Advertisement:
Subject: A Great Michael Jordan Offer
One of the first and most attractive Michael Jordan Cards was issued in late 1994 by Phame PhoneNet. This is the only card issued by them that made the catalog. Maybe the only card. The 23-Minute telecard was originally sold for $23 I believe, and because of the relatively high price, few were bought by collectors. Rather, they were sold to basketball audiences, I believe, at the games through concession stands.
The card is very attractive and shows Michael Jordan in business suit. Very nice! The occasion was the retirement of the famous #23 basketball jersey and the date was November 1, 1994. The card comes in a nice window envelope and is serial numbered.
And the price? Not $23.00, but just $8.00. Good things come to he who waits! And if you have the need for more of Michael, 10 cards are $60.00. The time has expired.
You may order directly:
Advertisement:
This is a great opportunity for a collector or beginner to acquire all these Telecards of Canada issued for the Regional Telephone Companies, including AGT (Alberta), BC (British Columbia), Bell Canada, Island Tel (Prince Edward Islands), MTS (Manitoba), MT&T (Maritime Provinces), NB Tel (New Brunswick), Newfoundland Tel, Quebec Tel and Sask Tel. Remaining stocks of the above cards were destroyed after their expiration. The collection of 50 Cards only for $25.00. Shipping charges are $3.00 for shipping within the Continental U.S. and for outside the U.S. via Global Priority Mail, (most countries) $8.95, and Canada $6.95
These and many other rare and interesting telephone cards are available from our extensive inventory by mail order (send for free catalog). Powell Associates has been in business and dealing in collectible phonecards since 1992. We recently moved our offices from Manhattan to Morganville, New Jersey. All major credit cards are accepted.
Powell Associates P.O. Box 38 Morganville NJ 07751. Tel 732-332-9093
Fax 732-332-9094 Email: luisvigdor@compuserve.com Internet: http://www.powellpm.com
Most of the collectors were basically local, but several (myself included) traveled a large distance to attend. I met a dozen or so dedicated collectors who I have communicated with on-line, some for several years (It is always nice to put a face to a name, plus I learned one collector actually used to live in the same neighborhood that I live in now) Besides the show, there were a couple of scheduled events, including a very enjoyable collector/dealer dinner on Friday night (I traveled 450 miles that day, and luckily made it back just in time for dinner) - For over two hours, people ate at a great buffet, and talked phonecards. The collectors in the room each went home with several phonecards donated by dealers. Saturday night had a trading session, with a half dozen collectors/dealers showing up for that. I was going to call it a night before the trading session, since I had a 5:40am shuttle to take me to the airport Sunday morning, but I decided I would tag along and check out the action. It was worth going to.
Plans will probably be available in the near future for the FUN 2000 show, to be held again next January in Orlando, Florida. I think this show was a great start to revitalizing the hobby. We have a long way to go to do that, but this show probably introduced phonecards to a lot of people walking by that area. The next show in the US with a phonecard presence will be the Long Beach show, which is being held next month in Long Beach, California. More details about that will follow. While not as large as the FUN show, it does always have several phonecard dealers, and a collector/dealer dinner as well. If you are in the area, or wish to escape the bad weather and plan a vacation in Southern California, stay tuned for more details.
For those of you who want some visuals from the show, be sure to check out the on-line photo album that Lenny Rapp of Phone Card Connection set up, which is located at:
http://www.cashcards.com/pixfun99.htm
This is the Official FUN Show Card, printed by Continental Plastics, and offered by the Phone Card Connection. E-mail lenny@cashcards.com for further information.
This is a First Union Visa Cash card that was specially embossed with the FUN logo for KARS-Unlimited. Only 399 were done this way. E-mail karsunltd@aol.com for further information.
This is a LaPuce Canada $10 Change Phonecard distributed by Darnell Inc. It is a chip card, and costs less than face if paying in US dollars. E-mail: darnell@netcom.ca for further information.
This pair of cards was issued by Tell-One, and distributed by Carson City King. One is a standard sized card, and the other is round. E-mail: carson@cardmall.com for further information.
