My old burnt orange Timbuk2 ID Wallet went through the washer and dryer this Sunday — it did not come out of that ordeal too well. It’s all wrinkled and stuff. Anyways, Sunday I went to Timbuk2 to see about ordering a replacement, but found out that Timbuk2 does not make the ID Wallets anymore. That’s a shame because it’s a nice little wallet and money clip combination — and it helped me keep from collecting a stack of receipts in my wallet because I was forced to keep only what could fit in the ID wallet.
I ended up ordering a black/burnt orange Timbuk2 Bifold Wallet. It is a lot bigger than the ID Wallet, but I can shove more stuff into it (oh no, here comes a fat wallet again, and it ain’t gonna be fat with cash). The wallet showed up today — pretty fast, but you have to consider that I live in South San Jose and TImbuk2 is in San Francisco. It’s the same high quality materials and construction. As long as I can remember to take my wallet out of my pocket before throwing my pants in the wash, it should last a long time.
Now, I must find a way to get Timbuk2 to start making those ID Wallets again. Those things were great.
Sep 27th, 2006 at September 27, 2006 6:45 pm
What happened to your credit cards and driver’s license? I’ve washed and dried my Safeway card three times and it still works! It looks really bad (warped) but I can still scan it when I’m at Von’s! Heh!
Sep 27th, 2006 at September 27, 2006 9:38 pm
My license is now slightly curved. Sigh.
My credit card and ATM card were well washed and worn! The numbers and letters that are usually silver and pop “up” from the card are now the same color as the card…and don’t pop up anymore. Ha.