the feel of the Amex BCE card

[expatCanuck]

Anyone else just plain not care for the feel of the Amex Blue Cash Everyday card?

To me it's slick, slippery & flimsy.

(Spending limit works okay, tho'. )

[Anonymous]

Plastic cards are so 2015! Metal is passé as well.

I want a leather card or maybe a concrete one! Or aerogel.

[DeeBee78]

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@expatCanuck wrote:

Anyone else just plain not care for the feel of the Amex Blue Cash Everyday card?

To me it's slick, slippery & flimsy.

(Spending limit works okay, tho'. )

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People are going to think I'm strange for saying this, but credit cards feel so much thinner and cheaper than they were ~10 years ago. I think a lot of this has to do with issues maybe using thinner plastic for the non-embossed cards that are popular these days. My BoA Cash Rewards is only 4-ish months old, and it looks like it's been through hell and back already, especially compared with my 1 year old BoA debit card that sits right next to it in my wallet. 

Interestingly, the only cards I've physically destroyed by swiping have been a Cabela's Visa and BoA debit card - both with the older style raised numbers. To me, the only cards that feel substantial these days are the metal and metal core ones, like my Chase Amazon.com card. 

[expatCanuck]

The Discover it feels substantial to me.

[barbaralee]

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@expatCanuck wrote:

The Discover it feels substantial to me.

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I think it is substantial! I cut one up the other night and was surprised at how durable the plastic was. 

[Anonymous]

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@DeeBee78 wrote:

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People are going to think I'm strange for saying this, but credit cards feel so much thinner and cheaper than they were ~10 years ago. I think a lot of this has to do with issues maybe using thinner plastic for the non-embossed cards that are popular these days. My BoA Cash Rewards is only 4-ish months old, and it looks like it's been through hell and back already, especially compared with my 1 year old BoA debit card that sits right next to it in my wallet. 

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I got my BofA with raised numbers, then after a couple months I saw on here that people were getting the numbers-on-the-back style. I prefer the latter since EMV's have become a thing with the whole number hanging out for all to see, though being thinner is the first thing I noticed when I peeled the card off the letter.

Disco is the highest quality plastic in my wallet. Followed by Uber, then FU, then BofA.

[jlitnns]

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Anyone else just plain not care for the feel of the Amex Blue Cash Everyday card?

To me it's slick, slippery & flimsy.

(Spending limit works okay, tho'. )

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I liked the AMEX clear cards, I have BCP with BCE on the way and them someone pointed out to me it is hard to read. I don't use it a ton but I pulled it out the other day and did notice it was a little hard to read at certain angles. Kind of an ugly card I guess.

I love the Amazon Visa feel and the Discover card as well.

[DeeBee78]

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@DeeBee78 wrote:

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People are going to think I'm strange for saying this, but credit cards feel so much thinner and cheaper than they were ~10 years ago. I think a lot of this has to do with issues maybe using thinner plastic for the non-embossed cards that are popular these days. My BoA Cash Rewards is only 4-ish months old, and it looks like it's been through hell and back already, especially compared with my 1 year old BoA debit card that sits right next to it in my wallet. 

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I got my BofA with raised numbers, then after a couple months I saw on here that people were getting the numbers-on-the-back style. I prefer the latter since EMV's have become a thing with the whole number hanging out for all to see, though being thinner is the first thing I noticed when I peeled the card off the letter.

Disco is the highest quality plastic in my wallet. Followed by Uber, then FU, then BofA.

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I was the one that started that BoA Cash Rewards thread, with the new design. I have to say, after some months of heavy usage, it looks pretty beat up. I'm already getting "Chip read malfunction" errors on EMV terminals and the card is barely 4 months old. Time to order a replacement. 

[Anonymous]

I have the Amex ED and I'm extremely disappointed in how it looks. The numbers are silver on a clear card and it's really hard to read them and the card just looks ugly and cheap LOL. I want the BCE, maybe I'll have to app for that so I have a blue/clear card in addition to this ugly silver/clear one.

[wasCB14]

They have to make us Platinum customers feel special. Part of that means making lower-tier cards comparatively less attractive.