Flimsy cards

<p>At a meeting today I had to excuse myself because my cheque card was cracked and I had to get a replacement. On hearing this, three other people stated that they also had cracked cards from Standard Bank and the expiry date on these cards was in 2017. On arrival at the bank, I was asked to phone the card division only to be told that I have to pay R130 for a replacement card. This seems to be another money making racket by Standard Bank, Issue flimsy cards that crack a year before the expiry date and score R130 per customer. Nice profit if you can make it.</p>