Re:Plastc Card
by mattmaroon on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @09:33PM
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In America, almost every store has its own loyalty card. Some places (God bless 'em) just let you use your phone number but most require you to have the card. There's 10 right there, easy. Everyone shops at a couple different grocery stores, a drug store, home good store, etc. Clothing, restaurants, gym. It adds up.
Then there's your driver's license. Health insurance. Car insurance.
On top of that credit cards. You're a fool if you don't have a few different ones, because they have rotating reward categories that give you bonuses. I bet a get a few grand a year that most people don't. But even still, I only have 3. And 1 ATM card on the off chance I ever need cash.
Plus gift cards. On the one hand, you don't want to carry those on you all the time. On the other, you'd often use them impulsively so you can't just leave them at home.
It adds up quite easily. It isn't that I want to carry all those cards. It's that I get substantial rewards for doing so.
Then there's your driver's license. Health insurance. Car insurance.
On top of that credit cards. You're a fool if you don't have a few different ones, because they have rotating reward categories that give you bonuses. I bet a get a few grand a year that most people don't. But even still, I only have 3. And 1 ATM card on the off chance I ever need cash.
Plus gift cards. On the one hand, you don't want to carry those on you all the time. On the other, you'd often use them impulsively so you can't just leave them at home.
It adds up quite easily. It isn't that I want to carry all those cards. It's that I get substantial rewards for doing so.