought it would be, especially when you have to keep selecting the accounts in QB's.
Practical use: This is where the Neat fails miserably. I have an account in Quickbooks where all the charge receipts go. They are listed with the vendor, date purchased, and the account that they go into e.g. office supplies, hardware, software, etc. When Neat exports them, the accounts are all listed as accounts payable and not the account that I selected. To get that information, you have to then go to accounts payable. Therefore it is an extra step to go to accounts payable to see the detail to make sure it was correct as well as to look at it for analysis on another occasion. Although that's not the way I record I QB's, I could live with that if it meant that I didn't have to enter all those receipts.
However, the final thing that killed the deal was that the exported items all come in with the date exported, and not the date of purchase. I tried several different things, checked online forums, help, but there wasn't anything about correcting this. There is no live help; help and customer service are only available by email. I got an email back that says they will get to me when they can. Given that, I went through all the menus, help info, and user forums. My conclusion was that there appears to be no fix for that. If I have to go into each receipt to fix the date, I might as well just enter them.
Conclusion: The problems using this to export to Quickbooks make is such that it just doesn't do the job. There are multiple steps to define the program to export to each time, define the account to go to each time, then go to accounts payable to view the details of the export, and then to change the date on the transaction. This kills the whole idea to create efficiency and save time.83 out of 96 found this review helpful.
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great concept if it worked properly2
Posted by:
NanaD from central washington on
12/17/2011
I ordered this online, requested tech assistance for setup instructions when I picked it up. Nobody at BestBuy knew how to use it. I was referred to the install disk. Got it installed so I thought but could not register it as there was no indication of the serial number or activation code anywhere on the product or the box. Submitted 93 receipts before closing out the program. To be sure I could get back in I attempted to access the records and got the message I was not authorized for this program apparently due to not being able to register. Which is also how you access tech support. Finally found a number for tech support but they are only open business hours. When I called during business hours I was told to leave a message. I will give them 48 hours to respond before I return this for a refund. This could be a very valuable tool for me if it really works.20 out of 25 found this review helpful.
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