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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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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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03-02-2024 at 05:17 PM.
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You just got someone who didn't know what they were doing. Their software has a face/shoulders template for US Passport spec that makes it hard to mess up, but it sounds like in your case it's still possible. I'm sure if you went back, they'd retake the photos given the oversight.
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03-02-2024 at 05:52 PM.
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Thanks. She'll be back on Monday,
The other place they can mess up is in cutting the photo, as they use a manual punch to cut it. One of mine they cut slightly off-center, but still usable. If it's too far off, can always ask that they print out another. Must cost them like 10 cents per print.
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I haven't been on SD in several days, so I couldn't provide feedback. I went last Thurs. around 1:30 pm CST. The employee knew about the free passport photos promotion, but said it doesn't include the digital file. There was even a sign about the free photos. I think they came out OK and assume it'll suffice for my passport renewal request.
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