> They
> > draw a card out every week or month and that
> > person gets a free lunch.
>
> Although that's a pretty good use for them, the best thing about having business cards is when you leave your current company, you hide the 498 of your 500 unused business cards all over the office for future generations to discover.
>
> -FP

I never used business cards until I retired. Then I had some printed with a picture of a vintage motor scooter in the middle plus my contact information. I passed them out at scooter meets and stuck them in packages of stuff I sold on ebay. (I wonder if that is how Leen uses them. She mentioned "shows.")

The problem is that after I had 1000 printed, my area code changed. I scratched that out and put in the new area code for a while, but when they changed my zip code, the name of my street, and my mailbox number, it became too much trouble. So I had new one's done and included my website address. But the website never worked very well and when they tripled the price I axed it and again my cards were out of date. I may get some new ones soon. Maybe I'll just put that scooter pic on there and leave everything else blank.

Cards are very handy in a hobby, because communicating with other collectors is so important. But I never won a free meal with them.
Howard