Plastc, the only card in the world with and E-ink screen and it changes to any card you want it to be.
On sale Now.
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Plastc, Anyone Heard of It?
paloverde88 on 26/11/2016 - 19:45
Last edited 26/11/2016 - 19:53
Last edited 26/11/2016 - 19:53
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Indeed. The video on that site has "Copyright Plastc Inc, 2014" at the end. Still haven't eventuate.
well it does say Buy Now and it's not a China outfit so should come to fruition.
Pebble 2 is on pre order since world war 2 and still on pre order.
PlastC subreddit seems to indicate that people are losing their trust in this project and are now cancelling their pre-orders.
In any case, pre-order at your own risk. Despite having $9m in presales not a single customer has received their cards yet. If this isn't a scam, it's likely going to be another failed kickstarter project.
If they do actually end up delivering these you'll be able to copy your credit card's magnetic strip onto the card with no issues however to copy the EMV chip or the NFC chip for paypass/paywave the company will need the cooperation of the banks which they almost certainly won't get. Seeing as how you can't actually buy anything by swiping the mag strip in your card PlastC seems pretty much dead on arrival in Australia.
It would only be good for storing gift cards, however you would look dodgy as using a cloned gift card and would probably raise suspicion.
American friend of mine said to me that in USA they do not use tap and pay nor Android Pay the token chip on their Wells Fargo card are for show only. No wonder this would not take off as the USA don't even use chip or EFTPOS and considering Android Pay or Apple Pay are American invention, they cannot even convince their own people to use it on a massive scale. It's tragic.
When Android Pay was introduced on a massive scale in Singapore (way before Australia) take up rate was almost instant and now even older folks their know to use tap and pay but not America.
America still uses imperial measurement….
Over priced item. You can get some of its features for free with Google and Apple pay systems.
I don't see the benefit for the amount you pay($50+).Plastc, the only card in the world with and E-ink screen and it changes to any card you want it to be.
I want the card to turn into Malcolm Turnbull's card.
They've just gone bankrupt.
Plastc, the card we all wanted in our wallet, is going out of business. The reprogrammable card featured an e-ink display, and stored data from up to 20 other credit cards in an attempt to simplify our cluttered wallets. It was sleek, stylish, and highly-sought after, attracting more than $9 million in pre-orders since launching in 2014.
And now it’s gone.
According to a blog post today, Plastc is closing its doors after two failed funding rounds. Early this year, Plastc sought to raise additional capital to kickstart its launch and fulfill preorders. Its first option, a $3.5 million Series A round, fell through. The company then snagged a $6.75 million offer, only for the investor to back out at the last minute, according to a company spokesman.
For backers, the news gets worse. Plastc won’t be filling any pre-orders on the way out. (Emphasis theirs).
The support of our amazing backers has been incredible, which makes this announcement even harder. We were so incredibly ready for production in order to hit our deadlines but without capital it is impossible for us to move forward and we will not be able to fulfill any pre-orders.
We are disappointed and emotionally distraught, and while we know this is extremely disappointing for you, we want our backers to know that we did everything we could to make Plastc Card a reality.
Source:
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/04/21/plastc-goes-belly-…Why should we care about this?
the moral of the story do not support startups or indiegogogo if you support startup you will get burn not matter what look at Pebble watch even after a successful cash raising and the product actually hitting market also folded spectacularly.
All startups cannot be trusted.
Suport Startup at your peril or your cha chas
All startups cannot be trusted
Thanks for the generalisation.
Pre-Order Now <—-it's been on preorder for years
I'd like to see the actual product and how it works
the concept and design have been around for over 2 years and very little has come of it.
waste of time.