Passports Recession Proof??

he6rt6gr6m

Ive just been quoted a price for a Passport these days, and it was £70+!

I remember a few years back when they were £30!! Whats happened since? I mean, they're passports, not gold plated books.

No chance of these things actually doing the unthinkable and coming DOWN in price?

RaiderHammer

Went up by about £6 two years ago I think. But I guess it was 10 years ago when you last got one! Oh well £100 plus by the time I re-new then!!!

he6rt6gr6m

Hahaha!! That reply made me laugh so hard.

The PC society will come down so hard on you.

dzug1

Govt policy is that agencies like the passport office are self-funding - so the user pays all the costs.

spiro

RaiderHammer wrote: »

Went up by about £6 two years ago I think. But I guess it was 10 years ago when you last got one! Oh well £100 plus by the time I re-new then!!!

As its 10 years yuors must be about to expire so suggest it now before the price goes up again or you have to go for an interview at the passport office.

photome

Is £70+ really to much for a passport that enables 10 years of foreign travel, £7 a year, or less than £1 a month. If you dont want to travel you dont need one. I dont see a problem with the price

PolishBigSpender

photome wrote: »

Is £70+ really to much for a passport that enables 10 years of foreign travel, £7 a year, or less than £1 a month. If you dont want to travel you dont need one. I dont see a problem with the price

My passport (biometric, compliant with all the latest security standards) and ID card (again, biometric, compliant with all the latest standards) cost me less than 15 pounds together. Seems to me as if they're clearly exploting British citizens.

As far as I know, isn't foreign consular assistance paid for out of passport fees too?

jammin_2

PolishBigSpender wrote: »

My passport (biometric, compliant with all the latest security standards) and ID card (again, biometric, compliant with all the latest standards) cost me less than 15 pounds together. Seems to me as if they're clearly exploting British citizens.

Hardly exploitation. You're comparing UK and Polish economies side by side. A beer in London may cost £5. A beer in Warsaw may cost 6zł- (~£1.25).

RaiderHammer

jammin wrote: »

Hardly exploitation. You're comparing UK and Polish economies side by side. A beer in London may cost £5. A beer in Warsaw may cost 6zł- (~£1.25).

Gee where are you drinking in London

silverchair

What a beer with bits of gold in it?

foreign consular assistance- I found them very unhelpful when needed

Suppose our passport money is for the foreign consular to wine & dine foreign business men in case they may want to invest in this country

jammin_2

I clearly went in the wrong bar, last time I was in London.