Calling Cards/Visiting Cards

nelly · Mar 4, 2007

I was wondering if anyone uses visiting cards instead of OR along with business cards. A calling/visiting card is like a business card but only has your name on it.

If you remember from Ocean's 11, George Clooney drops one to Matt Damon. Anyway, I thought it was bad-ass and want to order some. My thinking is that it is far more casual and refined to give during social occasions compared with business cards... and the ladies would totally go for it.

Any thoughts?

Teacher · Mar 4, 2007

A business card has a specific and practical function. A calling card, on the other hand, seems both outdated and pretentious to me.

robin · Mar 4, 2007

Wikipedia has a small article on it and the original practice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visiting_card.

I say don't do this. I would bet over 99.99% of the people that you left one with would wonder why your business card sucked. I hope you're also not giving your business cards to women you meet in social situations for non-business reasons as well

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WSW · Mar 4, 2007

Calling Cards are perfectly fine for social occasions. I think you'll make a greater impression on the person receiving the card than with a regular business card.

Stax · Mar 4, 2007

I thought calling cards were meant not to be given to the person with whom you wished to communicate, but, rather, a thrid party, for delivery to the intended party (butler, doorman, etc.).

Huntsman · Mar 4, 2007

I carry calling cards with a blind embossed emblem and engraved text. Always are positive comments received. I have only recently gotten these, but I fully expect them to be ideal for passing to eligible females.

Regards,
Huntsman

nelly · Mar 4, 2007

I just don't understand why George Clooney/Daniel Ocean would steer me wrong. It generally seems that people drool over the style in the Oceans movie.

And the problem with business cards is that work is not who I think I am- I work to live not the other way around. Frankly, I don't think people should care whether I'm from Goldman Sachs or Kenny's Fried Chicken.

Is there really anything wrong with me pulling out a calling card, writing my number on the back with a fountain pen and handing it to a woman I just chatted up at a bar?

Stax · Mar 4, 2007

Originally Posted by nelly

Is there really anything wrong with me pulling out a calling card, writing my number on the back with a fountain pen and handing it to a woman I just chatted up at a bar?
no

Tomasso · Mar 4, 2007

I have calling cards which have only my name on the front. Depending on the circumstances, I'll either write my telephone number or a message on the back. I would never give a lady my business card.

robin · Mar 4, 2007

Originally Posted by nelly

Is there really anything wrong with me pulling out a calling card, writing my number on the back with a fountain pen and handing it to a woman I just chatted up at a bar?
Yes. What's wrong is that you had to get her number, not give her your number. I suppose that's a topic for another thread though.

Augusto86 · Mar 4, 2007

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The Swede · Mar 4, 2007

The tasteful thickness of it.. God it even has a watermark!

maxnharry · Mar 4, 2007

Originally Posted by Huntsman

I carry calling cards with a blind embossed emblem and engraved text. Always are positive comments received. I have only recently gotten these, but I fully expect them to be ideal for passing to eligible females.

Regards,
Huntsman

Photo please?

lefty · Mar 4, 2007

Little more info with examples:

http://lahacal.org/gentleman/cards.html

lefty

minimal · Mar 4, 2007

Yes, it's pretentious. Yes, it may impress the girl you chat up at the bar. These two things are far from mutually exclusive.

We all wish for the old days, when such elegances were common enough that it would not look like one was trying too hard, but those days are gone. If I were to introduce you to the only two people I've ever known who carried calling cards, you would swear off them so fast this thread would vanish in sympathy.

The underlying problem, metaphorically, is that when you rent the building, carrying a calling card is clearly "striving", and when you own the building there's no point to it as everyone knows who you are.

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