oops! Hooray for accessories!

[Gary Krueger]

Only one odd question... I believe that the sporran clasp is magnetic....
has anyone ever experienced problems with these and debit/credit cards? I don't think that it should be a problem, as I don't think it is the same style used in security/de-magnetizing devices...nor should it have enough power to blank my cards through the wallet. Thoughts on this?

Excercise extreem caution here... my wife demagintized part of her Debit/Credit card by having her small magnets on her clip on sunglasses be close by in her purse. We could use the card only in an actual ATM where the card was pulled into the machine and read completely.. it seldom worked in the swipe kind.

All a magnet has to do is corrupt even a small section of the magnetic strip and your card can't be machine read...the account number has to be manually entered.

[Pleater]

Quite a few years ago now I had a single magnet closure about 1/2 an inch across killing off my cards at an astonishing rate until I realised what the problem was - as soon as I changed it the destruction stopped and I have had cards for their full expected lifespan.

The cards were kept in a wallet in a zipped pocket in the back of the bag, away from the magnet. There was a central division too, but that was no protection.

I only realised when it corrupted the information on a floppy disk that the closure actually was a magnet, and 'the penny dropped'.

The more modern 'chip and PIN' cards we have here in the UK might be more resistant, but I won't be risking them close to any magnet.

Anyone make an sgain dubh (or don't) with a credit card clip?