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Why do they bother taking a pic each time? All I've ever got on my c-cards is the same pic that was used for my OW class, yet after each course the DS takes a new pic. It just doesn't get used.
“Pic” is an acronym for the fee/processing a certification. Not a picture.
 
Why do they bother taking a pic each time? All I've ever got on my c-cards is the same pic that was used for my OW class, yet after each course the DS takes a new pic. It just doesn't get used.
It is easier for the dive shop/instructor and PADI just to reuse a picture on file. A new one is taken in case there is not one on file. If you want to use the new picture instead of the old-one-on-file, tell the dive shop/instructor.
 
It was $41 in 2007. That's a lot of inflation.

Increase from $41 to $69 in 12 years is 4.5% increase per year. Certainly higher than typical inflation of consumer prices (which tends to hover around 1.5 to 2.0%), but it's really not much more.

The problem with prices rising is that people forget just how fast time flies. I bought a car in 1998, didn't buy another one until last year. Prices went up a little in those 20 years!
 
Why do they bother taking a pic each time? All I've ever got on my c-cards is the same pic that was used for my OW class, yet after each course the DS takes a new pic. It just doesn't get used.
A "pic" is not considered students actual photo- It is considered the processing cost for certification card. As a Instructor I can either use student's existing photo or a new photo.
 
Increase from $41 to $69 in 12 years is 4.5% increase per year. Certainly higher than typical inflation of consumer prices (which tends to hover around 1.5 to 2.0%), but it's really not much more.

The problem with prices rising is that people forget just how fast time flies. I bought a car in 1998, didn't buy another one until last year. Prices went up a little in those 20 years!
I bought my first car (Honda Civic) in 1980 for $5,300 (Canadian) cash. That might be just a little more than the "cash back" today.
 
I bought my first car (Honda Civic) in 1980 for $5,300 (Canadian) cash. That might be just a little more than the "cash back" today.

How funny... my 1998 is a Civic. And so is my 2018. $16k out the door in 1998, $24k last year.
 
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