James Anatidae
September 10th, 2003, 08:04 AM
"mrtravel" > wrote in message
. ..
> James Anatidae wrote:
> > "mrtravel" > wrote in message
> > . ..
> >>Mike Cordelli wrote:
> >>
> >>>You have to remember that many people don't wait the full ten years to
> >
> > renew
> >
> >>>it, they do it when it's full, when they lose it, etc. Also, I believe
> >>>little ones only get a passport valid for five years.
> >>
> >>Why renew when it is full, you could just get pages added?
> >
> > Wow, what a dumb idea. A passport is nothing than a booklet printed on
good
> > paper with a nice cover. It makes no sense what so ever to take it
part,
> > add pages, and staple it back together again when you could simply give
the
> > person a nice new one.
>
> Well, the cost to add pages is 0. Renewal is substantially more.
> Sure, if you want to pay for a new one, they will let you pay for a new
> one. If you simply need pages, there is no need to pay for a new one.
>
> Why is this a dumb idea if it saves people money? US DOS has been doing
> it for many years.
>
Never heard of it before, haven't traveled abroad enough to need it. So
they just tape new ones in? You'd think that would raise concerns about
forging the extra ones.
. ..
> James Anatidae wrote:
> > "mrtravel" > wrote in message
> > . ..
> >>Mike Cordelli wrote:
> >>
> >>>You have to remember that many people don't wait the full ten years to
> >
> > renew
> >
> >>>it, they do it when it's full, when they lose it, etc. Also, I believe
> >>>little ones only get a passport valid for five years.
> >>
> >>Why renew when it is full, you could just get pages added?
> >
> > Wow, what a dumb idea. A passport is nothing than a booklet printed on
good
> > paper with a nice cover. It makes no sense what so ever to take it
part,
> > add pages, and staple it back together again when you could simply give
the
> > person a nice new one.
>
> Well, the cost to add pages is 0. Renewal is substantially more.
> Sure, if you want to pay for a new one, they will let you pay for a new
> one. If you simply need pages, there is no need to pay for a new one.
>
> Why is this a dumb idea if it saves people money? US DOS has been doing
> it for many years.
>
Never heard of it before, haven't traveled abroad enough to need it. So
they just tape new ones in? You'd think that would raise concerns about
forging the extra ones.