@DrZoiberg wrote:I use my Discover as proudly as I do my Centurion. Only at hotels, airports and a few nice restaurants do the people know what the Centurion is. I've used it at Starbucks for my coffee and got nothing. No name cards are nothing to be embarrassed of. Who knows, that no name we've never seen could be a hard card to get or something. Kind of like the White Card (Stratus Visa) , I don't know if it's metal or not but it's plain looking but yet it's an exclusive card too.
+1 i think it's more in the way that you carry yourself and manage your credit. youll only be embarassed if you give yourself a reason to be. the people who are making the right decisions (credit wise, at least) can pay with whatever card they want without a second thought.
id rather be the guy paying with a nonprestigious card than the guy with a prestigious card but can't justify the AF. that's when id be embarassed.
I used to feel bad when i carried my debit card, but only because it was super old, and i was afraid the thing would split in half when someone swiped it! 
What i'm more worried about now is whipping out my black Visa Siggy and letting it out of my sight. I'm afraid i'll get spotted as a mark and get my identity stolen.
What i'm more worried about now is whipping out my black Visa Siggy and letting it out of my sight. I'm afraid i'll get spotted as a mark and get my identity stolen.
Honestly I don't any of my friends realize they difference in credit cards. Some use their favorite colors!!! Lol, honestly I feel like I am the only one who pays attention to the hierarchy on CC's. It's the "declined" that send people blushing!
Sometimes when I am with people etc, I feel like they automatically think I am in a ton of CC debt, when I am not. Just love getting paid to spend money in a sense? (2% cashback, Fidelity Amex 
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@xgac12x wrote:Sometimes when I am with people etc, I feel like they automatically think I am in a ton of CC debt, when I am not. Just love getting paid to spend money in a sense? (2% cashback, Fidelity Amex
Try having lots of Japanese friends. They were pretty much born and raised to be cash-only.
They all carry Amex Platinums and CSPs that go completely unused, of course, and insist on carrying $200-$300 in cash on them at all times. They look at me like I'm daft if I so much as pay for a bagel with one of my cards at Dunkin Donuts. But that's OK. I get to laugh at them when they try to pay for a $2.04 donut/coffee combo with a hundred dollar bill and the poor cashier struggles to not burst into flames at their audacity.
Paradoxically, they have almost as much CC debt as I do. I'm still trying to figure that one out.
@Stralem wrote:
@xgac12x wrote:Sometimes when I am with people etc, I feel like they automatically think I am in a ton of CC debt, when I am not. Just love getting paid to spend money in a sense? (2% cashback, Fidelity Amex
Try having lots of Japanese friends. They were pretty much born and raised to be cash-only.
They all carry Amex Platinums and CSPs that go completely unused, of course, and insist on carrying $200-$300 in cash on them at all times. They look at me like I'm daft if I so much as pay for a bagel with one of my cards at Dunkin Donuts. But that's OK. I get to laugh at them when they try to pay for a $2.04 donut/coffee combo with a hundred dollar bill and the poor cashier struggles to not burst into flames at their audacity.
Paradoxically, they have almost as much CC debt as I do. I'm still trying to figure that one out.
^^^^^
they must be using their credit cards when you are not around to be in a lot of CC debt too
any of them carry Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) credit card?
I'm almost positive that it's their spouses that are racking up the charges, but I don't want to pry.
Nope, they don't have any JCB cards even though they're available here (Chicago); There's a Mitsuwa about 30 minutes outside of town.
@jm1991 wrote:i feel bad but i kinda do judge people when they come into the hotel trying to get a room with some odd looking credit cards, even debit cards. Ive gotten some that look like they were made with some really cheap plastic and a bad printer. If i dont get a nice looking card like amex, chase, or some well known cards i automatically think i should not rent to you. And not because i am racist or anything but people with debit cards or no name credit cards tend to be people that we have issues trying to throw college parties or just trashing the room as oppose to business people with fancy cards.
i you boss reads this you should be fired on the spot, there is nothing wrong to pay with debit cards many people have 10x more money on it that all your fancy credit cards combined, and non prime cards well we all have being there trying to rebuild or getting credit for the firs time, i have seen people with a centurion in their wallet paying with debit
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