Any way to get around passport renewal fees?

dmg24

tiff wrote: »

Its a rip off because the increase in prices is out of proportion. Yes I can afford it, doesnt mean it right or fair. Dont be so patronising.

Not patronising, just pointing out the blatant flaw in your argument (in that you have no argument)!

lucylucky

dmg24 wrote: »

Not patronising, just pointing out the blatant flaw in your argument (in that you have no argument)!

Indeed.

This thread is the classic:-

A price is advertised for a service or product.
Consumer agrees to pay said price.
Consumer comes on here and complains agreed transaction is a "rip-off"

Yet again another "rip-off" fail.:D

Equaliser123

tiff wrote: »

Americans enter the UK without payment, dont they?

Yes, you could use that as an argument with the burly immigration guy at the US airport to secure free entry to the USA.

I'm sure he will be sympathetic.

NEH

Well to make you feel better i got mine earlier this year and the quality is getting worse, mine looks like a two old stuck it together with sticky back plastic and they grey out all the photos so peeps look dead....:rotfl:

Equaliser123

NEH wrote: »

Well to make you feel better i got mine earlier this year and the quality is getting worse, mine looks like a two old stuck it together with sticky back plastic and they grey out all the photos so peeps look dead....:rotfl:

Think you will find that the technology in it has increased. Massively.

dmg24

NEH wrote: »

Well to make you feel better i got mine earlier this year and the quality is getting worse, mine looks like a two old stuck it together with sticky back plastic and they grey out all the photos so peeps look dead....:rotfl:

I suppose that way it covers all eventualities!

Equaliser123 wrote: »

Think you will find that the technology in it has increased. Massively.

Advances in technology do not necessarily make us look better - look at Leslie Ash!

Dave101t

dont like the price or passports...dont buy one.
frankly, they are cheap, limitless travel anywhere you want, anytime you want, your free to choose.
what a great world (country) we live in!

the uk passport is a treasure.

dzug1

SUESMITH wrote: »

if you afford to go abroad, you can afford to pay for a passport - sorry!

the cost you pay helps fund the wages of the passport staff who process your application, pay for office space and rates etc. - its not all profit, and despite david cameron wanting us to be part of the big society i doubt anyone would or could do this job on a voluntary basis

In fact NONE of it is 'profit'. The aim is to cover the costs and no more. No profit, no loss. The users pay the average costs for what they get, as near as can be estimated. The audit commisssion would be down on them like a ton of bricks if it was wildly out, either way.

And the increased costs over recent years are technology and database driven.

No rip off

SUESMITH_2

indeed! maybe ive been lucky but every time i've had to contact the passport office they have been more than helpful and friendly

Doshwaster

One way to get around it: find out if your company will pay passport fees for you. If you have to travel internationally for work your employer may cover the costs for you.

Mine does. Our Expense and Travel Policy says passport fees are expensible.