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'Debit' type card for over tens!
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bullying is always a problem anyway if you have got cash/new gadget etc they want it and if you haven't kids are subject to taunts about being poor and scruffy etc
its a cruel world!Well we finally did it got a house not on a main road, next a railway line or any other werid and wonderful things that get on my nerves!!!
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Polly wrote:my son is of the 5p burning a hole in the pocket brigade and I just know the plastic would be hard for him to resist.
But whats the difference between having 5p in your pocket and 5p preloaded onto a plastic card? It's still 5p!Here I go again on my own....0 -
I've heard that you even have to pay to put cash into these cards on a rising scale dependant on how much you put in. All in all its a very expensive way to look cool. Will it lead to children hooked on easy plastic money ? perhaps you could offer him the cash instead but extra so that he gets the fees you would pay to set it up.
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claz wrote:bullying is always a problem anyway if you have got cash/new gadget etc they want it and if you haven't kids are subject to taunts about being poor and scruffy etc
its a cruel world!
Maybe so, but I think it's only in American movies where bullies take dinner money off their victims and get away with it!0 -
Next thing they will be giving out "Man Utd" credit cards for kids.
RubixThere are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don't.0
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