? Ugly credit cards

[NoMoreE46]

I've seen a few posts about 'good' looking credit cards.

Asking to see if anybody has 'ugly' ones...

[BearsCubsOtters]

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@NoMoreE46 wrote:

I've seen a few posts about 'good' looking credit cards.

Asking to see if anybody has 'ugly' ones...

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Looks are subjective but....

I think all "vertical" cards are ugly; I do not like them and I hate when banks/credit unions switch to them and force them on people like me, that do not care for them.

I am not a fan of the redesigned NFCU Cash Rewards card.

I have also never seen an attractive BMO Harris; TD Bank or BB&T card. And newer Bank of The West cards are pretty bad too. 

Dishonorable mentions of course go to the sub primers: First Premier, Credit One and Merrick Bank. 

[wasCB14]

Not a fan of the "snowy" Amex designs (ED, EDP, BCE, BBP, etc.)

Sallie Mae Rewards (the 5% one) was nothing special to look at.

[TSlop]

I think my BoA PR is absolutely ugly (see signature). It's a jumble of different fonts,  sizes and offsets that are randomly spread across the card. Seriously, 5 different lines of text across the card.

I could give this card a pass if it cleaned up the text, even with the same background. Maybe just have BoA and premium rewards in the upper right and call it a day. Move my name, visa signature, and Merrill Lynch to the back.

[Anonymous]

Here are the 2 cards from Lake Michigan FCU.  I always thought they were terrible looking.  I think they would be fine without the words Prime and Max but they are way too big on the cards.

[NoMoreE46]

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@TSlop wrote:

I think my BoA PR is absolutely ugly (see signature). It's a jumble of different fonts,  sizes and offsets that are randomly spread across the card. Seriously, 5 different lines of text across the card.

I could give this card a pass if it cleaned up the text, even with the same background. Maybe just have BoA and premium rewards in the upper right and call it a day. Move my name, visa signature, and Merrill Lynch to the back.

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It looks like a card to purchase car tires. 

[NoMoreE46]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Here are the 2 cards from Lake Michigan FCU.  I always thought they were terrible looking.  I think they would be fine without the words Prime and Max but they are way too big on the cards.

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I totally agree about the font size being out of scale.  

This reminds me of a friend who said to her fiance that she wanted a  "big" ring.  Well, he did what she wished and got her a big ring.   Her band was like 7 mm (vs 4 mm) so it made the diamond look smaller than it was...

Thanks for the replies.   Keep 'em coming.

[Anonymous]

DCU Platinum is the ugliest card in my wallet. In fact it's the only card I have that I consider ugly. The basic black and white color scheme would work very well if they didn't add glitter to it which makes it look even cheaper than it feels. 

The image looks better than the card does...

[wasCB14]

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@NoMoreE46 wrote:

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@TSlop wrote:

I think my BoA PR is absolutely ugly (see signature). It's a jumble of different fonts,  sizes and offsets that are randomly spread across the card. Seriously, 5 different lines of text across the card.

I could give this card a pass if it cleaned up the text, even with the same background. Maybe just have BoA and premium rewards in the upper right and call it a day. Move my name, visa signature, and Merrill Lynch to the back.

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It looks like a card to purchase car tires. 

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Brought to you by the people who created Merrill Edge.

[blindambition]

The ugliest was one I had in the 80's. I was a AU on my moms Sears card when I was a teen. Back then you showed a signed note. That wouldn't fly now.

Anyways, it was white with gold lettering. Looked like vomit. The card wasn't even a full sized card, it was like 1/3 of a regular card. It was so strange.