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€50 Penalty for forgetting your Student Card at exams!!

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    #32
    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    smk89 wrote: »
    Just wondering, do you know why it costs so much? What are the greatest costs? I would have assumed that after buying the card printers and webcams the cost of blank cards wouldn't be that much.

    The machines are expensive as they print a few different layers including the top "Secure" layer. However all told it doesn't cost €30 to print them. At cost. probably less than €3. However, if a replacement was €5, we'd be losing them every day of the week. Its €30 not because of the cost, but to deter people losing them.

    €50 however is excessive.


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    #33
    smk89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭smk89


    ironclaw wrote: »
    The machines are expensive as they print a few different layers including the top "Secure" layer. However all told it doesn't cost €30 to print them. At cost. probably less than €3. However, if a replacement was €5, we'd be losing them every day of the week. Its €30 not because of the cost, but to deter people losing them.

    €50 however is excessive.

    Making them €10 would be fair, making a 900% profit on each isn't. And arguing that people will essentially throw them away because their so cheap also isn't valid.


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