Please visit the new phonecard forum on Delphi. You must register at Delphi to view or write messages but registration and the forum are both free. Anyone is welcome to find new swapping partners or simply share an opinion about the hobby. The site also has
a chat capability.
The address is:
http://www.delphi.com/phonecards
The group met on Wednesday, January 13th. A few people were there on time anxious to begin the 1999 discussion of phone card happenings. Richard Brook brought news of the FUN show and his experiences at the show. He also brought one of the round Phone Card Connection Show Cards as his contribution to the kitty at the close of the meeting. Richard won an HT Summerset '95 phonecard as his door prize. Also present (winnings) were George Samuels(PCC FUN show card) , Susan(Telstr Coca Cola) and Tom Zelinski(Street Corner News 68), Charlie Cornielius(1min Jeff Oneill), Ashok Malhotra(SNET TarJeta Tele) , Kendra Hershey(TeleWorld'95 $3 comm.) and me(Sunkist Orange Blossom). Much concern was raised in the lack of coverage/respect is given the hobby in Coin World. We miss MoneyCard magazine. We are anxious to see the new supplement put out by Steve Schwartz and SEARS phonecards. Noone was sure to get it as we were'nt sure if we acquired any cards during this year. New purchases are being held off until the state of the hobby/ individual budgets permit.
This card is a double treat as it is just as nice on the front as it is on the back. The card is a mini-jumbo, measuring between a standard and jumbo sized card. The front of the card shows a skeleton leaning on 4 different gravestones with a bright orange background and some bats at the top.
The white skeleton is circled in black. 5 Minute Phone Card appears on the
gravestones, one word on each stone. Each stone also has a sentence which
plays off the words, such as "They don't Card you in this place".
The back is equally fantastic. The bright orange background has three gravestones on it with the words "Happy Halloween" across the top along with some bats. The first stone has the PIN information, which is open so the 5 minutes can be used through April 30, 1999. The second has the telephone provider information, and the third has the names of our costume stores, which is Masquerade Costumes, located in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area. The bottom has "Brought to you by the Phone Card Connection" and has Continental Plastics as the printer and designer.
The cards comes in an envelope that has a gravestone on the front with the
words "Dare To Open".
250 individually numbered cards were made, but approx 150 are being used as in store promotions by Masquerade Costumes, our costume stores, and
Continental Plastics, making about 100 or so available for the collector.
Contact the Phone Card Connection at lenny@cashcards.com for more
info or a picture of the card.
Using the Inter-Tel.net prepayer terminal, customers can purchase prepaid long distance minutes in the denomination they prefer, charging the minutes directly to their credit or debit card. The prepayer terminal instantly prints a retailer's customized prepaid calling card with the customer's prepaid account balance, PIN number and calling instructions.
The prepayer terminal relieves retailers of inventory, security or investment concerns associated with traditional phone cards. Since prepayer terminal vending cards and PIN numbers are encrypted and stored until the transaction is completed, the risks of theft or fraud are reduced, and
retailers only pay for PIN numbers they sell. The prepayer terminal automatically restocks to full inventory levels on a nightly basis and will
restock during the day, if it detects low inventory. This prevents the retailer from running out of stock or losing customer sales.
To help retailers track sales and determine retail-buying patterns, the prepayer terminal comes equipped with a variety of organizational and
individual store reports. Prepayer terminal reports detail the amount of each transaction, the store location and the ID of the salesperson on a regular, scheduled basis. Transactions can be viewed over the Internet at www.prepayer.com.
The Inter-Tel.net prepayer terminal also allows for quick response to marketing programs. New products can be deployed real-time through the
prepayer terminal's modem connection, providing retailers with the flexibility of immediately implementing product mix and pricing pattern
changes at all prepayer terminals in store locations. With this flexibility, retailers can adapt promotions to geographical regions or individual
store locations. The prepayer terminal can also be used to dispense a variety of other prepaid services, such as gift certificates, cellular services, paging and other products.
