Can I get business cards without having a job/business

[gamblore99]

I really think it would be awesome to have business cards with my contact info on them so when I meet someone, mostly girls I can just say "we should get together sometime", and hand them my card and walk off, instead of scrambling for a pen and paper. But I am a college student and don't have a job. Can I still have business cards without having a job?

[SackUp]

yes. in fact many people do this so they have a card to give to future employers so they can actually have a business to put on their card.

you can actually get the cards for free from a lot of places. just pay shipping. yes, not technically free, but mad cheap. google it.

[meep_42]

No. The Companies who make business cards get an employment history before they let you buy them.

Also, I always thought people who gave out business cards non-professionally were huge tools.

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[Blarg]

In the olden days, people used to do this commonly. They had "calling cards" they would leave with a family if they came to visit a member who wasn't home, etc., to show that they'd come by. It fell out of fashion, but it was a great idea then and still is.

Any one can get a business card.

[diebitter]

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[MrTrik]

Yeah anyone can get them.

You can get pretty decent edgeless glossy cardstock that is pre-perforated to biz cards at any office supply store. No cutting or anything. You can work up the card yourself or use one of the templates off their website. Amery is the company with the best last time I checked. You print your cards on any HP printer. Other printers will probably work as well.

Self made cards won't be as high quality as professionally printed ones, but they can do the trick for you for cheap.

[4_2_it]

Go to Staples or Office Depot. When I moved, I had cards made up with our new address and phone number. It was easier than writing it down for the 300 people who needed. $20 and you are set.

[crunchy1]

www.vistaprint.com (http://www.vistaprint.com)

[HesseJam]

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[HopeydaFish]

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I really think it would be awesome to have business cards with my contact info on them so when I meet someone, mostly girls I can just say "we should get together sometime", and hand them my card and walk off, instead of scrambling for a pen and paper. But I am a college student and don't have a job. Can I still have business cards without having a job?

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They'll let just about anyone into college these days, eh?

[RunDownHouse]

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Also, I always thought people who gave out business cards non-professionally were huge tools.

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Especially to girls. Rick Klausen (UT QB) would do this (so I heard) and mostly get laughed at.

[Sooga]

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www.vistaprint.com (http://www.vistaprint.com)

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I will second this. I've bought business cards from them twice, and considering they're free (you just pay like $5 for shipping), I was very pleased at the quality. The only 'strings' for the free business cards is a small vistaprint logo on the reverse side of the card.

[jackdaniels]

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Also, I always thought people who gave out business cards non-professionally were huge tools.

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I strongly disagree. I have business cards printed for me every year and the only thing I use them for is filters for joints. If you want to be defined by your job then handing out a business card (in a non-business interaction) is the way to go. If you want to give the other person some contact info (name, address, tel num, email info, etc...), having a non-work related business card (or calling card as Blarg so adequatly put it) is a great thing to do.

Being defined as a person by what you do for a living is one of the biggest traps our society has put us in. I work to live, I don't live to work, so unless you need my OFFICE info, to connect with me about my WORK, you aren't getting my "business card" (which, like I said, I rarely if ever hand out anyway).

[turnipmonster]

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every jazz musician in nyc has business cards from here.

[tonypaladino]

I got mine at staples, $12 for 1,000. You won't find a better deal anywhere.

[turnipmonster]

vistaprint is free! (~5 bucks for shipping)

The suggestion that you can't have business cards unless you really have a job/business is one of the funniest things I have read in a while. Classic. I can just imagine the Business Card Police, tracking down all those naughty fraudsters posing as having gainful employemnt...

[fnord_too]

Of course you can, you could also have your info printed on match books. Pretty much, printers just print what you pay them too.

[tonypaladino]

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vistaprint is free! (~5 bucks for shipping)

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Isn't vista print one of the ones with ads on the back?? I've done the "Free" online business cards. $12 for 1000 cards >>> $5 for 150 cards with ads.

[gamblore99]

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Also, I always thought people who gave out business cards non-professionally were huge tools.

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This is more of the area I want to discuss. On the one hand I think having a calling card would be very cool and useful. On the other hand I think its very toolish.

I did this once. I went to some random web site that sold business cards. I got like 500 for $15 (I don't remember exactly, it was a few years ago).

They had a little business card template to fill out. I left the whole card blank except the lower right hand corner. It just had my first name and phone number. People thought they were hilarious.

Also, first name and phone number is really all the information you want to give, right? And the white space was good if you need to write notes. (How often have you seen someone use the back of a business card to write something down?)

So yeah, you can get business cards.

[diebitter]

It appears toolish and egotistical to me. But my opinion is very humble.

But, if you're gonna do it, what thebrick describes sounds pretty darn good.

[TheWorstPlayer]

My friend got ones that just said his name in the center and then just below it "Man of Leisure". No number, no address, no email, no nothing. I thought they were quite awesome. He wrote his number on them for girls.

[LALDAAS]

I was thinking about this at work and like the idea of a non-business card to hand out when asked for my number and E-mail.

So I am screwing around at work playing with MS publisher.

This is what I came up with.

Is it Gay?

What do you think?





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[TheMetetron]

That's pretty gay.

hella gay

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(even then)

[housenuts]

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No. The Companies who make business cards get an employment history before they let you buy them.

Also, I always thought people who gave out business cards non-professionally were huge tools.

-d

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people who give out cards professionally are tools as well. i love when i go to a place looking for new electronics. i'm just shopping around, not really ready to buy anything quite yet. so when i leave the dude tries gives me his business card. like i'll ever call him, or care about trying to find him if i come back. i usually just tell them "i don't want that"

douchebags.

[Eurotrash]

Liberace gay.

[LALDAAS]

ROFL

I agree but it was an interesting way to burn a few hours at work.

[Mempho]

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My friend got ones that just said his name in the center and then just below it "Man of Leisure". No number, no address, no email, no nothing. I thought they were quite awesome. He wrote his number on them for girls.

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If you're going to have business cards for personal use, this sounds like the best idea.

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[gamblore99]

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My friend got ones that just said his name in the center and then just below it "Man of Leisure". No number, no address, no email, no nothing. I thought they were quite awesome. He wrote his number on them for girls.

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If you're going to have business cards for personal use, this sounds like the best idea.

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I like this idea. "Man of leisure" is great. I would put something like that. Maybe "trust me" or "why the hell not?"
Also i think having phone number is good, that is the point of the card.

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You got me thinking....

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[Landon_McFly]

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[lastsamurai]

I went to http://www.overnightprints.com

They made me some sweet cards. 1000 for $50
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