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Staples Stores: Passport Photo Expired

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Note: This deal is valid February 29 only. We are promoting it ahead of time due to strong feedback from the community & so you can make preparations.

Staples (store locator) has for Easy Rewards Members (free to join): Passport Photos for Free, valid February 29, 2024 only, limited to 29,000 redemptions.

Thanks to Community Member desynergy for posting this deal.

Note: Deal may require coupon via the Staples app (iOS, Android) to present at checkout (check offers tab on 2/29). Participating stores may vary.

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  • Limit 1 per customer
  • Passport photo services are offered at every Staples location, no appointment needed.
  • Typically ready in 10 minutes
  • Staples Tips/Recommendations:
    • We suggest wearing dark, pattern-free tops
    • No head coverings are allowed, outside of religious reasons.
    • Avoid large and reflective jewelry.
    • Wearing glasses or sunglasses is not allowed.
  • Valid in Staples U.S. stores only on select passport photos.
  • Excludes any digital passport photo options.
  • Refer to the original post & forum comments for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86
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I have to update my family's passports and was searching who close to me does the photos, and happened to find this:

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Exclusive Leap Day deals for Easy Rewards members

To celebrate the launch of the new Easy Rewards program, Staples is offering the following Leap Day deals for Easy Rewards members, only valid on February 29, 2024.

29,000 free passport photos at Staples stores nationwide.
I havent found the press release on Staples.com, but found the posts on other deal sites that linking here is a no no. If you Google "staples free passport photo", you should see the announcement.

Edit: Found some sites that SD should be ok with.
https://chainstoreage.com/staples...taples.com.
https://www.businesswire.com/news...nalization



https://www.staples.com/stores/se...ort-photos
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No they dont, and please dont pass misinformation on this. You obviously have no clue what you're talking about.

https://travel.state.gov/content/...hotos.html

"Unacceptable— Background is cropped out using a photo retouching tool, altering the outline of the head, face, and neck

Photo tip: Take your photo in front of a white or off-white background instead of cropping out the background."

"Unacceptable— Glasses not allowed

Photo tip: Even when glasses are worn every day, you must remove your glasses for a photo."

There are plenty of travel horror stories posted on the internet from people taking their own photo.

Thankfully the state department's systems when they scan and store your photo will catch things.
Charging $25 for passport photo? What a rip off!! Don't wait till 2/29 if you need it soon or later.
If you make passport appointment at USPS, it only costs you $15 for passport photo. Or even cheaper at Walmart Supercenter or Rite Aid where they charge you only $7.

Basically you have to wait till 2/29 only to save $7? Damn, my lunch meal is more than that.

Screw Staples for charging almost 400%.
The passport apps are nothing but photo recrop apps to make your photo passport size. They dont warn you of any restrictions like you can not wear any type of eye glasses on your passport photos. But the app's screenshots on their app store's page have people wearing glasses. lol Plus all of the other restrictions that the U.S. and other counties have.

Also if you take your own, make sure you light yourself up bright in the photo. Any shadowing will cause your passport to get rejected. Body slightly turned? Rejected. Background is not 1 solid color? Yep.

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02-16-2024 at 07:42 PM.
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website says: "Passport photo services are offered at every Staples® location, no appointment needed".
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Is there a coupon available now?
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Charging $25 for passport photo? What a rip off!! Don't wait till 2/29 if you need it soon or later.
If you make passport appointment at USPS, it only costs you $15 for passport photo. Or even cheaper at Walmart Supercenter or Rite Aid where they charge you only $7.

Basically you have to wait till 2/29 only to save $7? Damn, my lunch meal is more than that.

Screw Staples for charging almost 400%.
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02-16-2024 at 08:02 PM.
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You can just your iPhone to get a passport photo printed at Walgreens
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02-16-2024 at 08:04 PM.
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I take & print my own photos for my family. Using my DSLR & my printer takes me 15mins per person. There are APPS available so you can use your phone
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02-16-2024 at 08:15 PM.
02-16-2024 at 08:15 PM.
Quote from GoHalos :
website says: "Passport photo services are offered at every Staples® location, no appointment needed".
You are correct and I edited the post. It seems it's our neighbors north of the border that doesnt have it available at every Staples store. I didnt catch that skimming through the posts originally.
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Quote from dagadu :
Charging $25 for passport photo? What a rip off!! Don't wait till 2/29 if you need it soon or later.
If you make passport appointment at USPS, it only costs you $15 for passport photo. Or even cheaper at Walmart Supercenter or Rite Aid where they charge you only $7.

Basically you have to wait till 2/29 only to save $7? Damn, my lunch meal is more than that.

Screw Staples for charging almost 400%.

15 extra for convenience is worth it.
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It says 29,000 free passport photos nationwide, so it'll be dead by the time it hits Midwest, much less the west coast. This is gonna be a waste of time for people driving there to find out it's over, it's like the chipotle coupon people are running this. 29k for a population of almost 400m, good luck!
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Quote from dhishi :
I take & print my own photos for my family. Using my DSLR & my printer takes me 15mins per person. There are APPS available so you can use your phone
The passport apps are nothing but photo recrop apps to make your photo passport size. They dont warn you of any restrictions like you can not wear any type of eye glasses on your passport photos. But the app's screenshots on their app store's page have people wearing glasses. lol Plus all of the other restrictions that the U.S. and other counties have.

Also if you take your own, make sure you light yourself up bright in the photo. Any shadowing will cause your passport to get rejected. Body slightly turned? Rejected. Background is not 1 solid color? Yep.
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In for a 😎 sunglass pic
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Quote from dagadu :
Charging $25 for passport photo? What a rip off!! Don't wait till 2/29 if you need it soon or later.
If you make passport appointment at USPS, it only costs you $15 for passport photo. Or even cheaper at Walmart Supercenter or Rite Aid where they charge you only $7.

Basically you have to wait till 2/29 only to save $7? Damn, my lunch meal is more than that.

Screw Staples for charging almost 400%.
$15 for a PP!!! It's 2024, you can use the Passport Photo app for your iPhone/Android From the comfort of your home. The apps allow you to take PP pics for docs around the world and once it's final, you can dump it on a 4×6 layout and end up with 4 or 6 pics for 30 cents, printed at CVS or a store of your choice.
Paying more than a buck for a PP pic in this day and age is a ripoff
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Does it matter? All these apps have a face template that allows you to format the layout/crop exactly how OD/Staples would do it. With the background removed feature, you can have it ready for print in 5 mins. You can take and format multiple, with or without glasses, still costs less than a $
No they dont, and please dont pass misinformation on this. You obviously have no clue what you're talking about.

https://travel.state.gov/content/...hotos.html

"Unacceptable— Background is cropped out using a photo retouching tool, altering the outline of the head, face, and neck

Photo tip: Take your photo in front of a white or off-white background instead of cropping out the background."

"Unacceptable— Glasses not allowed

Photo tip: Even when glasses are worn every day, you must remove your glasses for a photo."

There are plenty of travel horror stories posted on the internet from people taking their own photo.

Thankfully the state department's systems when they scan and store your photo will catch things.
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