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HSBC Visa Debit Card

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  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    Ha thats well cool.

    Thats for Plus - thats the one you pay for yes?
  • Mike1989
    Mike1989 Posts: 222 Forumite
    That plus account card looks awesome. Admitted right now I could not warrant paying for a current account, but it certainly looks a very nice card. Very swish.
  • dstart
    dstart Posts: 12 Forumite
    The benefits are worth it for me, I make use of nearly every extra service they provide with it :) (I've even used the breakdown cover)
  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    Mike1989 wrote: »
    That plus account card looks awesome. Admitted right now I could not warrant paying for a current account, but it certainly looks a very nice card. Very swish.

    I am tempted just for the swishness... lol.

    Hm the only thing I would really want is: 10% AER/Gross preferential rate on our Regular Saver (as well as the swish card)

    And for £13 a month meh don't think so.
  • Mike1989
    Mike1989 Posts: 222 Forumite
    Well it would cost £156 a year to have it. None of the benefits really appeal to me at the moment.

    But a Barclays regular saver at 6% would have earned me £97 interest give or take putting in £250 a month. In that HSBC account putting £250 a month, it would make £161 interest. So you'd make £5. So not really worth it for the savings account, might as well open a Barclays reguler saver or a Halifax regular saver as you could make more interest.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    I must be on a different planet to you lot, it looks black and drab to me, not that it matters, it is a card, ... a card is a card to me.;)
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    It does look rather sexy compared to some of the plaka cards around.
    I know some people are neutral as to what their Debit/Credit card looks like but I think it is an image thing going on, same with mobile phones, would you prefer a sexy looking mobile or a 1980's stylie brick?
    Everyone to their own I suppose.
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    It does look rather sexy compared to some of the plaka cards around.
    I know some people are neutral as to what their Debit/Credit card looks like but I think it is an image thing going on, same with mobile phones, would you prefer a sexy looking mobile or a 1980's stylie brick?

    I am sure you are right about the " image thing " but how sad is that?

    As for mobile phones, I just use a basic phone that makes....you guessed it...phone calls.:D
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Inactive wrote: »
    I am sure you are right about the " image thing " but how sad is that?

    As for mobile phones, I just use a basic phone that makes....you guessed it...phone calls.:D
    Image is a big thing these day's, personally I am not too bothered but I like my toy's and gadgets. :o
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • That's really neat looking card, I wish Halifax will have a nice card like that, currently their card looks like a budget supermarket club card, horrible!!!
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