# For those that don't like store loyalty cards. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006 "2009-01-26T03:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/1 "2009-01-26T03:02:09Z")
There have been a few posts in these forums for and against store loyalty cards. I have always been a proponent of them, my only complaint is I have more than fit in my wallet. Today I discovered another use for them. I visited my local Fred Meyer store for a few groceries. When I scanned my loyalty card a notice popped up and said there was an important message on my receipt. When I got my reciept there was a notice that some ice cream I had purchased a week ago was on the peanut butter recall list and to return it to the store. I came home and returned to the store with an almost empty container of ice cream. I received a full refund of what I paid for the ice cream plus 2 coupons good for free 48 ounce containers of ice cream. The ice cream I did eat didn’t kill me (yet) and I get more free. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/2 "2009-01-26T03:16:45Z")
If you’re having wallet problems, try out [this site](http://www.justoneclubcard.com/index.py) to put all of your card barcodes on one printout you can carry with you. I haven’t done it (I only have 3 and they fit on my keychain) but I bookmarked the link from some other poster a while back. Good news on the ice cream, too! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/3 "2009-01-27T00:43:35Z")
you didn’t get sick and you got free ice cream. that is a major win in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/4 "2009-01-27T00:46:48Z")
They potentially saved your life, now you must submit yourself to them as is their will. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/5 "2009-01-27T05:52:43Z")
See? Sometimes it’s good that Big Brother is watching. FWIW, none of the “loyalty” cards that I have know who I am. When we moved here, the previous person who had our phone number had a Safeway card, so we didn’t even have to register. At Smart and Final, they don’t even ask for a name. Just give them a phone number, and you’re good. And nothing to carry, either, so long as you remember what phone number you used. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/6 "2009-01-27T06:18:20Z")
You don’t get the small keychain versions? I don’t keep any loyalty cards in my wallet, I just have them on my keychain. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/7 "2009-01-27T17:36:10Z")
I get the keychain version, but I only have my car fob and a house key on my ring, which I keep in my pocket, and those key tag things dig into my nuts. I mean, leg. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/8 "2009-01-27T17:42:08Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > those key tag things dig into my nuts. I mean, leg. Because your nuts have been recalled? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/9 "2009-01-27T17:49:25Z")
When I first got my iPhone, I figured I’d be clever and scan all of my store cards onto one image, which I could then just keep as a photo in my phone. That way, I wouldn’t have to carry all the cards- I’d just pull up that image and say, “Scan _this_, retail monkey!” Sigh. Didn’t work. Apparently the LCD screens can’t be scanned by the lasers. Oh well, it was a nice thought. As an aside, did you know that the iPhone can natively view .psd (Photoshop) files? I didn’t have to flatten the image and save it as, say, a jpg. That was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/10 "2009-01-28T17:36:01Z")
I have one on my keychain, for a store that I don’t even go to once a year. I like the idea that the cops could identify my corpse from the loyalty card. My imagination is weird like that. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/11 "2009-01-28T17:45:34Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > If you’re having wallet problems, try out [this site](http://www.justoneclubcard.com/index.py) to put all of your card barcodes on one printout you can carry with you… That’s pretty cool, anybody know of a website that would print that image on a credit card sized piece of plastic for you? ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/12 "2009-01-28T18:22:21Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > That’s pretty cool, anybody know of a website that would print that image on a credit card sized piece of plastic for you? Print it small on paper and laminate? ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-dont-like-store-loyalty-cards/483006/13 "2009-01-28T18:35:06Z")
> [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](#): > > Print it small on paper and laminate? They sell non-heat laminate paper for about $1.00 per sheet, which I use to laminate my insurance and registration for my car and motorcycle, brew pub membership cards, etc. I just thought it’d be cool to actually print them up on an actual plastic card. Thanks, though!