OT: Anyone going to get an Only Coin?

dawgstudent

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That is a great idea but for $55 - I'll hold on to the 3 cards I use.

If it was around $20 - I would probably get two.
 
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aTotal360

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I wonder how it's powered and when it goes dead, do you have to get a new one or is it rechargeable or have a replaceable battery.
I'd probably use it to store all my cards except for my AMEX Black.**
 

121Josey

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Nope. Doesn't have chip technology.
NFC is the future of commerce.
Doesn't ship until summer.
I carry only 2 credit cards.
 

dawgstudent

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The nice thing would be the storing of loyalty cards. Key Ring is an app that allegedly stores loyalty cards but it never worked for me.
 

57stratdawg

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Yeah, sucks it doesn't come out until Summer of 2014. Kind of shady of the producers to start 'pre orders' for the Hollidays. I bet they will get a huge volume of calls the two weeks before Christmas wondering 'where's my Only Coin I ordered?'.

I wouldn't have known it doesn't come out until next Summer if I wouldn't have read it in a separate article.
 

121Josey

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They probably need some capital upfront. Sadly enough, the price doubles to $100 after the pre-order period - whenever that may be - if that ever may be.
 

ckDOG

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Dec 11, 2007
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What's out there that reduces risk of skimming?

This thing looks very convenient, but is my info any less likely to be stolen when I swipe this? That's my biggest concern as a card carrier. It's happened before and, props to SunTrust, my account was quickly flagged as hacked as I was reimbursed for a relatively minor amount of charges.
 

57stratdawg

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I'm sure, but there are better ways to get it than deferred revenue from consumers. And, yeah, it is suppose to retail at $100 next year. The $50 is just the introductory price.

I wish there was some other way to use the security feature beside bluetooth. It drains the battery on my phone too quickly to have it running 24/7.
 

FlabLoser

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I'm fine swiping credit cards.

But I do tire of "reward cards". By reward, I mean they charge you extra if you don't have one. I don't want my keychain to be a storage place for "reward cards".
 

hatfieldms

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Yeah I agree

I would be hesitant to have my credit cards on one electronic device, but would love to get these reward cards off of my key chain
 

Optimus Prime 4

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The future is paying for crap with your phone

Hell I can buy **** in the vending machines at work today with my iPhone. And by future I mean three years from now maybe.
 

Optimus Prime 4

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I don't care about this

Since I'm not on the hook for any fraud. Blotto mention I really only use my one mileage card anyway. Free trips are nice.
 

DerHntr

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Nope. I'll wait until it is commonplace to use my cell phone everywhere for credit cards and loyalty cards.

Plus I only have one credit card and use my phone number for all loyalty cards.
 
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deanbar

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thread hi jack---this could prove interesting-no more sports blackouts

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