[ale] OT: looking for a good quality and price for printing business cards

[Richard Bronosky]

and your bank is?

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> One of the things my bank provides is a way to generate temporary credit
> card numbers and these are what I use for any online purchase.  I can
> set the limit and the expiration on each one.  Moreover each one can
> only be used at a single vendor so even if the company I gave it to
> published the number on the web the charge would never go through at any
> other company.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Harrison
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:57 PM
> To: Richard Bronosky
> Cc: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: looking for a good quality and price for printing
> business cards
>
> On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Richard Bronosky wrote:
>
>> I've heard bad things about VistaPrint's color reproduction and bleed
>> trimming. I know that every company is going to disappoint a few
>> people. I just think that buying cards from a company that offers free
>> business cards is a red flag. I also don't like giving my info to
>> anyone involved in
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=vistaprint+credit+theft
>
> Hadn't seen that one. Partially why I keep a low limit card
> just for odd web purchases.
>
> The print quality has been pretty good, but I also do very simple
> mostly black on white business cards.
>
> I was taught by a very good marketing expert:
>
>   Put the card on the table/desk in front of you.
>
>   Stand up, maybe even take a small step back.
>
>   If you can't identify the company and a sense
>   of what they do, it's not a good design.
>
>   It's also about raised ink, Paper quality and texture
>   if you can afford it.
>
> BTW (and to be on-topic): A small Linux-ish penguin
> seems to attract a lot of comments on my GeekLabs cards.
> I don't use them very much, mostly for fun..
> Maybe I should more.. or add it to my serious business card.
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