jeff yen

Fat Wallet

 

 

Well, it's once again time for me to change wallets. And while my current wallet is fairly thin by most standards, it could be better.

That, and it's falling apart.

I usually just go down to the closest Target/Macy's/etc and pick up something cheap and reasonable, but this time I figured hell, I may as well try to find an interesting wallet to hold my lack of money.

In the end, I ordered two wallets from All-Ett -- a big spinnaker one to hold my passport and spare cards (it was on sale for half price), and a small leather hybrid one to use as a wallet -- and a Geneva money clip.

I'm not too sure about the money clip, but I've always wanted to try one and by all appearances this one looks pretty good. Plus it comes with a lifetime replacement guarantee, which is just spiffy. I've looked for money clips before, but all of the money clips I've seen in stores so far:

a) Are flimsy and easily bendable, so they're not secure
b) Are bulky and heavy, missing the point of using a clip in the first place, and/or
c) Use a magnet. Whose bright idea was it to put a giant magnet right next to their customers' ATM/credit cards and cell phones all day?

 

 

The only thing I don't like about money clips is that they strike me as somewhat ostentatious. If you pull out your wallet at the end of dinner it's a fairly neutral move. If you whip out a clipped wad of cash, it has more of a "Check THIS out, motherfuckers!" kind of feel to it. And the way you peeeeeel money off a money clip, instead of plucking it out of a wallet; it all just seems slightly douchebaggy.

Maybe I think about this stuff too much.