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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 7:34 am
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gobluetwo
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Glad someone else thinks it is cool

My wife's reaction was, "Why didn't you just buy it?" Because it doesn't exist!

I used to have my cards and my cash in the money clip, but decided I didn't like it. I basically had 3 reasons for making this:

1. The magnetic stripes on the cards would wear faster having to slide them in and out of the money clip. After having my corp AmEx fail on a few machines one trip, decided to figure out an alternative (after ordering a new card).

2. The cards/DL "stretched" out the money clip. Every now and then would have to tighten it back up.

3. The cards could be difficult to remove. Related to point one, but a pain when you're struggling to pull out the right card b/c it's in there so snugly.

The little sleeve is enough to hold at 4 cards comfortably, and the little notch allows me to easily pull them out. The adhesive flap from the envelope is VERY useful. No glue involved at all. If I did it again, I'd move the notch closer to the middle, but otherwise, I really like it so far. Total cost was $0 - free FedEx envelope from the mail room.
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