April 21, 2006
The Wallet for People Who Hate Wallets
I don’t carry a wallet, but my wife doesn’t like it when I pull a wad of dirty renminbi from my pocket, so I’m going to get a Jimi. Unlike the West, China is unfortunately still a cash-based economy. When we lived in Hongkong, the US, and England, I almost never used, or even carried, cash.
Jimi™ wallet is a compact, water resistant and colorful alternative to that stodgy, old wallet that attracts old receipts and out of date library cards like a paper magnet. Jimi™ wallet holds just the essentials: five cards, a few bills, and even has a detachable money clip if you need to go super slim.
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April 21st, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Oh man, I want one too. I read about this a few months ago but never acted. I was thinking about it again just last night as I was unwadding a wad of bills in my pocket and shoving them into my ratty, 8-year old leather money clip.
April 21st, 2006 at 8:34 pm
I have a duct tape wallet similar to this one:
but I just ordered a Jimi.
April 21st, 2006 at 9:14 pm
I just ordered a Jimi.
April 21st, 2006 at 11:35 pm
thanks for ordering it from me. For all others you may order from my site
www.revdesign.biz Thanks! Diane
April 22nd, 2006 at 2:47 am
thanks; i just ordered mine; they should comp you a few wallets for the extra busines
April 22nd, 2006 at 5:45 am
Nice shop Diane. As a matter of fact I’ve had good experience with it myself as I bought my moleskines from you a few months ago :)
April 22nd, 2006 at 8:08 am
If all twelve of my readers buy one, the Chairman gets one for free, right Diane? ;-)
April 26th, 2006 at 4:15 am
Got my Jimi - pretty sweet.
April 26th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
Ugly: What color did you get? I’ve ordered two orange ones.
April 27th, 2006 at 11:04 am
I got green.
April 27th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Green sounds better than orange to me ;-)
Maybe I should get one too.. so next time you see someone with a Jimi you can ask: hey are you a Maoxian reader as well?? :)
May 2nd, 2006 at 5:51 am
Thanks for everyone’s orders! So far all 12 of your readers have not come through Chairman but I will keep you posted.
May 18th, 2006 at 1:21 am
Ok I ordered one too, I’m tired of carrying around my bulky wallet. I got the limited edition in black. Am I the 12th reader to order?
May 30th, 2006 at 7:11 am
[…] The good news is my Jimi arrived in the mail yesterday. The bad news is the cadre who searched my mail broke the flap of the Jimi by forcing it open. This is one of the downsides of living in an authoritarian state. […]
August 25th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
The Jimi is nice, but I may replace it with this one.
August 25th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Ugly: I thought you’re a vegetarian? I have been widely ridiculed by men and women alike for carrying a Jimi, but I still faithfully use it.
August 25th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
This excerpt from their website:
“Yes - they are gross looking. But… you know that is the perfect gift for that weirdo in your life.”
I’m not sure what this would indicate …
August 26th, 2006 at 8:10 am
This would indicate I am a weirdo and not a vegetarian.
August 27th, 2006 at 4:19 am
I love my Jimi and people in NJ wonder what the heck it is. Some people said it was cool but they always give me a WTF look when I ask them, “Wanna see my Jimi?, It’s sleek and black.”
August 27th, 2006 at 7:36 am
“but they always give me a WTF look when I ask them, “Wanna see my Jimi?”
It’s safe to say that if I would have followed the herd of 12 from The Chairman’s clan to go out and buy a Jimi, I wouldn’t be out in public asking the question: “wanna see my Jimi?”.
August 27th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Tom: My Jimi is small, flat, hard and glows in the dark. ;-)
August 27th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
Todd: It’s a great conversation starter. :)
August 27th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
Tom: I’ve found the ladies divide into two different groups… some (not many) think it’s cool and practical, most (very many) think it’s ugly, or tacky, or dorky, or all three. My wife fortunately falls into the first camp.
August 28th, 2006 at 5:01 am
Maybe it depends on how you present your Jimi - all the ladies I’ve shown my jimi too have fallen in love with it.
August 28th, 2006 at 5:30 am
CM: My wife thinks its OK.
August 28th, 2006 at 8:08 am
” … - all the ladies I’ve shown my jimi too have fallen in love with it.”
Up to this point I was unaware that Ugly was such a “ladies man”. Go get em bub !
August 28th, 2006 at 9:48 am
Todd: Ugly was hotly pursued by Urban Outfitters to be one of their models, I believe. ;-)