What's In Your Wallet?

[OttoVonBismarck]

FWIW there's an app for phones called Key Ring that lets you scan in your loyalty cards and really any other card with a barcode, and then you can present your phone instead of the physical card. I did that for all of my loyalty cards other than one grocery store card, library card, etc. It's never failed to work, although clerks sometimes look at me weird when I ask them to scan my phone. Only in the rare case where they use an old style scanner will it fail to scan from your phone screen.

[Syt]

FWIW there's an app for phones called Key Ring that lets you scan in your loyalty cards and really any other card with a barcode, and then you can present your phone instead of the physical card. I did that for all of my loyalty cards other than one grocery store card, library card, etc. It's never failed to work, although clerks sometimes look at me weird when I ask them to scan my phone. Only in the rare case where they use an old style scanner will it fail to scan from your phone screen.

The supermarkets that offer loyalty cards here have apps that you can use that also have the barcode in there, but I find it more of a hassle to pull out my phone, start the app, go to the barcode than just pulling the card out of my wallet. It's not uncommon, though, that people use it.

[Brazen]

Two debit cards, two credit cards, business cards (freelance), business card (old job), car breakdown service card, driving licence, £10.59 cash, six shop loyalty cards, English Civil War Society membership card, three loyalty stamp cards (buy 10 hot lunches get one free etc.), two books of first class stamps, work health scheme membership card, blood donor card, European Health Insurance card, car-wash loyalty card, local cab company card, library card, and the business card of the woman who runs the local eco wine bar.

Oyster Card and company door card in a separate wallet.

[celedhring]

- Spanish ID card.
- One debit card (I don't use CCs)
- Expired NRA membership card (memento from my times in the US)
- Screenwriter guild membership card.
- 2 loyalty cards of a couple store chains.
- Library card.
- Shedloads of business cards from other people, that I should store somewhere else.
- A few business cards from my favorite restaurants.
- Some old receipts from buying stuff, I should bin them.
- A couple of expired coupons.
- Photo of me and my brother, 4 years old (mom gave it to me years ago).
- 60ish€ and some coins.

[Eddie Teach]

- Expired NRA membership card (memento from my times in the US)

[Duque de Bragança]

- Expired NRA membership card (memento from my times in the US)

When in Rome, do as the Romans do?

[Maladict]

2 debit cards (in the process of switching banks)
credit card
public transport pass
ID
office keycard
medical insurance card
german railway discount card
museum card (free entrance to all dutch museums)
loyalty cards for supermarket and bookstore

[celedhring]

- Expired NRA membership card (memento from my times in the US)

When I lived in NY I produced a short film for a friend. It had an army setting so we had to procure a bunch of army gear and such. We bought a bunch of stuff from an army surplus store; gas masks, ammo pouches, empty mags, etc... The bill ran a few hundred, and the clerk added a free NRA membership on top. I guess they identified me as a potential gun nut. 

I never paid any dues, nor extended my membership past the free period, but I kept the card.

[mongers]

Can I say most languishites are 'careful' with their money otherwise why so many loyalty cards? 

I think from our sample, supermarket/grocer loyalty schemes have a greater penetration than with the with the wider public?

[Liep]

Mine is not a loyalty card, it's really just a stamp card. 2 away from a free sandwich!

[Martinus]

Two credit cards, one debit card, one cab card, ID, office access card.

[Grey Fox]

Different cards required to live by & insurance proof.

and most importantly :

A picture of my kids.

[Duque de Bragança]

2 ID cards (Portuguese and French)
- 1 (German) debit card and a (French) credit card
- Driving license (though I don't need to carry it around since I use public transportation)
- German railway discount card (like Maladict! ) plus a French railway fidelity card
- 2 Cinema cards (Cinémathèque and Gaumont-Pathé)
- Voter card
- Fnac (kind of Barnes & Nobles chain) fidelity card
- Youth hostel membership card
- Lufthansa miles card (not exactly useful every day)
- Métro tickets
- Paris public library card
- 10 € in coins (higher than average today) plus some euro banknotes, around 20-30 €.
- Blood type card

[Maladict]

Can I say most languishites are 'careful' with their money otherwise why so many loyalty cards? 

I think from our sample, supermarket/grocer loyalty schemes have a greater penetration than with the with the wider public?

Really? Nearly everyone I know has one, most have several.

[Maladict]

- German railway discount card (like Maladict! ) plus a French railway fidelity card

My gf lives in Germany so I travel there regularly. What's your excuse?