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This is just pretty standard text for any metal credit card and is (as this article states) mostly for aesthetic reasons. You can and should carry your Apple Ca

This is just pretty standard text for any metal credit card and is (as this article states) mostly for aesthetic reasons. You can and should carry your Apple Card in a normal wallet in a pair of jeans. That disclaimer stuff is just because indigo and leather coloring bleeds, and the card is white.

fortran77 7y ago
Really? I'm looking at the text I got with other metal credit cards (I scan everything so it's easy to search) and I don't see any "handling instructions".
- Bud 7y ago
  Because the other card issuers didn't bother to think about the appearance of their card and didn't think users would care.
  - tidepod12 7y ago
    What are you talking about? The appearance of the card itself is one of the primary selling points that multiple card issuers tout. AmEx is very proud of the Platinum appearance. Chase/Marriott and Chase/Amazon made a big deal out of the fact that they have appealing metal cards. For many years one of the biggest marketing points about the Chase Sapphire Preferred (and now Reserve) was that it was a good looking metal card. I personally remember it being made a huge deal by Barclaycard when they redesigned the Arrival+ card. Hell, some banks even use the customization of debit card appearances as a selling point for extra fees. And yet, not with a single one of these have I ever seen anything warning about the card becoming damaged/discolored/scratched. Indeed, I personally have multiple AmEx cards, as well as the CSR and CSP, and after years of use (and gasp storing them in a leather wallet) there is very minor discoloration on one of them while the rest still look great. The entire discussion about the appearance of a damn credit card of all things is absurd. It was absurd when every other card issuer did it, but it's even more absurd now that it seems to have been brought to the forefront by the Apple Card.
  - astura 7y ago
    No, this is just plain false - card issuers have been in serious competition for the last 5+ years in making their cards look nice and stand out.
supernintendo 7y ago
I use a metal money clip with all of my cards packed tightly together. Would that cause any issues with Apple Card?
- Bud 7y ago
  No.
traek 7y ago
> This is just pretty standard text for any metal credit card FWIW I have four different metal cards and have not received this warning with any of them. In the case of the Apple Card, I'd say it's due more to the fact that the card is white than that it's metal.
- taylorlapeyre 7y ago
  Fair point, I was more talking about disclaimers about the card getting scratched next to keys, etc.
joecot 7y ago
I've got a metal Capital One Venture card. I've had it for about a year. It's in a metal wallet, touching other cards. I see it has some superficial scratches on the front, but none of the lettering, numbers, or mag strip has worn down at all.

fortran77 7y ago

Really? I'm looking at the text I got with other metal credit cards (I scan everything so it's easy to search) and I don't see any "handling instructions".

Bud 7y ago
Because the other card issuers didn't bother to think about the appearance of their card and didn't think users would care.
- tidepod12 7y ago
  What are you talking about? The appearance of the card itself is one of the primary selling points that multiple card issuers tout. AmEx is very proud of the Platinum appearance. Chase/Marriott and Chase/Amazon made a big deal out of the fact that they have appealing metal cards. For many years one of the biggest marketing points about the Chase Sapphire Preferred (and now Reserve) was that it was a good looking metal card. I personally remember it being made a huge deal by Barclaycard when they redesigned the Arrival+ card. Hell, some banks even use the customization of debit card appearances as a selling point for extra fees. And yet, not with a single one of these have I ever seen anything warning about the card becoming damaged/discolored/scratched. Indeed, I personally have multiple AmEx cards, as well as the CSR and CSP, and after years of use (and gasp storing them in a leather wallet) there is very minor discoloration on one of them while the rest still look great. The entire discussion about the appearance of a damn credit card of all things is absurd. It was absurd when every other card issuer did it, but it's even more absurd now that it seems to have been brought to the forefront by the Apple Card.
- astura 7y ago
  No, this is just plain false - card issuers have been in serious competition for the last 5+ years in making their cards look nice and stand out.

supernintendo 7y ago

I use a metal money clip with all of my cards packed tightly together. Would that cause any issues with Apple Card?

Bud 7y ago
No.

traek 7y ago

> This is just pretty standard text for any metal credit card FWIW I have four different metal cards and have not received this warning with any of them. In the case of the Apple Card, I'd say it's due more to the fact that the card is white than that it's metal.

taylorlapeyre 7y ago
Fair point, I was more talking about disclaimers about the card getting scratched next to keys, etc.

joecot 7y ago

I've got a metal Capital One Venture card. I've had it for about a year. It's in a metal wallet, touching other cards. I see it has some superficial scratches on the front, but none of the lettering, numbers, or mag strip has worn down at all.