Based on Inter-Tel's award-winning Vocal'Net IP telephony gateways, Inter-Tel.net is an alternative long distance network which transports
calls over IP networks, which bypass the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) for potential savings compared to standard long distance
phone service, as well as over the normal PSTN to provide truly worldwide service.
Intele-Card News Expo attendees will see a demonstration of the Inter-Tel.net prepayer electronic terminals, generate a free prepaid calling card
and place long distance calls over IP.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - One day you might be able to do without cash completely if plastic card issuers have their way. And smartcards may be the key.
Millions of people around the world already use plastic credit or cash cards, where personal details are recorded in a magnetic stripe as a matter of routine.
But the companies that issue them are trying to persuade their clients to switch to something subtly different.
Smartcards look similar to credit cards but carry a microprocessor instead of a magnetic stripe. They can hold much more information and interact with computers and other machines in much more complicated ways.
They can 'store' money electronically just as a bank's computer system records savings. Although some magnetic stripes can do this -- for
example those on a train farecard -- a smartcard offers many, many more possibilities and is potentially much more secure.
The bits and bytes on the chip carry a digital signature unique to the holder, data encryption for security, and are smart enough to make decisions -- functions the magnetic-striped cards lack.
For example, smartcards can carry fine details of membership in discount clubs or frequent flyer programs. Their better potential for encoding means an individual card can be designed to be difficult to duplicate, hopefully stopping some programming whizz-kid from stealing its owner's electronic banknotes.
The millimeter-thick cards could turn out to be the next form of money, experts say. In the same way banknotes once replaced some high-value
coins, smartcards could replace wads of cash.
But don't throw your wallet away just yet.
TICKET TO RICHES?
Card issuers are keen to exploit the potential benefits and are offering sweeteners like loyalty points or discounts on future purchases to entice
customers to switch.
Credit card company Visa International says its goal is to replace its current 150 million magnetic-stripe cards with 550 million smartcards by 2008. Meanwhile, Visa will issue hybrid cards with both magnetic stripes for ATM transactions and chips for more ``intelligent'' applications.
But doubters note some serious problems.
The wallets of smartcard aficionados are not necessarily getting thinner. Many different types are being created for different purposes -- train
and bus farecards, bank cards, phone cards, membership cards that open doors, and so on.
Skeptics say there are too many. One single card for all purposes would be more convenient, but those involved with this latest computing revolution say that is unlikely ever to happen.
``There will be fewer cards in the future but not one card for all, for practical reasons,'' said Nicholas Fung, head of chip and debit card at
Standard Chartered (Stanchart) Singapore.
``You wouldn't want to use your identity card as your bankcard, just in case it gets stuck in an ATM (automatic teller machine).''
Stanchart has pumped millions of dollars into smartcard technology in the last four years. Fung expects to see cards that serve as phone cards, subway cards and bankcards within a few years.
DIAL M FOR MONEY
Managing your bank account over a mobile phone is an example of a function that must remain separate, said Jean Claude Deturche, marketing
manager of credit card maker Schlumberger.
Three banks and three telecom operators in Hong Kong will be launching such applications soon. These mobile phones would come with two smartcard slots.
One card, called a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, would identify its holder. It would be issued by the telecom company and the phones
would not work without it.
The other would be for the bank's smartcard and would carry the electronic cash.
``You just need to call the bank, and the chip on the smartcard will identify your account and you'll be able to transfer money,'' Deturche said.
But banks generally have been slow to adopt this technology due to the heavy investment needed in new equipment, he said.
In Hong Kong, the number of Mass Transit Railway smartcards far outstrips those issued by banks. Deturche said the outlook for combining
these particular cards seems remote. In Singapore, a National Trades Union Congress smartcard, first launched as a cashcard/phone card/library
card, now also allows the 150,000 members to get discounts in shops.
Stanchart and Visa introduced a card that can manage credit payments and Internet shopping, combined with a loyalty program.
Soon Stanchart smartcard users will be able to cybershop for watches, books and compact discs at 50 to 60 interactive kiosks in Singapore,
Fung said.
