Credit Card saltwater problem

[fuss]

The magnetic strip on my credit cards are no longer able to be read after exposure to seawater. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there such a thing as heavy duty cards?

 

[ColdFusion]

Think my ex used to have a heavy duty credit card coz it used to take a big hit on a regular basis /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[polwart]

Mine used to go for a swim occassionaly and the mag stripe never seemed to fail for that reason. And its difficult to see why salt water would make it fail. I wonder if it is the "chip" for chip and pin - there are electical contacts etc to get damaged. I have one card (not been in the sea) that has some corrosion on/around the contacts - it still seams to work though.

 

[oldsaltoz]

Yes, got them wet in sea water, did not work had to be repaced. But that was a few years back, has not happened since and thay been back for a swim at it were.

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