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Re:Coin by pbreit on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:20PM (#6734772)
I worked on a product like this at Amex about 20 years ago and while it was a totally neat concept it was completely stupid in practice. All those plastic cards are marketing vehicles that can also transmit a number. And, really, are they that difficult to manage?
Re:Coin by WesleyJohnson on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:50PM (#6735024)
I'd argue that, yes, they are difficult to manage. Not from a logistics point of view, but from a physical one.

I carried my wallet in my back pocket from 16yrs of age to 34 and always ended up with broken or bent cards. After taking a cruise outside of the US, I started carrying my wallet in my front pocket for security purposes and started researching minimalist wallets to reduce the bulk. I've backed 2 of those on kickstarter and am eying a 3rd, because the first two don't allow me to acces my cards quickly enough when I have more than 2 or 3.

For me, this solves multiple problems: it makes the minimalist wallets out there that much for functional because now I only need my coin card, my ID, my insurance card and perhaps a backup credit card for any merchants I run into that won't take the coin. 4 cards down from 9, not including any rewards cards which could push it up to 16 easily sounds like a good deal to me. It also keeps me from forgetting lesser used rewards cards and credit cards at home because they're either in the coin already or in the iPhone app and can be switched into the coin when needed.

Re:Coin by nmcfarl on Thursday November 14, 2013 @03:00PM (#6735092)
Yes.

So much so that I don't carry them, and it costs me money.

The wallet is: photo ID, transit card, and 1 or 2 ccs, depending on if I need my biz cc that day.

Wallets are a pain - though it must be said less so than, keys or phones. All of which dig into me an inopportune moments (usually going around corners on the bike) get dropped, or left on the counter... I'm probably just much to forgetful and clumsy for modern life, but all this /stuff/ is constantly annoying.

Re:Coin by pbreit on Thursday November 14, 2013 @03:03PM (#6735121)
Have you considered a phone case that has a card holder?
Re:Coin by elf25 on Thursday November 14, 2013 @04:22PM (#6735678)
I love mine and get comments all the time about how cool or smart it is.

I carry Discover, MC (as backup) a bank debit for Mom's care, business debit, DL, Work ID card, medical, dental, and a couple paper cards like voter registration. No vendor loyalty cards, I give 'em my phone number and if that's not good enough, they can't track my purchases. Business should recognize ME when I walk in. Not the other way around.

Re:Coin by sixQuarks on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:24PM (#6734802)
Hey, the cool hipster dude with a beard says it's cool, so it has to be.

Seriously though, they did a fantastic job with the overall experience of the landing page/video. The product, however, is not that great.

Re:Coin by timmins on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:47PM (#6734995)
Cool hipster dude = Adam Lisagor. Really smart fellow with a history of success.
Re:Coin by gnvkay on Thursday November 14, 2013 @10:51PM (#6737630)
That's Adam Lisagor from Sandwich Video! We used his awesome company for our video/TV commercial for Fracture. (http://fracture.me)
Re:Coin by this_user on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:31PM (#6734866)
I don't know about the landing page. Maybe it works better on touch screen devices, but using the wheel on my mouse left many of the different section badly aligned. I had go back and forth several times which I found to be quite annoying and I still have no idea what the site is about.
Re:Coin by justinsteele on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:31PM (#6734867)
Is "cool hipster dude" necessary? Not that your second sentence was informative either, really.
Re:Coin by xinkr on Thursday November 14, 2013 @04:46PM (#6735858)
Totally agree with experience of the landing page/video. It's amazing.