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I found this interesting: tonight I was at our church for a book signing and presentation by one of my friends, who is an Episcopal Priest; P-G wrote a wonderful new book. (I am guessing that I can't name the book without violating the board's policy about promotion?) During the book signing I sat next to him taking in the money and running cards through my Square account while he was signing books and talking to people. Roughly 3/4 of the cards were CSP. There were two additional Chase cards - one Freedom and my CSR. This is an affluent, leafy suburb of Chicago. I thought that it was telling how the local bank controls the credit cards in the area.
@driftless wrote:I found this interesting: tonight I was at our church for a book signing and presentation by one of my friends, who is an Episcopal Priest; P-G wrote a wonderful new book. (I am guessing that I can't name the book without violating the board's policy about promotion?) During the book signing I sat next to him taking in the money and running cards through my Square account while he was signing books and talking to people. Roughly 3/4 of the cards were CSP. There were two additional Chase cards - one Freedom and my CSR. This is an affluent, leafy suburb of Chicago. I thought that it was telling how the local bank controls the credit cards in the area.
Card frequency varies enormously geographically. NYC and suburbs are also Chase-heavy. Los Angeles has a lot more WF than the east does.
Incomes are a big factor, too. In low-income areas a CSP may be unusual. In high-income areas, Platinums are fairly common.
Geography is a big player. In Minneapolis I ran a pizza place in a very nice part of town. When I saw actual credit cards and not debit it was a lot of AMEX ED, BCE and Discover. The two big banks in the area, USBank and WF I hardly ever saw their credit cards. Now that I'm in eastern WI with a chase branch I see a lot more Freedom and FU. The cashier at the mexican restaurant commented on my CSP like he had never seen one before.
I was just amazed at the number of CSP's. Excecpt for the speaker, his wife, myself, and our rector, almost all of the attendees were retired. I didn't think of this datapoint until this morning, not sure what it means, if anything.
Interesting thread, I have the feeling the among big commercial banks Chase wants to be and probably is the best when it comes to credit card products, so I've been wondering how come I don't see everybody using Chase cards here in my area --Miami.
I don't take cards from the public but from what I see occasionally I think one of the most usual cards here is Wells Fargo --not very competitive for CCs BTW. I could be a little biased though, that's my debit and oldest credit card, and I recognize them easily.
What suburb? Chase is very popular in North Shore