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Opinion on chase physical card quality?

Open123 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:54:00 GMT

This may seem frivolous, but does anyone find the Chase cards issued (aside from Sapphire) to be a very low quality? It seems flimsy, cardboard like, and almost if it were fake right off the presses at my local Staples.

On the bright side, it takes up very little space since it's so darn thin.

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radiomando — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:05:37 GMT

yes thin and flimsy, my freedom anyway

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Koop10010 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:14:18 GMT

I was just thinking that the Freedom I recently got felt thin.

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smc733 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:15:25 GMT

Reminds me of an unrelated note...

Anyone ever notice how badly a lot of shinny plastc cards hold up? My Amex BCE is in TERRIBLE shape after only a few months. I LOVE my matte plastic Discover More, I've used it a ton and it looks new. I wish all cards came in matte plastic.

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Guava — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:16:15 GMT

When I first got my Freedom, it did feel somewhat thin and really bendable, but I compared the thickness of the freedom with the BCE, they're actually the same. Overall I think the freedom looks nice, especially the matte surface, I'm happy with it :smileyvery-happy:

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Open123 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:20:00 GMT

smc733 wrote:
Reminds me of an unrelated note...

Anyone ever notice how badly a lot of shinny plastc cards hold up? My Amex BCE is in TERRIBLE shape after only a few months. I LOVE my matte plastic Discover More, I've used it a ton and it looks new. I wish all cards came in matte plastic.

Yeah, the clear plastic thing definitely looks much better on the website than in reality.

In my view, thought the most modern looking, it's by far AmEx's cheapest looking card.

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MGTR420 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:36:54 GMT

I felt the card was also very thin, so I requested to have the "pay pass" chip put in, and the makes a huge difference. I think "pay pass" is only Mastercard, but Visa has their own too.

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pipeguy — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:40:23 GMT

Well my Amazon card is made of thin cardboard, so Chase has that one beat....

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TannerK — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:40:28 GMT

JP Select is very nice and doesnt give the impression that it was cheaply made at all. Feels thick and with the chip in it, might be a tad thicker than normal.

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LTomBerry — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:32:14 GMT

I had a Discover More with the black glow design. The Discover logo was embossed in silver foil-stamped letters that did not hold up well. Mine was wearing down and DW's was completely worn off. I got a replacement where the logo was printed instead of stamped and it held up better. Now I just got a card with the zip chip so it's not even an issue.

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drkaje — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:36:55 GMT

My Freedom looks 12 years old despite only being born in August.

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crunching_numbers — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:41:00 GMT

I pulled out my wallet and the only card that is thinner than the rest is the Sams Club Discover.

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dyv8914 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:53:11 GMT

I really like the matte finish on the Freedom. I've never noticed it being thinner than my other cards and the finish holds up very well to scratches. The blue Amex revolvers also hide scratches well b/c of the clear plastic.

What I hate most are cards with that shiny plastic finish where after 10 swipes the card looks 10 years old b/c anything that touches it scratches it.

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UpNComing — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:00:43 GMT

MGTR420 wrote:
I felt the card was also very thin, so I requested to have the "pay pass" chip put in, and the makes a huge difference. I think "pay pass" is only Mastercard, but Visa has their own too.

I thought everyone was crazy until you said that. Mine came with the pay pass from the beginning.

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aamex — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:20:30 GMT

Seriously. Zync and BCE didn't hold up well for me at all. Discover and Sapphire look the best to me aesthetic wise.