Have you tried shredding it?

Wow! What a project. I run outdated cards through my cross cut shredder with great success. Considering that I only partially empty it in an irregular time frame...I doubt any thief will ever find it and/or put it together in one piece for any future use.

[I hesitate to ask...but what happened to the upstairs TV project? I don't remember seeing a conclusive post.]

Following with interest because I have a similar card I can't cut up!

I've put older credit cards through the shredder, but those could be cut with scissors too. I'm wary of destroying the shredder in my attempt to destroy the card.

TV project, Winter? Oh, that. LOL The TV is still on the floor in an upstairs room because I've been distracted (of course) with other things, including a couple of tick bites. It'll be addressed in "due time," as my dad used to say. Meanwhile, I moved a new(er) TV into my bedroom and hooked up a Fire Stick and DVD player to it. But I'm so out of the habit of watching TV in my bedroom that I haven't used it yet. But winter (not Winter) is coming . . .

I hate that these cards will be in the landfill for millennia. Sure wish they could figure out a better material.

That is what I thought too

If regular scissors won't work... try tin snips, florists scissors/snips, wire cutters, bolt cutters... Outdoor cutters like snips or loppers that are able to cut through tough stems and small branches.

I've shredded ours without trouble. Old shredder too.

I've had a credit card that was made of metal. All the timeI used it, it seemed thicker than regular cards, but I never suspected it was metal! I tried to shred it and it just mangled in the shredder, would not go through. Luckily I was able to pull it out with pliers.

Oh yeah, what happened with the tv? Did you shove it out the window? (lol)

Yeah, this card is metal. It's a struggle to even bend it. When my son gets home from work I'll see if he has something that cuts metal. I'll be surprised if he doesn't.

My shredder has a designated section/slot where credit cards and the like are to be placed for shredding. So far I've had no problem. Of course...I haven't had any metal cards...yet. Your experience, Socks, is something I don't need. With my fading eyesight...I'd probably mangle my fingers in any attempt to dislodge the card. Sigh.

Thanks for the update re the TV, Susan. These projects always seem to stick in the back of my mind. Especially considering that we seem to have similar issues from time-to-time. :-) In a fit of provider/pricing frustration...I gave up TV entirely a few years ago so that's one less item to worry about. I missed it for about a week not having a convenient [and continual] news source...but soon got over that. Now I access news programs and PBS via my PC.

Sorry to learn of more tick bites. Your tick history is so frightening...and discouraging. Plus the latest influx of newer varieties is enough to scare even brave old me from tramping around in the wild these days. Very disheartening!

What about using tin snips? Oops I see that has been suggested.

I have a spot I put all the cards that are cancelled till I figure out what to do with them. And yes, the metal cards are very perplexing as they are quite thick. I don’t know if tin snips would even work to be honest. Good news is that they hardly take up any room in my drawer so there they stay.

Cleo07, that sounds like something I would do (and just might!): the Scarlett O'Hara approach. LOL

50 years from now collectors might like them because they are rare because everyone was once instructed to destroy them.

I haven't had a metal card yet so I cut mine up. If it has been cancelled, is there anything really left to steal off of it?

If it is metal, how about trying salt and acid on it? You could also bury it in the yard.

You are over thinking this. If the card has been compromised the issuer should be replacing it with a new one. The existing card is deactivated. Your existing card has zero information on it that could be useful to anyone. All it has is your name. Your name is readily available to anyone who wants it without the card.

If you lost the card and needed a new one what would you do? People lose cards all the time. They are replaced with new ones. Those lost cards don't miraculously get reactivated. Any retailer has a drawer full in the lost and found that never get picked up by their owners.

I haven't had a metal card yet. When our previous Discover cards were hacked we just cut them up in many pieces. But the account was closed down so these provisions probably are needless.

I just Cut mine up. I tried to put one through my shredder once. Big mistake. . It jammed right up. I usually Call to have the card cancelled first. I dont Worry about how it’s cut up once I cancel It.

Hark! Another suggestion. Drive a nail through it. That's my solution for old hard drives and other digital related parts/equipment that I no longer use...or that has outlived its usefulness. It's amazing how successful this method of destruction is.

Well, duh . . . I just got an email from the credit card company saying that since I have a metal card they're sending me a prepaid envelope so I can send the card back to them to be destroyed. Sorry to have bothered everyone! I should have just read my email. (What a concept.) :-)

If the number is cancelled, why worry about it? It has only your name, which is public info, and a useless number.

I'm also wondering who on earth is going to put the pieces back together into any useable form! What good would that do anyway, because 1) What store would accept a glued together card? (being facetious here); 2) the numbers on the card were already canceled by the cc company; 3) isn't most credit card fraud committed without any physical card at all?

I'm knocking on wood here and thanking my lucky stars, but I've never been compromised. I cut my deactivated cards in half and call it done. When I lost one, the c.c. company canceled it immediately and I had a new one in a few days.

Okay, okay, some of you think this was a silly question. I was simply trying to do what the company asked me to do. The rep on the phone said several times that I should destroy the card. I agreed to do so, thinking it was like all other cards I've destroyed. I looked up the process online first; I turned to the KT only after the process didn't work.

But the problem is solved now. For those who didn't read my last post, here it is again:

Well, duh . . . I just got an email from the credit card company saying that since I have a metal card they're sending me a prepaid envelope so I can send the card back to them to be destroyed. Sorry to have bothered everyone! I should have just read my email. (What a concept.) :-)

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My bank will destroy any credit cards, even though not issued from them.

I'm glad you posted this. I just received my first metal card and I hadn't even given a thought as to how to destroy it when the time comes. So I called AmEx and asked - they said they'd send a pre-paid envelope.