Metal Credit Cards, Important to you? Why?
Aug 20, 2013, 9:12 am
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Aug 20, 2013, 8:11 pm
#78
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my apologies it wouldn't let me change the size from the original link.
the card is that color because it's one of the offered colors. it's actually really neat. if you hold it at a very sharp angle the blue turns to a very dark purple. it's chromatic qualities are pretty interesting.
the card is that color because it's one of the offered colors. it's actually really neat. if you hold it at a very sharp angle the blue turns to a very dark purple. it's chromatic qualities are pretty interesting.
Aug 20, 2013, 8:17 pm
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my apologies it wouldn't let me change the size from the original link.
the card is that color because it's one of the offered colors. it's actually really neat. if you hold it at a very sharp angle the blue turns to a very dark purple. it's chromatic qualities are pretty interesting.
the card is that color because it's one of the offered colors. it's actually really neat. if you hold it at a very sharp angle the blue turns to a very dark purple. it's chromatic qualities are pretty interesting.
Aug 25, 2013, 1:46 am
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Think General Electric on steroids. They make electronics, they own banks, they own restaurants, the make wool for suits, they make furniture, they have grocery stores, etc... When I lived in Seoul I read somewhere that The top 7 conglomerates (chaebol in Korean) make up 60 percent of GDP or something.
Samsung is the biggest but you also have lg, Hyundai, and a few others you've probably never heard of. Americans typically have no idea because everything Korean except cars and electronics (and cars is getting more iffy) is either uncompetitive vs other products that make their way into American stores, or too foreign to the American palate.
Oh, and they also have huge control of politics in the country. Sure the USA has some of that too, but not to the same degree. Te chairman of Samsung was jailed for something and pardoned shortly thereafter. Jailed execs in the us don't tend to get pardoned.
If ever a country needed a Sherman act...
...sorry if I seem to be mud slinging here - I enjoyed my time in the country and its people - my negativity is solely for the chaebol
Sep 10, 2013, 11:14 pm
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Is the Marriott EMV still the same as the CSP? Somehow I heard that the Marriott EMV is the same as the Metal Ritz-Carlton, while some have said the new RC is twice as heavy. <---- Just an aesthetic ponder...
Sep 11, 2013, 8:37 am
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Question: What if a third-party company offered to replace your current plastic card with a metal one. You could send in the CC details, then they could engrave/print on the new metal card and transfer the magnetic strip info (not much data is stored on the mag strip).
Now obviously this would present an issue for CC's that have an electronic chip in them.
Any companies out there offering this? Thought this was an interesting idea.
Joe
Now obviously this would present an issue for CC's that have an electronic chip in them.
Any companies out there offering this? Thought this was an interesting idea.
Joe
Sep 11, 2013, 11:46 pm
#83
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Question: What if a third-party company offered to replace your current plastic card with a metal one. You could send in the CC details, then they could engrave/print on the new metal card and transfer the magnetic strip info (not much data is stored on the mag strip).
Now obviously this would present an issue for CC's that have an electronic chip in them.
Any companies out there offering this? Thought this was an interesting idea.
Joe
Now obviously this would present an issue for CC's that have an electronic chip in them.
Any companies out there offering this? Thought this was an interesting idea.
Joe
But one might argue that you're effectively cloning cards, and I'm guessing there's probably some law against that..?
Sep 14, 2013, 4:53 pm
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Except for the chip csp and Marriott card the same and ritz is twice as heavy as both. I have all 3
Apr 7, 2016, 11:49 am
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Question: What if a third-party company offered to replace your current plastic card with a metal one. You could send in the CC details, then they could engrave/print on the new metal card and transfer the magnetic strip info (not much data is stored on the mag strip).
Now obviously this would present an issue for CC's that have an electronic chip in them.
Any companies out there offering this? Thought this was an interesting idea.
Now obviously this would present an issue for CC's that have an electronic chip in them.
Any companies out there offering this? Thought this was an interesting idea.
They clone the magstripe, but since they can't copy the chip, they offer what they call a Redundancy EMV Chip, which generates an intentional error after dipping so that a swipe will be accepted.
Apr 7, 2016, 1:37 pm
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Old thread, but there is such a company, appropriately called MetalCreditCard.com.
They clone the magstripe, but since they can't copy the chip, they offer what they call a Redundancy EMV Chip, which generates an intentional error after dipping so that a swipe will be accepted.
They clone the magstripe, but since they can't copy the chip, they offer what they call a Redundancy EMV Chip, which generates an intentional error after dipping so that a swipe will be accepted.
Apr 7, 2016, 2:05 pm
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Old thread, but there is such a company, appropriately called MetalCreditCard.com.
They clone the magstripe, but since they can't copy the chip, they offer what they call a Redundancy EMV Chip, which generates an intentional error after dipping so that a swipe will be accepted.
They clone the magstripe, but since they can't copy the chip, they offer what they call a Redundancy EMV Chip, which generates an intentional error after dipping so that a swipe will be accepted.
Apr 7, 2016, 3:37 pm
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Why would you attempt to seize it, it's pretty much like the coin card. Would you try to seize a Ritz card or a black card if they're chip wasn't working? And have fun trying to seize it from someone.