Coin

[Frank]

I don't know about the rest of you, but unless this thing is somewhat flexible like a card, I'm afraid I would destroy it just sitting on my wallet. I wonder how durable it is.

[no4njnk]

Yeah that looks like a horrible idea.

[thesource]

Looks like a credit theif's wet dream. I'm sure it won't take long for them to figure out how to down load information onto it in a manual form instead of a swipe form.

[yellowstang]

What if they wanna see the actual credit card? I was shopping today and the little display I signed said to show the clerk my CC.

[Chili]

What if they wanna see the actual credit card? I was shopping today and the little display I signed said to show the clerk my CC.

A lot of places I use a card have that sign, but they almost never ask for the card.

[sc281]

Dave and I will be the guinea pigs I guess.

I like it because I carry a few cards around now because they pay better on certain things.

Bankamericard Cash Rewards - 3% on Gas
Amex Blue - 3% on Groceries
Barclay's Card - 2% on Utilities
Chase Sapphire Preferred- 2% on restaurants (fast food too) and travel (airfare, taxis, tolls, etc) and no foreign transaction fees.
SallieMae - 5% back on gas and groceries, and book stores (Amazon = bookstore). Limits are 250 / 250 / 750 in that order (monthly) and there is no annual fee. Don't need to have or have ever had a a student loan to get it.
Chase Freedom - 5% rotating categories (used when gas or another category I like is payin 5%)
Discover More - 5% rotating categories (used when gas or another category I like is payin 5%)
Capital One Quiksilver - 1.5% on all other purchases.

I rack up good cash back since I pay if full.

Makes a lot of sense for me. I'll take the risk to see how it works.

[8mpg]

Whos referral link is that?

[sc281]

Whos referral link is that?

Davbrucas'

[davbrucas]

Actually, I copied and pasted it from another forum. The referral link for me is in an email...I dont really care if I get one free or not. My two are already paid for...

[sc281]

Actually, I copied and pasted it from another forum. The referral link for me is in an email...I dont really care if I get one free or not. My two are already paid for...

Oh in that case use my referral link instead of some non-dfwm mothertrucker.


https://onlycoin.com/?referral=wHJwbrKJ

[Roscoe]

boom - good stuff, thanks

https://onlycoin.com/?referral=MBxkHcct

[Fastlane]

Did anyone ever receive their Coin or even get to beta the product? I recently cancelled my pre-order as I haven't received any news in months about it.

[Back N Black]

Did anyone ever receive their Coin or even get to beta the product? I recently cancelled my pre-order as I haven't received any news in months about it.

im very curious about this myself. I am to the point now of swapping over to a nice money clip, and would like to only carry one card around

[Mike]

Apparently the release got pushed to an unknown date in 2015.
They already have some competition as well.

http://www.cnet.com/news/plastc-a-co...enger-appears/

Just under a year ago, Coin was announced: a card shaped just like a normal credit card, but with a big difference. Users, the eponymous company promised, would be able to load all of the bank and loyalty cards on to Coin, swapping them with the press of a discreet button, then swiping the card through a magnetic reader.

It sounds very convenient, if a little behind the times in terms of technology in days when chip, PIN and NFC are on the rise. More so because the product, which costs customers $50, was delayed: it was due out by the end of August 2014, but the launch has been postponed until 2015.
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The timing seems a little too perfect for a competitor to arrive, especially a competitor like Plastc. Like Coin, it purports to store multiple credit and bank card information in a single card, but Plastc takes it further, able to store up to 20 cards compared to coin's eight.

It does this by expanding beyond that single, ageing magnetic strip and adding support for NFC, RFID and Chip and PIN -- so even in locations where NFC is not yet widely in use (Australia springs to mind, where NFC for cards has only become widespread in the last 12 months), the card is still using both existing and future technologies -- and, since Chip and PIN is expected to roll out across the US in the coming years, it goes both ways.

Plastc's screen is also an improvement on Coin's offering: instead of a small LCD, Plastc has an E Ink strip along the bottom half of the front of the card. This means that full credit card numbers can be displayed, and it uses touchscreen technology so that you can perform a number of tasks: cycle through your cards; lock the card with a PIN; even generate QR codes and barcodes.

For an added layer of security, the company boasts a proximity alert that pairs your card with your smartphone; when the card gets too far from the phone, an alert will let you know that you may have left your card behind, giving you the option to set the card to "return me" mode or wipe it remotely.

Each Plastc comes with a wireless charging pad and is software upgradeable, too, ensuring longevity -- at least until the next payment system comes along. It's currently available for preorder for $155 on its official website, where you can also read more about what it can do. It's slated to arrive by Q3 of next year.

[jluv]

So, what's the point? I must be missing something.