How many credit cards do you own?

[wussadotcom]

A - And would like to keep it that way forever. I always felt cc is a burden to me and to its holder in particular.

 

[south]

Counting both business & personal cards:

D

 

[ARMG]

B

 

[Dale Hubbard]

"c"

I have a shoe box full of expired ones -- one of which is extremely rare -- do people collect expired cards? If so, where's the marketplace?

 

[Arrogance]

C

3 in all, only 1 has a balance

 

[theinvestor]

C here

 

[Ilze]

Sorry to say E....

 

[GeorgeK]

D

I have six of them, but usually I concentrate my spending on the three that each offer 1% cash back.

 

[Gerry]

c. Two -

American Express -
have to pay off the balance at end of month so it keeps you in a reality check state of mind.

Chase Visa -
they hate me.
Fixed APR of 4.9%.
I am sure they wish I would default.

Do business and traveling in the States, you almost have to have a card to reserve rooms, etc.

Many merchants do not accept AmEx so it was a necessity to get the Visa.

And NO store or gas cards of any kind.

I also have a library card.

"c"

I have a shoe box full of expired ones -- one of which is extremely rare -- do people collect expired cards? If so, where's the marketplace?

Actually, yes. Ebay may be the place. I know the very early credit cards, most were paper, in great condition are very rare and collectible.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

c. Two -

American Express -
have to pay off the balance at end of month so it keeps you in a reality check state of mind.

Chase Visa -
they hate me.
Fixed APR of 4.9%.
I am sure they wish I would default.

Do business and traveling in the States, you almost have to have a card to reserve rooms, etc.

Many merchants do not accept AmEx so it was a necessity to get the Visa.

And NO store or gas cards of any kind.

I also have a library card.

Actually, yes. Ebay may be the place. I know the very early credit cards, most were paper, in great condition are very rare and collectible.

I've seen copies of this card I have on eBay, but those were only issued as demos and they still fetch money. It is an Amex, but a black one and I have the cards in my name (one business and one personal) and the presentation box they came in etc. But I think they remain the property of Amex forever and can't be sold.

Will check over at eBay again. Thanks Doc.

 

[draggar]

Do business and traveling in the States, you almost have to have a card to reserve rooms, etc.

Debt cards work great for that.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

c. Two -

American Express -
have to pay off the balance at end of month so it keeps you in a reality check state of mind.

Chase Visa -
they hate me.
Fixed APR of 4.9%.
I am sure they wish I would default.

Do business and traveling in the States, you almost have to have a card to reserve rooms, etc.

Many merchants do not accept AmEx so it was a necessity to get the Visa.

And NO store or gas cards of any kind.

I also have a library card.

Actually, yes. Ebay may be the place. I know the very early credit cards, most were paper, in great condition are very rare and collectible.

Debt cards work great for that.

For car rental and hotel bookings, there are a few debit cards that won't work in the UK.

 

[katherine]

Debt cards work great for that.

Credit cards ARE debt cards

 

[Theo]

"c"

I have a shoe box full of expired ones -- one of which is extremely rare -- do people collect expired cards? If so, where's the marketplace?

Dale, I used to collect (empty) phonecards

But let's stick to the subject, post the category you're in.

 

[Biggie]

B


1 active credit card > MC

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Dale, I used to collect (empty) phonecards

But let's stick to the subject, post the category you're in.

I'm sure I typed "c" at the head of my post...

 

[fab]

c

 

[Theo]

Those of you that fall into d & e categories, please specify whether you run a business or not. My number of cards doubled once I formed my own company.

 

[JuniperPark]

I'm curious... several of you have no credit cards?

That means you cannot book a hotel room an many of the chains, and you cannot rent a car, and in fact there are quite a few places you can't open a bank account or do business. Do you guys just stay at home a lot??

 

[Theo]

I think most people with no credit cards reside outside of the US. I had no credit cards until 1998 either.