Blank ID Cards

[Homer]

Morning all

 

For those who have to; where do you source blank mifare cards from? Just looking for better vfm

 

Cheers

[CamelMan]

We use Essentra (used to be SecuritWorld)

[CyberDrac]

The Smart Card Store - https://www.smartcardstore.co.uk/

[6Foot2]

I have just asked out EasyTrace administrator. She says she uses Authentic8:

 

Link: Authentic8 ID Solutions - RFID Cards, Fobs and Wristbands.

 

£ 12 for 100 blanks.

[CyberDrac]

I have just asked out EasyTrace administrator. She says she uses Authentic8:

 

Link: Authentic8 ID Solutions - RFID Cards, Fobs and Wristbands.

 

£ 12 for 100 blanks.

Wow!

/rushes off to compare prices!

[CyberDrac]

/sadface

100 x 4K MiFare Cards ...

SmartCardStore - £87

Essentra - £88

Authentic8 - £138

... I thought that I'd found a bargain

/crusheddreams

Edited April 28, 2016 by CyberDrac
added Essentra price

[Homer]

Yeah those are pretty awesome prices. Anybody know if this works with Paxton? Should do but just want to check...

[timbo343]

Just looked on the Authentic8 site and got this Blank White Mifare 1K Cards (Pack 100). £88. Not sure where the 100 cards for £12 is though --- ah they are the blank cards, not MiFare.

 

Have you looked on ebay?

 

We buy ours from Arena Group (the managed print guys) - 100 cards for £69. These are the 1k cards

Edited April 28, 2016 by timbo343

[DGardiner]

I use databac, 100 mifare 1k cards is £40 on my quote last month

[Homer]

Had a look on eBay but the supply of them appears to be drying up. Got our last load off of Amazon, but they don't seem to have many options (or stock) these days. However pricing on SmartCardStore appears to be pretty solid. I've been quoted £1/card by another supplier... hmm!

 

Also need a way to pay on invoice to keep accounts happy...

[CyberDrac]

We use SmartCardStore because we also have them print on the reverse with a standards text of ...

 

This is the property of

If found please return to

 

... and it costs 10p extra per card

 

edit : ... and we pay on invoice with them

[Homer]

I think I know where I'm going! Thanks for your suggestions guys, hope somebody else finds this thread useful too.

[6Foot2]

Just looked on the Authentic8 site and got this Blank White Mifare 1K Cards (Pack 100). £88. Not sure where the 100 cards for £12 is though --- ah they are the blank cards, not MiFare...

 

My mistake. That is the price our EasyTrace administrator gave me. I think she must have misunderstood what I was asking for.

[karldenton]

Still cheaper than I've been paying. I've been paying £1.10 a card.

 

Sightly off topic but doesn't anyone know of a cheap printer you can get to print staff photos on to the cards. Everyone I've looked at looks expensive.

[CyberDrac]

We use an Evolis Pebble as the printers supported by the software we use appears to be quite an exclusive and minimalist list and so we don't have a choice (however it does scan the MiFare number into the software as it prints). It does the job and if you have a full colour card it works out well due to the layered panels of colour in the ribbon (£24 per 200 prints), however it might not compare so well if compared to a inkjet style printer on a more sparse design.

[localzuk]

It depends what you mean by cheap really. Any card printer is going to be hundreds of pounds.

 

We use an Evolis Primacy, costing about £800. It costs about £39 for 300 prints, so about 13p per card.

[DavePa]

We use DigitalID for cards - £44.95 for 100 so not the cheapest but always plenty of stock. We tend to buy 1000 at a time so get a small discount

[timbo343]

I use databac, 100 mifare 1k cards is £40 on my quote last month

 

Thanks for this. They are still 40p per card but theres a £11 delivery charge on orders below £50 so buying 125 cards brings it to £50.

 

Edit.. my bad, £50 is a minimum order value. The £11.00 remains as standard carriage.

Edited June 23, 2016 by timbo343

[timbo343]

We are looking for some MiFare cards too and found this site https://www.smartcardfocus.com/shop/ilp/id~723/p/index.shtml. its the cheapest ive found plus £6.00 delivery.