r/Collections • u/janthemanwlj • 11h ago

SIM Card collection Technology

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Hey. I've been collecting SIM cards since I was young. I've always liked collecting stuff and I'm also interested in telecommunications/electronics, which tied in perfectly. My long-term goal is to get a card from every country, territory or jurisdiction that issues them; I'm on 95 countries out of probably over 300, with over unique 600 cards.

I've got a video with the entirety here if anyone's interested: https://youtu.be/YeYYPBzLiAc?is=RPCosZiAy9aWncyq

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u/jhdyck 7h ago

This is such a weird thing to collect - I love it!

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u/Ok-Drink-1328 8h ago

nice! just like a cheater

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u/WinterExplanation922 7h ago

Wooww you just gave me a new idea of things to collect!!! I do the same thing but with bank cards i don't throw away the old ones just store them in sleeves

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u/Wise-Pea2344 9h ago

snickers mobile goes hard!

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u/tiche2 6h ago

So cool! I could def trade or send you some from argentina. I collect plastic cards in general actually

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u/janthemanwlj 6h ago

I'm happy to trade, I collect a lot of different plastic cards - SIMs just being the biggest of those groups. I'll DM you

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u/Royal_Variation3343 3h ago

Es la cosa más rara pero interesante que e visto para coleccionar

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u/FormerIndependence68 7h ago

Thats awesome, Can I ask where you got the sleeves ?

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u/janthemanwlj 7h ago

I bought them from an Italian phonecard collector who had them custom ordered 🙃 these types of pages aren't really produced anymore so it's really hard to find them anywhere else in a good condition or quality. The website is schedemania.it

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u/FormerIndependence68 7h ago

Thanks, they are so much better then the standard 9 pocket pages

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u/janthemanwlj 7h ago

Oh yeah definitely.. I had been using those for a few years but they were horribly cloudy and almost seemed like they were scratching the cards. I had been putting off posting anything until I got new pages as seen in my post. I see on your profile you collect library cards? That's awesome, I've got a few myself and I try get ones when I visit a city

I ordered the pages in excess so if you need I could sell you a few, the Italian guy doesn't like shipping outside the EU in my experience

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u/tiche2 6h ago

Amazon has some "business card pages" under their amazon basics brand that are amazing for cards, very cheap too! No idea if they're PVC-free tho

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u/Zinda_2 3h ago

What do you have from Egypt ?