Call Cards

Smithers · 01-11-2003 6:33pm #1

i have at home somewhere a collection of call cards and phone cards,

have about a 100 different irish and 100 various ones from around the world ,

anyone else for a collection?

i used to ransack the local callcard box to swipe the used cards people had disposed of!!:D

Kalina · 04-11-2003 7:09pm

I've got about 500 from the 90's, used to search the phoneboxes when I was a kid aswell. I have about 50 Niamh from Tir na nOg cards and another 50 of Aoife and the Cildren of Lir. They were common as muck.
I have a few decent rare ones, some 5 unit cards and some good movie cards. I must take them out again and have a look through them.

dudara · 04-11-2003 7:26pm

I used to collect them seriously as a teenager. I should still have a lot in their original wrapper even. I remember swiping them out of phone boxes as well, anything to get that rare 100 unit card you couldn't afford

Lenny · 05-11-2003 7:44pm

I was a serious collector aswell.
I have about 250 mint, unopened, ranging from 5 unit to 100unit.
I also have the 'globe' collectors card, it was a round thing with 30 different cards from the world, only 3,000 issued in the world as a pack, it cost me 30 punt and saw it being sold for over 1,500euro about a year ago.

I would really like to sell mine, but they're worth thousands and I don't think people would be intrested in buying them unless they're a serious dealer.
I had spent hundreds of quid of buying them brand new, used to be in the eircom collectors club..

Gordon · 07-11-2003 10:30am

If anyone needs any Greek cards send me a PM, I may be able to find some lying around. Don't know if there are any Olympics ones yet.

I'm not sending unused ones though, no dosh!

Eye · 08-11-2003 3:35am

My mum has got a good sized collection of callcards, no idea of their value but i would say easily a couple of grands worth.

she's been a member of the eircom callcard collectors club for years, since the mid 90's i'd say, so with that we get all the newly issue cards sent out by registered mail every now and then. we have all the irish cards (mint) that were printed bar 1 or 2 since the very old GAA set (also pretty hard to come by) must go through them sometime and see whats there.

we got the world collector pack in that circular pack, did'nt know it was worth that much, also got the limited edition pack from the world cup with all the players and a big folder out card to place them all in.

one other thing to mention, i know they are not easy to some by, but we also have a couple of the original test callcards, got them from a collectors fair years ago in dublin, i know we payed a nice bit for them then, i would imagine those ones might be worth a bit now alright as they are hard to find in mint condition.

one last question, just wondering, if anyone here has ever come across or heard about a limited edition coca cola space can, again from the early-mid 90's, think it was an american callcard, saw that seeling at a fair for about £400 back then and it's like a $5 card or something rediculous like that

Falkorre · 11-11-2003 9:50pm

I am beginning my collection at the moment.

If anyone of u wants to sell any of urs just let me know plz!

cant afford much but can afford some.

For instance, how many would somone sell for say, €40?
Am wondering how much I can expect to spend per card (used OR unused, but prolly can only afford used).

B

Kalina · 14-11-2003 6:47pm

Originally posted by Lenny
I was a serious collector aswell.
I have about 250 mint, unopened, ranging from 5 unit to 100unit.
I also have the 'globe' collectors card, it was a round thing with 30 different cards from the world, only 3,000 issued in the world as a pack, it cost me 30 punt and saw it being sold for over 1,500euro about a year ago.

Nice one!! hang onto it for another few years and you'll make a packet!

Tiesto · 14-11-2003 6:53pm

i have about 200 irish and 200 foreign cards i wud love to sell.
if anyone is interested...

Falkorre · 15-11-2003 2:09pm

I might be....how much?

B

Kalina · 15-11-2003 2:58pm

Also interested, what price?

Tiesto · 17-11-2003 6:00pm

well name ur price
there is around 200 foreign and 200 irish.

smiles · 17-11-2003 7:31pm

Got bundles of them lying about at home, the brother used to collect 'em.

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Tiesto · 19-11-2003 1:28am

i will sell all of mine for 170 euro including delivery.
for 400 cards i dont think that is bad at all.

Falkorre · 22-11-2003 2:19am

Money is tight right now, near xmas an all, but if ur interested I could buy them from U at €50 worth per month?

