Do you remember that Seinfeld episode where George pulls out his wallet and there is literally 4 inches of cards, cash, and other things jammed inside the tight leather? I know a lot of people who have a similar problem, but not me.
When I was in elementary school my teacher told me "in the future we won't use cash or checks, we will all carry little cards that will have our money on it." I remember wondering how we would get money inside our cards and what would happen if I lost my card. Today credit cards and debit cards are so commonplace that the few times I stumble across a business that only accepts cash or check I not only refuse to make a purchase but vocalize my disdain for their ironfisted grip on the past. "I don't carry cash" I say loudly, "and it's about time you cater to customers like me because there's more of us but there are of them," and I point at the other people in line who look simply appalled to be associated with a dying breed.
A few years ago I purchased an amazing wallet made by twelvesouth.com called BookBook for iPhone. This amazing hunk of leather is made to look like a book but holds my phone on one side and up to five cards on the other. In the process of transitioning to this compact little delight I took photographs of anything without a magnetic stripe and saved them in my photo vault app. Insurance cards, membership cards, and other forms of ID are now all stored safely in a digital wallet on my device.
I still found myself carrying gift cards, store credit, and of course my credit and debit cards in my wallet next to my driver's license. I couldn't simply take photographs of these because they hold a magnetic strip with the data I need on it.
Then I saw a post on Facebook for coin. A digital device that holds all of my magnetic strip cards? Yes please! This amazing little device boasts the ability to remove those last few cards from my wallet leaving me with a drivers license and a single digital card that can be transitioned from card to card with the press of a button, and stays secure, connected to my smartphone.
I now wait with anticipation for the launch of this amazing little device. I believe it will be the perfect transition between plastic cards and digital transactions and will change the way we make purchases forever.
It's not here yet, but I hope to receive it soon, just as I hope this will become the perfect segue for those who wish to eliminate carrying a wallet at all.
While Android users can already use services like Google wallet and Isis, and who knows if Apple's iPhone 6 will include the right hardware and software to tap into this tech. Until that time iPhone users can pick up onlycoin.com's amazing new product and have, as Tolkein would say, "one card to rule them all."
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