Koyono Finally Sends Me a Wallet
7 August 2007, late afternoon
Today I met up with Mezan and Steph for lunch. My long weekend was made extra long by my taking another day off. (I’m not being completely lazy, I have to see the dentist in about an hour.) On my way out I checked my mail: the mail box was empty. I cursed Koyono under my breath, and left for downtown.
I ordered the Slimmy from Koyono on the 16th of July. For those paying attention, that’s almost a month ago. I suppose I’ve been spoiled by stores like Amazon and Indigo, which manages to ship an order out in a couple days — tops. Koyono let me know my order was good to go on the 27th, 11 days after initially placing my order. When I got back from the dentist I checked my mail box again: the wallet had finally arrived. (So it spent another 11 days in the post.) I had actually planned to write them today, complaining about how slow the whole process was. Now that I have the wallet, I don’t feel like doing that anymore. I suppose it’s cool to take your damn time shipping out a product if it’s as slick as this Slimmy Wallet: I can’t picture someone taking it out and still harboring ill feelings towards Koyono.
The Slimmy is a small wallet you’re supposed to keep in your front pockets instead of your back. It’s a fairly thin wallet. The one I bought is in black leather with a red lining, and it looks quite nice. It comes in a static bag that contains the wallet and a little card suggesting what to put in your new wallet. I’m replacing a wallet i’ve been using for the past 7 years: It’s going to be a weird couple of days.
yay you got your wallet. I’m sad I didn’t get to have lunch with you.. I don’t know why we didn’t talk about this momentous occasion in the morning before I left for work! :(
Now I have to wait at least another 2 years before you take a personal day to visit the dentist! 8o|
by sh!ma on August 7 2007, 5:12 pm #
That’s pretty slick. I’ve switched to a two wallet system which seems ridiculous by comparison.
by haran on August 7 2007, 9:16 pm #
I’m all about super small wallets. This wallet is small, but it’s really no smaller than the wallet it replaced (a leather Kenneth Cole billfold). I carry one credit card, one debit card, my drivers license, my metropass, the pass to my building, and money — when i’m lucky. I feel like that’s too much. The days I need to bring more stuff — like today, where I needed my health insurance card — I just dump the extra junk in my pocket, or in a little paper card holder I bought in Japan.
by ramanan on August 7 2007, 9:29 pm #
I’m using a moneyclip that can hold a few cards inside, with one visible through a clear plastic window for my ID.
But when I drive & have a need for insurance and costco cards and the like, I’ll take a second wallet that is not left in my car…
by haran on August 8 2007, 10:57 am #
this reminds me—did you ever post a picture of your new suit? i wanna see it!
by ali on August 8 2007, 12:17 pm #
You’ve asked this question before.
by Ramanan on August 8 2007, 12:54 pm #
The internet is a strange place. The Ali who has posted here isn’t my Ali. But the other Ali might have been (?)
by sh!ma on August 8 2007, 2:16 pm #
Oh that’s probably it — this Ali is Juan’s friend and one of the people behind (the more or less defunct?) mooselim.ca.
by Ramanan on August 8 2007, 2:34 pm #
whoever i am, the suit looks great.
by ali on August 8 2007, 4:32 pm #
Thanks. I like wearing it around, but there aren’t too many times I actually need to.
by Ramanan on August 8 2007, 5:07 pm #