Alternatively, if your interested, I could swap you them for a Lexmark 2030 Color Printer?

B

Tiesto · 22-11-2003 2:51am

em no thanks

but when ever the financial situation gets good gimme a shout...

Falkorre · 22-11-2003 11:02am

Willdo!

B

Lenny · 23-11-2003 5:03pm

Tiesto, are they all used yes?

Used cards are worth nothing in a way.
Only unless you have the test cards that are used, any other rare ones are worth prob less than half of what they're worth mint.
Darntreader, you're very late at starting! all the rare and good cards have been sold and dealth with now, no more 'limited edition' cards are being made anymore, its only famours ones from big companys ie. kitkat, nescafe. companys that are willing to pay towards the costs of getting the cards manufactured now with eircom, callcards are going out, the 2 callcard phone boxes were removed from my area a few year ago, everyone has mobiles now so they're outdated...
Though when buying cards, watch yea don't get skanked, I'll have a look to see if I have any of my collector items books, it has all the cards printed and there price range new, it could be useful to you?
I couldn't give them to you, they would be part of my collection, but I'm sure I could scan them and put there somewere for you if you want, I'd have to have a good route around for them now!

Tiesto · 24-11-2003 12:26am

yeah lenny .
Yea most of them are used
170 euro for 400 cards.
that is very good value.

Falkorre · 26-11-2003 3:44am

Thnx lenny thatd be gr8 ;0)

B

coolrunnings · 19-02-2005 9:14pm

does anyone know where to sell an irish collection of cards? many mint and rare

Enii · 21-02-2005 12:20am

Anyone know how much a "Dash" card is worth. They were a trial card issued by Eircom, Dublin Bus and Irish carparks all on the same card.

coolrunnings · 26-02-2005 9:02pm

anyone?????

Mack_the_wack2 · 15-03-2005 7:45pm

Cool runnings what cards you got to sell, i used to collect and thinking about starting again

coolrunnings · 20-03-2005 10:38pm

i have a fairly good collection, the main thing that comes to mind is the GLOBAL CHIPCARD ALLIANCE collection, still in wrapper. ill go through them during the week and post up again. im selling coz i need to free up some cash.

Tony Lynch · 29-06-2005 2:30pm

I am wondering if there is anywhere to sell or find out how much my rare call cards are worth, Are they useless???
Most are eircom,

cantona · 29-06-2005 6:03pm

Antique fair that is run every couple of weeks at the Tara Towers hotel and at Clontarf Castle has at least 1 collector who buys and sells cards.

Siogfinsceal · 14-10-2005 9:47am

mad i had forgotten all about call cards my cuz used to collect them but ive some in a box at home. if any of you are startign to collect go to geaorges st arcade theres a guy there that sells them!
mine are all used and yes I usesd to steal em from pay fones too! ;-)
Does any one know wat these are worth?#
niamh of tir na nog
rose of tralee
2 guiness ones (figure these have gotta be good?)

Gazza22 · 16-10-2005 2:09am

Siogfinsceal wrote:

Does any one know wat these are worth?#
niamh of tir na nog
rose of tralee
2 guiness ones (figure these have gotta be good?)

They are quite common and if not mint would be worth nothing. I have a good collection of mint and limited edition callcards.

Off the top of my head there's quite a few mint 5 units, limited edition world cup('92), concord maiden voyage limited edition and a few Telecom Eireann callcard fair limited editions.

Have many more, would love to get them valued some day

jaqian · 14-11-2005 1:35pm

Can anyone tell me, when did we stop using callcard phones here? Only noticed in recently as hardly ever use public phones. Use to collect them years ago in a big way have some of the various cards that were used before they settled on the chip design.

Random · 22-11-2005 12:29am

I have a collection of callcards too that I used to collect.

Anywhere to value them, or sell them? Thanks

Smithers · 22-11-2005 2:41am

on a side note does anyone remember freezing their cards or using clear nail varnish to magically reinvent them and they would never use their units, never worked of course!

I remember when scavaging i found loads of cards with units on them, Tourists used to discard then once they used em

Slippin Jimmy · 10-12-2005 11:56am

Are call cards still used in the phone boxes? I would like to start to collect them again, anyone know where to start. Do people still leave them i phone boxes? Is there a website for card collectors?

