National ID Cards

quickpost

cdpdesign wrote: »

To get my card, it involved a 120 mile trip each way, and £30 for the card.

To actually produce that card cost over £17,000 * , I don't see you offering to refund the taxpayer.

* £257 million spent so far / 15,000 cards issued.

trets77

quickpost wrote: »

To actually produce that card cost over £17,000 * , I don't see you offering to refund the taxpayer.

* £257 million spent so far / 15,000 cards issued.

Here Here .


you were told , when some fool decided to try and push this first roll out through just before a general election , that you were throwing your money away , as a Tory Government would abolish them PDQ . :idea:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8104481.stm

and so it came to be . :T:T:T:T

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8707355.stm

or were you as delusional as Gordon Brown and thought Labour would still be running the country ? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

maybe you should write to Jackie Smith and complain . she has time on her hands now the Electorate has kicked her out of the House of Commons

moonrakerz

trets77 wrote: »

Here Here .
maybe you should write to Jackie Smith and complain . she has time on her hands now the Electorate has kicked her out of the House of Commons

She's at home at the moment watching movies :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

photome

quickpost wrote: »

To actually produce that card cost over £17,000 * , I don't see you offering to refund the taxpayer.

* £257 million spent so far / 15,000 cards issued.

Maybe the OP will offer to pay back £17000 along with the rest of the suckers/ volunteers.

I guess if no one had volunteered it could have save me/us £257000000

Janeyjaz

and I fully intend to pursue a refund - how can they sell you something valid for ten years and then 6 months later say hard lines, it will be cancelled and you can't get a refund.
I am furious about it, if anyone would like to check their facts the money spent on ID cards would have been spent anycase on biometric passports which people need in this country to get into the USA.
And the project was self financing, the money would have been paid back by the fee charges.

Mr_Lahey

Janeyjaz wrote: »

I am furious about it, if anyone would like to check their facts the money spent on ID cards would have been spent anycase on biometric passports which people need in this country to get into the USA.
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Maybe you should check your facts.

Janeyjaz

Mr Lahey and I won't get into anykind of argument over it - I am giving you precise facts - not things the press write, so you can believe who you will.

quickpost

Janeyjaz wrote: »

if anyone would like to check their facts the money spent on ID cards would have been spent anycase on biometric passports which people need in this country to get into the USA.

We already have biometric passports, that money was for Second-generation biometric passports. Or are you saying no-one with a UK passport will now be able to get into the US.

Janeyjaz wrote: »

I am giving you precise facts

By precise, you mean wrong? Thats not a definition of precise I am aware of.

trippy

I also fully intend to persue a refund. I will watch this thread with interest to see if anything useful comes up about how to do it. And hopefully filter out all the unpleasant people that are revelling in other people's misfortune.

The fact is that people have paid for something in good faith that was supposed to be valid for 10 years and it has been taken away. If a private company behaved this way, Martin would be on their back and we would all be reporting them to Trading Standards.

Teresa May says we can at least keep this card as a souvenir, which is patronising and offensive. I honestly think that because the majority of the people who have them are in the north, she doesn't give a !!!!.

I don't see why the database can't be kept. Whether or not David Scameron and his boyfriend think it infringes civil liberties is moot, people have voluntarily chosen to have their data put on a database so clearly don't have a problem. Why not just keep the ones they've issued valid but not issue any more?

quickpost

trippy wrote: »

I also fully intend to persue a refund. I will watch this thread with interest to see if anything useful comes up about how to do it.

Sue the government, see how far it gets you, or write to your MP. All to reclaim £30.

trippy wrote: »

And hopefully filter out all the unpleasant people that are revelling in other people's misfortune.

other people's self-inflicted misfortune. Also calling others unpleasant when you yourself posted this :-

trippy wrote: »

Whether or not David Scameron and his boyfriend

is taking the ****

trippy wrote: »

I don't see why the database can't be kept.

Do you know how much it would cost to run a database, servers, security, support, development, buildings etc and introduce terminals in ALL shops/banks/government buildings who may take an interest in one particular method of 'proving' your ID. All so 15000 could keep there cards.

trippy wrote: »

people have voluntarily chosen to have their data put on a database so clearly don't have a problem. Why not just keep the ones they've issued valid but not issue any more?

Due to the fact the card is worthless.