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Cool looking black Citi card

MattH — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:29:19 GMT

At the grocery store this morning I saw a customer with a very attractive black card; since I hardly wanted to be visibly examining somebody's credit card I couldn't get a close look but I recognized the Citi logo on it. Anybody know more about this slick-looking card? It certainly LOOKS a lot nicer than my silver-colored Citi Platinum Select that's for sure. I've heard about one Citibank black card with the Amex logo but at least from a polite distance the only logo I saw was the Citi logo.

Re: Cool looking black Citi card

Marvintran — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:15:33 GMT

Its probably the new citi diamond preferred card or the chairman card.

Is this is?

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Red1Blue — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:24:35 GMT

Chairman Card has Amex logo on it. I am hoping to get it in the next 6 months or so.

Re: Cool looking black Citi card

MattH — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:26:19 GMT

@Marvintran wrote:
Its probably the new citi diamond preferred card or the chairman card.
Is this is?

Sure looks like it, thanks! I must say that is one elegant card.

Re: Cool looking black Citi card

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:10:04 GMT

It's a little less impressive in person than in the pics, the card plastic being a little on the matte and flimsy side of things.

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Anonymous — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:03:08 GMT

I like that one better then the old dp card.

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Anonymous — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:08:12 GMT

You also think it's flimsy, huh? I had the original "holographic" DPR card and lost it, so I got this one as a replacement. I don't mind it being matte, but it seems so lightweight....

watchnerd wrote:
It's a little less impressive in person than in the pics, the card plastic being a little on the matte and flimsy side of things.

Re: Cool looking black Citi card

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:01:35 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
You also think it's flimsy, huh? I had the original "holographic" DPR card and lost it, so I got this one as a replacement. I don't mind it being matte, but it seems so lightweight....
@Anonymous wrote:
It's a little less impressive in person than in the pics, the card plastic being a little on the matte and flimsy side of things.

It's the cheapest feeling card I have, which is surprising given it's supposed to be one of their more premium cards.

My library card is more robust than it.

I do like the nubs, though.

Oh, and why is it upside-down on the back? Are all Citi cards like that?

Message Edited by watchnerd on 04-26-2008 11:01 PM

Re: Cool looking black Citi card

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:35:52 GMT

So it isn't just me. I always noticed that my Citi card was a lot more flimsy that normal. I couldn't tell if my mind was playing tricks on me.

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Anonymous — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:59:51 GMT

Do you have the same black Diamond card, or a different one? I have only one Citi card, so don't know if all their cards are flimsy.

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creditninja9000 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:19:42 GMT

I personally thought the last DPR card looked tacky, I just got the new version also.

And I'm not so sure about cards being more flimsy than one another. I don't the difference, between my old and new, or any of my other cards with other banks, they all seem the same. Only difference might vary by bank slightly, like Citi using the holographic foil on top of plastic on the old DPR card and nothing but black plastic.

Either way, doesn't matter much to me.

Re: Cool looking black Citi card

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:59:45 GMT

@Marvintran wrote:
Its probably the new citi diamond preferred card or the chairman card.
Is this is?

This looks way cooler than my old one. I almost want to call them and change it, but I guess I will not.

Re: Cool looking black Citi card

biturbomunkie — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:38:22 GMT

imo the DPR card looks 100x classier than chairman (at least in pics). the krayon-ish big C on the chairman reminds me of the grades i got in school. it'd be a huge slap in teh face every time i use it... no thanks.

how do you folks like the DPR? i'm debating if i should convert my PP to DRP or PP elite. i'm still kicking myself for not converting to elite when they had the bonus points offer + AF waived. while i think PP elite is more rewarding, DPR seems to be more logical since there's no AF and CL is reported.

Message Edited by biturbomunkie on 05-11-2008 03:38 AM