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Rarely have I had a problem with my debit cards. I hardly use them anyway, except at Sam's Club and ATMs, since we've got the Amazon Rewards card and put everything on that (yay Amazon gift cards!). Every bank I've been with has sent out the new card at least a month before the old one expires.
With our current bank, I've got two cards. One is for the joint account I share with Hubby, and the other is for the personal account I keep my Fun Money in. I sell artwork at conventions and online, and like to keep track of it and art-related purchases separate rather than in a "paper account" under the joint account. Also makes it easier when I want to buy a video game to just keep track of it out of my own balance. But anyway. The two debit cards are absolutely identical, except for the card numbers themselves. I'm useless for memorizing card numbers (only ever done it once, and that card has since been cut into tiny pieces), so I keep the "call for activation" sticker on them and scribble "joint" or "pers" on the relevant cards to tell them apart.
Early this year, our cards were expiring. The bank sent Hubby's replacement out pronto, and sent my personal account card out as well, but I never received my replacement. It didn't come with Hubby's; it usually comes in an envelope of its own. We've kept an eye on the account, and nothing has been withdrawn without permission, thank goodness. I haven't bothered to ask for a replacement (especially since our bank was recently acquired by another bank due to Federal intervention), and really forgot about it until I was in Sam's Club recently and needed to use the card. Couldn't figure out why it was declining until the cashier noticed it was expired. Oops. Luckily I had other means of payment.
Mmm...I'm coming over for dinner too!
And now you've got me hankering to make pasta salad with a bag of stir-fry veggies thrown in instead of the usual peas and celery. Pity I don't think imitation crab fits in the food budget right now.
With our current bank, I've got two cards. One is for the joint account I share with Hubby, and the other is for the personal account I keep my Fun Money in. I sell artwork at conventions and online, and like to keep track of it and art-related purchases separate rather than in a "paper account" under the joint account. Also makes it easier when I want to buy a video game to just keep track of it out of my own balance. But anyway. The two debit cards are absolutely identical, except for the card numbers themselves. I'm useless for memorizing card numbers (only ever done it once, and that card has since been cut into tiny pieces), so I keep the "call for activation" sticker on them and scribble "joint" or "pers" on the relevant cards to tell them apart.
Early this year, our cards were expiring. The bank sent Hubby's replacement out pronto, and sent my personal account card out as well, but I never received my replacement. It didn't come with Hubby's; it usually comes in an envelope of its own. We've kept an eye on the account, and nothing has been withdrawn without permission, thank goodness. I haven't bothered to ask for a replacement (especially since our bank was recently acquired by another bank due to Federal intervention), and really forgot about it until I was in Sam's Club recently and needed to use the card. Couldn't figure out why it was declining until the cashier noticed it was expired. Oops. Luckily I had other means of payment.
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And now you've got me hankering to make pasta salad with a bag of stir-fry veggies thrown in instead of the usual peas and celery. Pity I don't think imitation crab fits in the food budget right now.
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