``But we want more,'' he said.
From: Christena Golembiewski
Change and Win
PO Box 2194
LaGrange, IL 60525
Once request per envelope, offer ends 6/30/99
From: Elizabeth Cohen
From: Jan Cooper
Remember,
Alan
2) Direct e-mail. Send a message to: phoneline@cardmall.com
If you wish to unsubscribe from POL, you need to send a message to the
following address: pol-request@ListService.net
In the Body of the Message: address, just type UNSUBSCRIBE
"50 Beautiful Canadian Telecards (never used). Our price is $25.00 for the lot of 50 pieces. Powell Associates is offering a collection of 50 different Canadian Telecards issued for the major telephone companies of Canada. Their telephone time has expired but the cards are all in new (mint) condition, most in their original individual retail packets. These cards picture 50 different images of beautiful Canadian scenes, mountains, plains, light houses and sports etc. with denominations ranging from $10.00 to $50.00. NEWS / COMMENTARIES
View of the FUN show
After months of anticipation, the 1999 FUN show is behind us now. For a few short days, it was a great place for a phone and/or moneycard collector to be. FUN is an annual tradition in Florida, and is normally associated with the largest coin show to take place in the US every year. This year, through the efforts of Scott and Kathy Shapiro of KARS Unlimited, there was a phone/svc section at the show. Eight dealers were set up in the same area to sell cards. For a phonecard collector, it is an amazing experience to attend a retail show and see so many phonecards on display. The last time I experienced this was at the B&B Disney show in 1996. Since then, there has been a lot of talk about establishing a phonecard show, but there has been nothing on this scale since the Disney show. After surveying dealers at the show, it seems most will return next year, with hopefully an addition of more dealers and collectors.FUN Show Cards
There were five cards available for collectors at the FUN show. I acquired a copy of each, and scanned them for everyone to see. I believe that all of the cards are still available for purchase, so I will include that information along with the card.
Phonecard Forum on Delphi
From: Amy EckertWashington D.C. Phonecard Group Meeting
From: Del DeligianisPRESS RELEASES
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Continental Plastics has done it again. The maker of some of the finest and most award winning original show cards has made the Phone Card Connection's first phone card an immediate must have! Inter-Tel Demonstrates Prepayer Terminal at Intele-Card News Expo '99
PHOENIX, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Inter-Tel.net a subsidiary of Inter-Tel, Incorporated (Nasdaq: INTL - news), will demonstrate prepayer electronic terminals, a simple and secure way to dispense prepaid long distance and other prepaid merchandise, at Intele-Card News Expo '99, booth 314, at the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort and Spa in Miami Beach, Florida.
Money On A Chip And The License To Bill
By Lee Chyen YeePROMOTIONAL NEWS
Bebe Offer
Spotted a promotion on web...Bebe is offering a free 40-min bebe phonecard with any purchase from ordering on-line, http://www.bebe.com, while supplies last. The phonecard image can be seen on bebe homepage.Oral B Contest
Win a $100 pre-loaded ATM card (250 available) or a $20 card (1250 available) - Get a game card with purchase of Oral B toothbrush, or mail for a game piece to:Ice Skating Cards
In the coupon supplements for Sunday, 1/10 there is an offer for a set of skating stars 5-minute phone cards. They feature Kristi Yamaguchi, Scott Hamilton and Ekaterina Gordeeva. On one form you can send for all three cards with three proofs-of-purchase from Smucker's Jams, Jellies or Preserves, dated cash register receipts with purchase prices circled, and $3.00. ($1 for each card). The offer expires May 15, 1999 or while supplies last. Choice of card not guaranteed.
Distribution
Phonecards On-Line is published by Alan Cohen. It is a weekly
newsletter devoted to phonecards - Current news, viewpoints, and reviews of
new issues. It is distributed free of charge, and available two ways.
1) On-Line on the World Wide Web. The address is:
http://www.cardmall.com - All back issues are archived at the web site!