{ "id": "bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card", "sku": "bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card", "title": "Bonus Dad Engraved Wallet Card", "slug": "bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card", "price": 31.99, "currency": "EUR", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "engraved-keepsakes", "category_label": "Engraved Keepsakes & Compasses", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://engravedgifts.irish/dropship-images/engraved-keepsakes/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card/main-bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.irish/dropship-images/engraved-keepsakes/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card-2.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.irish/dropship-images/engraved-keepsakes/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card-3.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.irish/dropship-images/engraved-keepsakes/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card-4.jpg", "https://engravedgifts.irish/dropship-images/engraved-keepsakes/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card-5.jpg" ], "description_short": "Credit-card sized stainless steel with permanent engraved lettering, supplied with a small gift bag so it is ready to hand over.", "description": "The gift problem nobody warns you about\n\nBuying for a stepdad is one of those small, quietly hard tasks. The usual father gifts assume a story that does not quite match. Mugs about the man who taught you to ride a bike. Cards that start with \"Dad, since the day I was born\". None of that fits a man who arrived later, did the work anyway, and never asked for credit.\n\nSo people default to socks, whisky or a gadget. Those are fine. They are also forgettable, and they skip the part you actually wanted to say.\n\nA wallet card solves a specific version of this problem. It says the thing, in words someone else has already arranged, and then it goes quiet and lives in his pocket. No speech required on either side. For some blended families, that combination of honesty and low drama is what is wanted.\n\nWhat this card is\n\nIt is a silver-tone stainless steel card, listed at 3.37 x 2.12 x 0.15 inch, with item dimensions of 5.4 cm by 8.6 cm, which the listing calls approximately credit card size. The front carries an engraved message aimed at a stepfather: \"Bonus Dad. You may not have given me life but you sure have made my life better. Thank you for loving me as your own\". A small heart in the top right corner carries a banner that reads \"I love you\".\n\nThat wording is fixed. It is already on the card and there is no option to change it, add a name, or ask for other text. No engraving service is offered with this item. If you want your own wording, look elsewhere. If not, the fixed wording takes the pressure off writing something perfect at 11pm the night before a birthday.\n\nOne card is included, along with a gift bag. No batteries, no moving parts, nothing to charge or replace.\n\nWhat the listing says about the engraving\n\nThe listing calls this a metal engraved wallet card and describes the engraving as permanent. It says the words never disappear.\n\nIt also says stainless steel makes the card durable. Those are the listing's own statements, and we have no test figures to add to them. A wallet is a harsh environment, with cards rubbing against each other, plus pocket grit and the odd soaking, so it is worth knowing what is and is not claimed.\n\nThe listing does not name the engraving method, so we do not name one either.\n\nWho it suits\n\nThis is written for a man who is called a bonus dad, a stepdad, or simply the dad who turned up. It is not phrased for a biological father, and the wording would read oddly for a father-in-law or a mentor who has never occupied that role.\n\nBeyond that, it suits a few specific types of recipient. The man who says he does not want anything. The one who is uncomfortable with big emotional moments but keeps the small things. Someone who carries a traditional wallet rather than paying by phone only. And anyone in a family where the relationship has been long and solid but rarely put into words.\n\nIf he has already said \"I do not need gifts\" for five years running, a card that costs him nothing to accept and nothing to display is an easy yes.\n\nWhere it ends up\n\nThe card slot behind his bank cards is the intended home. The listing calls the card approximately credit card size, lightweight and portable.\n\nIt is not the only option though. With a very slim minimalist wallet, a money clip may suit better. It does not have to go in a wallet at all. It could be taped inside a toolbox lid, clipped to a van sun visor, slipped into a passport sleeve, or propped on a workshop shelf where he sees it every morning. The best wallet card for dad is simply the one that ends up somewhere he looks often.\n\nWorth thinking about before you buy. If he genuinely carries nothing but a phone, the card will still work, but you may want to suggest a home for it when you hand it over.\n\nChoosing between keepsake options\n\nIf you are weighing this against other small sentimental gifts, a few questions sort it quickly.\n\nDo you want to write your own message? If yes, a made-to-order piece or a blank keepsake with a handwritten card is the better route, since the wording here cannot change. If you would rather have the words already chosen for you, this is the easier path.\n\nDoes he display things, or carry them? Framed quotes and plaques only work for people who have somewhere to put them. Carried objects work for everyone, including men who live out of a van or move house often.\n\nHow much weight should the gift carry on its own? A keepsake card can be the whole gift when the relationship is the point. It can also be the small, meaningful part of a bigger present. Tucked inside a new wallet, it becomes a two-part gift that makes sense together.\n\nAnd is there a specific moment coming up? Father's Day and Christmas are the obvious ones. A wedding morning is another, because it can be handed over privately without a scene.\n\nGiving it well\n\nThe gift bag is included, so presentation is handled, but the handover is where people usually overthink it.\n\nYou do not need a speech. If you want to add something, a short handwritten note works better than trying to say more out loud. Three lines in your own handwriting can sit next to the engraved message.\n\nIf you are posting it on to him, remember the gift bag comes with the card, but a note card does not, so add one if that matters to you.\n\nLooking after it\n\nCare instructions are not listed, so keep it simple. Wipe it with a soft dry cloth when it picks up fingerprints. Avoid bleach, solvents and abrasive pads.\n\nIf it gets wet, dry it fully before putting it back in a wallet. Keeping it out of the same pocket as keys and loose coins is sensible for any metal card.\n\nThere is nothing to service, replace or recharge. That is most of the appeal.\n\nA note on expectations\n\nBe clear with yourself about what this is. It is a modest object with fixed wording and a sentimental purpose. It is not a luxury item, and the value sits in the message rather than the metal.\n\nThe listing gives the material as stainless steel without a grade, and it does not give a weight, so we are not going to claim either. What is stated is the size, the fixed engraving, the single-card count and the included gift bag. No engraving service is offered.\n\nIf those details matter to your decision, better to know now than to be surprised later.\n\nThe short version\n\nA bonus dad engraved wallet card does one job and does it quietly. It carries a message that can be hard to say, in a format a man can keep in his wallet without having to display it or talk about it.\n\nIt is credit card sized, described in the listing as permanently engraved stainless steel, supplied as one card with a gift bag, and sold with the wording exactly as shown. If you want your own text, this is not the piece for that. If the words on it are the ones you would have chosen, it is ready to give.\n\nA small gift he can carry. That is the whole idea.", "llm_summary": "The Bonus Dad Engraved Wallet Card is a silver-tone stainless steel card with black lettering, listed at 3.37 x 2.12 x 0.15 inch, with item dimensions of 5.4 cm by 8.6 cm, which the listing calls approximately credit card size. It carries a fixed engraved message for a stepfather, reading: \"Bonus Dad. You may not have given me life but you sure have made my life better. Thank you for loving me as your own\". A small heart carries the words \"I love you\". The wording and design cannot be changed and no engraving service is offered. The listing describes the engraving as permanent. One card is supplied with a gift bag, shown in the photo as a light blue envelope-style pouch, with no batteries required. It is themed for stepdads and suggested for Father's Day, birthdays and Christmas. Weight is not listed.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "14 days from delivery to cancel under the Consumer Rights Act 2022, then 14 days to return in resaleable condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Rights Act 2022 rights for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Engraved Gifts Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://engravedgifts.irish/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card/", "canonical_url": "https://engravedgifts.irish/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card/", "json_url": "https://engravedgifts.irish/api/products/bonus-dad-engraved-wallet-card.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-31" }