Voodoo2 · 15-12-2005 10:52pm

Hey All I Collect em too, although it though that finding them in call boxes here in Ireland or when we went on hols was the most staisfying thing, but now mobile fones have killed them a small bit, would anyone like to trade rather than sell? I have a lot from Kuwait left from my collection that I would like to trade, i can send pics before trading! Im looking for Call cards from any country that has some computing Theme on them, or computer companys on them also

Voodoo2 · 20-12-2005 7:43am

Anyone interested in Trading?

Riamfada · 21-12-2005 2:56pm

found out from the lad in the Blackrock Market that they are worthless. He offered to take the first one and the special ones for 20c each .Boo Urns

Voodoo2 · 22-12-2005 11:49pm

Grimes wrote:

found out from the lad in the Blackrock Market that they are worthless. He offered to take the first one and the special ones for 20c each .Boo Urns

Of what type? Kuwait?

Anyone interested in Trading any?

Riamfada · 26-12-2005 6:07am

I dont know but if you want ill put you in touch with the girl that has loads. Also I have a tip where you can get loads if you want

Voodoo2 · 26-12-2005 3:23pm

Just want someone to trade so i can get rid of some of my duplicates and hopefully help someone else do the same! any help appreciated!

techguy · 07-01-2006 3:12am

I remember the days, LOL im saying that and I am only 18. I live in an estate and when I was around 9 or 10 the people around used collect them.Can anyone remember those ones with the cottage on the front, ha they were as common as muck too. I had a few from china aswell which are probably quiete rare in these parts..
I probably had/have around 100 of 'em. If I was to find them would they be worth anything? If I can remember correctly I had a few rare ones, well it seemed so at the age of 10 anyway LOL..

Mimikyu · 07-01-2006 3:19am

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Voodoo2 · 10-01-2006 12:32am

Does anyone want to trade?

Random · 10-01-2006 12:58am

I'll trade you all of mine for some Euro bank notes ?

Voodoo2 · 12-01-2006 12:37am

Sorry my printer ran out of ink today :-)

wyndham · 12-01-2006 8:13pm

I've got the irish callcard catalogue from a few years ago if anyone wants valuations for these but they are all practically worthless since the fad died about 4-5 yrs ago. A lot of dealers were hit hard as interest died completely practically overnight. It just fizzled out. I feel that it died because people stopped using them in everyday life (mobile phones), unlike stamp and coin collecting. At the height of it Eircom were making serious money from commemorative sets, etc. They were producing new cards continually, almost issuing comemorative sets to commemorate the new issuing of a card. It was an expensive hobby once hooked into it, as one would keep buying each newly issued card/set to keep the collection complete, not unlike those multipart magazines that "build into a complete collection".

Random · 12-01-2006 8:20pm

@wyndham - I'd be interested in a scan of that catalogue (the one's I used to get were always only 3 or 4 pages long...) if that's possible ?

Voodoo2 · 17-01-2006 8:31pm

wyndham whats that catalogue called was it made by telecom/eircom?

Random · 17-01-2006 8:33pm

Isn't it the 3-monthly one that the "Callcard Collectors Club" sent out ?

Voodoo2 · 17-01-2006 8:34pm

there is a callcard collectors club, tell me more please

Razor_01 · 22-01-2006 9:53pm

Hey All, :cool:

First off this is to Voodoo2, The Callcard Collectors Club which was run by Eircom closed in 2003. This is when Callcard collecting stopped in Ireland but some collectors continued on but not for very long after.

I was a major collector of Callcards both Irish and Worldwide and I still have my collection. I went to a number of good traders and dealers who mainly deal in this area and asked about the value of Callcards, the news was not good, the value of callcards depends on how much a collector is willing to pay and the value also depends on a number of conditions about the card but the main thing is, they are not worth very much these days. I have attached a website below that you might find interesting for information.

http://members.tripod.com/~steveon2/index.html

If anyone has any Callcards to trade I would be more than willing to trade with them.

Keep Safe all.

Razor

Voodoo2 · 23-01-2006 2:00am

Razor_01 wrote:

If anyone has any Callcards to trade I would be more than willing to trade with them.

Hey Razor id be willing to trade, just want to keep my collection a bit uptodate if your willing to trade, let me know

Call Cards

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