is this acceptable?
how the fuck are we paying $213 for a new child's passport and it arrives all wonky and obviously water damaged.
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1r4945d
is this acceptable?
how the fuck are we paying $213 for a new child's passport and it arrives all wonky and obviously water damaged.
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1r4945d
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…did your mail get left out in the rain?
On top of that, the quality of the passport these days are not good either.
It’s not water damaged that’s just how shit they are. I got mine a couple weeks ago when there was no rain. Most expensive passport in the world and it looks fake. It will only get worse if you leave it. I’ve ended up putting mine in between two big heavy books to try and flatten it
My partner’s brother got his first passport last year before a trip to Bali.
The fucking thing looked like that before we ever entered a humid climate, and it cost him at least an extra hundred than it used to.
What did the Passport Office say when you spoke to them about the water damage that happened in transit?
That’s how they all are.
Been put through the wash
They did the water test as a final QC before sending them out.
The new materials are not moisture stabilised. I stored mine in a new fire proof box, alongside an eu passport and the desiccant that came with the box. The eu passport was unchanged, the Aus passport shriveled like this. Taking it out of the box resulted in it losing most of its shrivel once it re hydrated in the ambient air and humidity.
How can they cheap out on the packaging should be bubble wrapped or something and I know it not something new this is just not cool it’s ready so expensive and the quality of the passport is one of the worst.
Ok, extremely off topic, but what nail polish are you wearing in the photos? I’ve been looking for a pearly shade 😎
This is how you know it’s authentic.
It’s actually a genius strategy because counterfeiters cannot replicate it!
(obviously joking)
I’ve seen flatter surf.
It’s not water damage most come bent like this, I got my series R passport 3 years ago and it came bent. It’s been flat in a sleeve almost all life and it still has a slight bend whenever I take it out. The fact that we pay the highest price for our passports with the reasoning being because it’s so advanced while still sending out bent passports is truly astounding.
$422 well spent.
It just gotten a bit moist from humidity probably.
Flatten in with books, then keep it in a plastic sleeve.
Simple.
Yeah my daughters turned up like that. We put it in a case for a while and seems better now.
The most expensive passport in the world…
Don’t worry, it’ll crinkle more over time
The last time I purchased a passport was 2017 and I swear it wasn’t this bad. It actually looked like professional document unlike this garbage. Not the first time I’ve seen a post like this. What the fuck Australia…
It’s a security feature. It’s difficult to create a forgery with so little quality control.
Picked mine up in person and it started looking like that 5 minutes after taking it out of the envelope 🤣
At least they’re inexpensive. Oh, wait…
Fuck! I’m due a passport renewal this year. Current one is flawless. Can’t wait to replace it with a piece of shit.
Hello sir, what carpet is that
That’s how they’re like when they’re brand new. In a few weeks it’ll flatten/settle into what you would expect a normal passport to be like.
While I agree the quality is poor, especially for the cost… why are so many of you stressed about the appearance of your passport? Are you showing them off somewhere?
As someone who could not leave the USA because of a wet passport (the digital component was wrecked), I hope that crinkle isn’t a signed of dried wetness.
And?
I would LOVE if you reported them to ACCC or state based consumer body for a partial refund for not being acceptable quality, considering the $$$$ 🤣🤣🤣
They said it was expensive, they never said it was nice 🤣
A Temu passport would be better quality than this
Like our construction industry.
Maximum price, minimum quality.
People love to complain, but never send emails, have calls etc. with the responsible parties. All bark, no bite = nothing gets done
It’s 100% not acceptable. Contact someone about it and get it remedied
Most expensive passport in the world btw
Wow, we really do have expensive passports!
Opus 4.6 unchecked (other than getting haiku to also produce stats that match pretty much) passport cost research. Second most expensive after turkey and seriously above the norm
https://claude.ai/share/232a17d1-1482-408c-82d8-f10bee9345dd
We arent exactly getting value are we?
I just got a new one and all I can suggest is holding your breath whenever you need to touch it in case it disintegrates.