Passport costs

Pollycat

Equaliser123 wrote: »

I think you are getting confused about what money saving is.

Bargain - no. Good value - yes. There is a difference.

If I could 'thank' the above post more than once I would.

MadThatter10 wrote: »

And whats with the new passports?! The front covers are cheap flimsy cardboard, the pages inside seem much thinner, and the photo page is very thin, could easily be ripped by accident! And where is the chip hiding? Oh and why the heck have they moved the photo page from the back to the front? Is that just to confuse us all? (was anyone able to guess that I dont like the new passports?:rotfl:)
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MadThatter10
you don't have to LIKE the new passports, they do the job they were intended for.

peachyprice

MadThatter10 wrote: »

And whats with the new passports?! The front covers are cheap flimsy cardboard, the pages inside seem much thinner, and the photo page is very thin, could easily be ripped by accident! And where is the chip hiding? Oh and why the heck have they moved the photo page from the back to the front? Is that just to confuse us all? (was anyone able to guess that I dont like the new passports?:rotfl:)

The thinner pages are so they can't be altered as easily.

Equaliser123

MadThatter10 wrote: »

And whats with the new passports?! The front covers are cheap flimsy cardboard, the pages inside seem much thinner, and the photo page is very thin, could easily be ripped by accident! And where is the chip hiding? Oh and why the heck have they moved the photo page from the back to the front? Is that just to confuse us all?

Fret not, the security services are trained to find the photo...:rotfl:

FOURCANDLES_2

well just renewed 3 and 1 new one that's the charges and they do last 10 years, do not really see a gripe to be honest , I know the uk is known as freebie heaven to many but hey get with the programme

olias

OK, to all those who love giving their money away, and are happy for costs to spiral upwards way ahead of inflation to pay for poor financial descision making and mistakes by the government because you consider it 'good value' and passports are a luxury and therefore are happy to pay. Would you think the same way if the TV license were to go up 85% in 4 years, making it 269.17, after all that is only 73p a day, not much more than the cost of a newspaper - must be good value.................

Olias

Equaliser123

olias wrote: »

OK, to all those who love giving their money away, and are happy for costs to spiral upwards way ahead of inflation to pay for poor financial descision making and mistakes by the government because you consider it 'good value' and passports are a luxury and therefore are happy to pay. Would you think the same way if the TV license were to go up 85% in 4 years, making it 269.17, after all that is only 73p a day, not much more than the cost of a newspaper - must be good value.................

Olias

Eh? What an incoherent rant.

olias

Read the whole thread......... do keep up!:p

Olias

MadThatter10

Pollycat wrote: »

If I could 'thank' the above post more than once I would.


MadThatter10
you don't have to LIKE the new passports, they do the job they were intended for.

I never said that I needed to like it, I was giving my opinion, I didn't know that wasn't allowed, my apologies! It was more of a jokey rant, but obviously that went straight over your head!

Adereterial

Hold on - 10 years ago the cost of an adult passport was what, about £50ish?

They knew it had to be renewed this year so why haven't they been putting some money aside? Even with the price hike they'd have a lot less to pay on top, about £60? Is that really the difference between a foreign holiday and no holiday?

The Passport fees pay not only for the passport itself but fund consular and embassy help abroad should they need it. It's not cheap, but £8 a year for that protection is extremely good value if you need it. Trust me on that one.

paddyrg

Print your own!

More seriously, a large chunk of the extra cost must come down to the fact home printing and hence forgery is easier than ever, so more sophisticated methods are needed...