VectisSaint Posted 25 September, 2013 Share Posted 25 September, 2013 Anyone else have the old Southampton FC Credit Card (MBNA)? Letter received today to say it will be discontinued when the card expires. No great problem to me, only advantage it had was 10% discount in Saints shop, but with 10% discount for season ticket holders it became valueless in that regard for me this season. Still a bit disappointing, was always nice to have a card displaying the team you support. I wonder if this means some other bank will provide similar scheme in the future or possibly a conflict with a future sponsor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayling Saint Posted 25 September, 2013 Share Posted 25 September, 2013 same as. living where I live was great to buy using a SFC card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 25 September, 2013 Share Posted 25 September, 2013 Anyone else have the old Southampton FC Credit Card (MBNA)? Letter received today to say it will be discontinued when the card expires. No great problem to me, only advantage it had was 10% discount in Saints shop, but with 10% discount for season ticket holders it became valueless in that regard for me this season. Still a bit disappointing, was always nice to have a card displaying the team you support. I wonder if this means some other bank will provide similar scheme in the future or possibly a conflict with a future sponsor. There's a few credit cards who'll let you upload your own personalised picture and print it as the face of your credit card, if you wanted to keep that part of it. Especially valid if the 10% thing is pretty much irrelevant for you with an ST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonist Posted 25 September, 2013 Share Posted 25 September, 2013 There's a few credit cards who'll let you upload your own personalised picture and print it as the face of your credit card, if you wanted to keep that part of it. Especially valid if the 10% thing is pretty much irrelevant for you with an ST. are they allowed to print a copyrighted image on your card though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 25 September, 2013 Share Posted 25 September, 2013 (edited) are they allowed to print a copyrighted image on your card though? Good point actually. I guess a picture of St. Mary's would be fair game but the badge, probably not. A way around that: perhaps use the "original" badge, with the 50's type football instead of the black and white one. Don't think the old one is copyrighted; the black and white football one was brought in to stop copyright issue. I always preferred the ball on the old badge anyway.... Edited 25 September, 2013 by The Kraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 25 September, 2013 Share Posted 25 September, 2013 are they allowed to print a copyrighted image on your card though? Probably as its for personal use only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 26 September, 2013 Share Posted 26 September, 2013 Anyone else have the old Southampton FC Credit Card (MBNA)? Letter received today to say it will be discontinued when the card expires. No great problem to me, only advantage it had was 10% discount in Saints shop, but with 10% discount for season ticket holders it became valueless in that regard for me this season. Still a bit disappointing, was always nice to have a card displaying the team you support. I wonder if this means some other bank will provide similar scheme in the future or possibly a conflict with a future sponsor. Same for me, I got the letter yesterday, I actually used the discount a couple of weeks ago because I forgot to take my ST to the shop, which actually illustrates a good point; my credit card is always with me, my ST isn't, so there won't be any impulse buys as I pass the shop in future. With regards to using an image of the club crest on a DIY credit card, why not find a picture of St Marys taken from the front, this will show the crest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsash saint Posted 26 September, 2013 Share Posted 26 September, 2013 I got the letter aswell. Not a season ticket holder so losing the 10% is pain in the a**e especially with Xmas coming up & kids pressies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 26 September, 2013 Share Posted 26 September, 2013 Same for me, I got the letter yesterday, I actually used the discount a couple of weeks ago because I forgot to take my ST to the shop, which actually illustrates a good point; my credit card is always with me, my ST isn't, so there won't be any impulse buys as I pass the shop in future. With regards to using an image of the club crest on a DIY credit card, why not find a picture of St Marys taken from the front, this will show the crest. My ST is always with me. I can't even say that of my boots nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 26 September, 2013 Share Posted 26 September, 2013 May be the club are negotiating with another provider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchardsaint Posted 26 September, 2013 Share Posted 26 September, 2013 May be the club are negotiating with another provider? Surely we have an Asian credit card provider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 26 September, 2013 Share Posted 26 September, 2013 Probably as its for personal use only. The barclays personalised cards don't allow use of copyrighted images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 26 September, 2013 Author Share Posted 26 September, 2013 Unless we have another deal lined up we could be one of the few, maybe the only PL team that does not have a credit card agreement. Other clubs' cards had much more attractive offers than ours. Maybe we are moving to Creation Cards, or perhaps Nicola has lined up a deal with a third provider. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cardsloans/article-2380896/Football-credit-cards-Do-beat-competition-score-goal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewell Posted 27 September, 2013 Share Posted 27 September, 2013 Talking of credit cards. For those who have a Barclaycard football credit card this has now been discontinued. This is a shame as it was useful for purchasing a season ticket at interest free and then paying it off monthly. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/cards/2013/06/barclaycard-football-gets-red-card-act-soon-to-score-0-deals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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