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I think you've misread what I wrote. It might be able to handle rewards cards, but the card itself becomes a bottleneck because it can only function as one card

I think you've misread what I wrote. It might be able to handle rewards cards, but the card itself becomes a bottleneck because it can only function as one card at a time. I'd have to select the rewards card, have that swiped, then fumble with the card again to select my payment card and proceed to pay. It seems like a ghastly hassle. If I had this I could see myself using this for rewards cards only. But then again, I don't have a lot of rewards cards that are fattening up my wallet.

dangrossman 13y ago
Your fears sound irrational to me. It's just a button, on something already in your hand. I doubt you're going to "fumble" it, or that it's going to be a "ghastly hassle" to press a button one or more times. Once you've shopped at that store at least once, you know exactly how many times to press it to advance to the card you use there. All of this should take less time than putting a rewards card back into your wallet/pocket and taking out a separate credit card, which requires more mechanical actions in which you might "fumble" something.
- kintamanimatt 13y ago
  When I think about standing in line pressing a button, iterating through a list of all my credit, debit, and rewards cards to find the right one, it seems like a hassle. Imagine I go past the correct card in my haste and I've got to keep pressing the button until I've looped back around to the correct one. Did I screw it up a third time? Now people in line behind me and the cashier are getting pissed off with how much time I'm taking. Oh wait, that was just for the rewards card and now I have to select the payment cards? I'd be regretting my mistake and wishing I could just pull a card out of my wallet. Looking in my wallet to pick the silver card on the middle right and the brown card on the top left is so much easier. People can pick out location and color far faster because of our evolutionary history.
  - jljljl 13y ago
    Stories are fun, let me try one :) "I go to pay at the checkout counter. Oh wait! I suddenly remember I have a rewards card here. Good thing I carry it in my wallet along with the other 10 rewards cards I have...shoot, which pocket did I put it in? Maybe it's here? no wait...oh shoot, now I have to take all the cards out. I know it's a red card, but so is my Target and Walgreens card. Now all my cards are out all over the place. People behind me in line are getting pissed off with how much time I'm taking. Now all I have to do is collect all my cards from the counter, reorder them, and put them back in my wallet. I wish I just had one card in my pocket that could work for everything."
    - kintamanimatt 13y ago
      That's not ever been my experience at least, even when I carried every rewards card I'd ever applied for! In fact I can tell you where everything is in my wallet right now without even looking!
      - potatolicious 13y ago
        Seriously, someone downvoted you for knowing where your stuff is. Keep it classy HN.
    - GeneralMayhem 13y ago
      I use my phone number for that purpose. Haven't had to produce a physical membership card in years.
    - stanleydrew 13y ago
      But this is preventable. In most cases, while you're waiting in line you can get out both cards and be ready to go when it's your turn to order and pay. With Coin, you have to find the cards serially, no matter how much lead time you have.
bmm6o 13y ago
A "ghastly hassle"? If I don't use this it's because I only carry a few cards and so I don't have the problem it solves, not because of the solution itself.

dangrossman 13y ago

Your fears sound irrational to me. It's just a button, on something already in your hand. I doubt you're going to "fumble" it, or that it's going to be a "ghastly hassle" to press a button one or more times. Once you've shopped at that store at least once, you know exactly how many times to press it to advance to the card you use there. All of this should take less time than putting a rewards card back into your wallet/pocket and taking out a separate credit card, which requires more mechanical actions in which you might "fumble" something.

kintamanimatt 13y ago
When I think about standing in line pressing a button, iterating through a list of all my credit, debit, and rewards cards to find the right one, it seems like a hassle. Imagine I go past the correct card in my haste and I've got to keep pressing the button until I've looped back around to the correct one. Did I screw it up a third time? Now people in line behind me and the cashier are getting pissed off with how much time I'm taking. Oh wait, that was just for the rewards card and now I have to select the payment cards? I'd be regretting my mistake and wishing I could just pull a card out of my wallet. Looking in my wallet to pick the silver card on the middle right and the brown card on the top left is so much easier. People can pick out location and color far faster because of our evolutionary history.
- jljljl 13y ago
  Stories are fun, let me try one :) "I go to pay at the checkout counter. Oh wait! I suddenly remember I have a rewards card here. Good thing I carry it in my wallet along with the other 10 rewards cards I have...shoot, which pocket did I put it in? Maybe it's here? no wait...oh shoot, now I have to take all the cards out. I know it's a red card, but so is my Target and Walgreens card. Now all my cards are out all over the place. People behind me in line are getting pissed off with how much time I'm taking. Now all I have to do is collect all my cards from the counter, reorder them, and put them back in my wallet. I wish I just had one card in my pocket that could work for everything."
  - kintamanimatt 13y ago
    That's not ever been my experience at least, even when I carried every rewards card I'd ever applied for! In fact I can tell you where everything is in my wallet right now without even looking!
    - potatolicious 13y ago
      Seriously, someone downvoted you for knowing where your stuff is. Keep it classy HN.
  - GeneralMayhem 13y ago
    I use my phone number for that purpose. Haven't had to produce a physical membership card in years.
  - stanleydrew 13y ago
    But this is preventable. In most cases, while you're waiting in line you can get out both cards and be ready to go when it's your turn to order and pay. With Coin, you have to find the cards serially, no matter how much lead time you have.

bmm6o 13y ago

A "ghastly hassle"? If I don't use this it's because I only carry a few cards and so I don't have the problem it solves, not because of the solution itself.