It's finally beyond repair !

2stageturbo · 23-10-2007 8:43pm #1

Well the day has finally come.My atm card has died !
Its had a split slowly growing from one side to the other for about the last two years now.Many a battle i've had with atm's trying to withdraw money:D

The best part is the issue date on the card is October 1996!!!!!!:eek::eek:

11 years!!! Not bad going i reckon !:D

Can anyone beat that im wondering ?

passive · 23-10-2007 8:51pm

And you didn't get a new card when it broke because...

2Scoops · 23-10-2007 8:55pm

2stageturbo wrote: »

Can anyone beat that im wondering ?

Easily:) Had one from August 1987 until sometime in 2005. It was in pristine condition - the ATM ate it because it didn't like the magnetic strip on it anymore. Then the bank had the cheek to charge me for a new one! :mad:

2stageturbo · 23-10-2007 8:55pm

passive wrote: »

And you didn't get a new card when it broke because...

Just didn't feel right.

Gran Hermano · 23-10-2007 8:58pm

I was using an ATM card from 1992 up until earlier this year when
the bank automatically replaced it with a Laser card.

Lazare · 23-10-2007 8:59pm

Why is my life not as interesting as yours?

2stageturbo · 23-10-2007 9:01pm

2Scoops wrote: »

Easily:) Had one from August 1987 until sometime in 2005. It was in pristine condition - the ATM ate it because it didn't like the magnetic strip on it anymore. Then the bank had the cheek to charge me for a new one! :mad:

:eek::eek::eek:
Well that's put me to shame!:D

2stageturbo · 23-10-2007 9:04pm

Lazare wrote: »

Why is my life not as interesting as yours?

Nobody on the internet has an interesting life i thought:D

Jesus Wept · 23-10-2007 9:05pm

Gran Hermano wrote: »

I was using an ATM card from 1992 up until earlier this year when
the bank automatically replaced it with a Laser card.

Yea, my bank just did that, never asked.

I don't have any use for lazer, they can bog off.

miju · 23-10-2007 9:09pm

jesus my credit / laser cards are lucky if they last 3 months without some sort of bend or crack

Ghost Train · 23-10-2007 9:16pm

mine dates from 97... a black boi one i got starting college, and its still in one piece and works fine

have another aib one i havn't used for a good few years which was issued may 95... because it hasn't been used much since 97 its in pretty good condition... might try it one of these days

*yawns*

MooseJam · 23-10-2007 9:31pm

sellotape will fix that up nice and dandy

Ruu_Old · 23-10-2007 9:36pm

The swipe strip on my debit card is getting very hard to be read by any of the machines, it is only 3 years old. We barely knew her.

23-10-2007 10:54pm

Mine's from November 97, still grand after 10 years.

johnp · 23-10-2007 11:22pm

Gran Hermano wrote: »

I was using an ATM card from 1992 up until earlier this year when
the bank automatically replaced it with a Laser card.

Same here.
The magnetic strip was beginning to fade, there was one crack and the signature had rubbed off about 10 years ago, but it still worked.
When I gave it up it was like a little piece of me died

Kintarō Hattori · 23-10-2007 11:30pm

1993 here, but like the OP's it has a split on both sides and they are slowly making their way towards each other.

Terry · 24-10-2007 12:15am

My friend has one from 1988.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 24-10-2007 12:18am

1985, the year I joined the army and still in regular use.

Jesus Wept · 24-10-2007 12:24am

Ruu wrote: »

The swipe strip on my debit card is getting very hard to be read by any of the machines, it is only 3 years old. We barely knew her.

lol

leninbenjamin · 24-10-2007 12:27am

6 and a half years old one here. I plan to keep it as long as possible though, it's one of them schoolkids cards

arybvtcw0eolkf · 24-10-2007 12:33am

leninbenjamin wrote: »

6 and a half years old one here. I plan to keep it as long as possible though, it's one of them schoolkids cards

This is like in the movies where the good looking guy kisses his sweetheart goodbye and you just KNOW he's going to get shot and die.

You've just cursed your card.

monosharp · 24-10-2007 3:51am

I had one from 95/96 (can't remember)

Not so much as a fecking scratch on it. Then one day my ex needed to take out money. She sticks it in her back pocket and it comes back with a tear nearly right down the middle (lengthwise).

WhiteWashMan · 24-10-2007 4:08am

do they not reissue cards every 2 years or something?

i know mine used to get updated. which is annoying if you cancel or lose your card a month before you end up with about 3 different cards, 2 of which no longer work.

tallus · 24-10-2007 8:16am

WhiteWashMan wrote: »

do they not reissue cards every 2 years or something?

i know mine used to get updated. which is annoying if you cancel or lose your card a month before you end up with about 3 different cards, 2 of which no longer work.

My bank does.

ScumLord · 24-10-2007 11:33am

2Scoops wrote: »

Easily:) Had one from August 1987 until sometime in 2005. It was in pristine condition - the ATM ate it because it didn't like the magnetic strip on it anymore. Then the bank had the cheek to charge me for a new one! :mad:

What bank charged you for a card?

I've had about 4 cards in the last 2 years and one broken ATM trying to get a split card (completely split in two pieces) into the machine.

AIB are fairly good about getting new cards to you. I had one sent to me in Spain within 2 days.

knird evol · 24-10-2007 12:21pm

The card means nothing to me. I just use her for money. I mean it.

It's finally beyond repair !

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