exidy

Title says it all really. Ordered the birth certificate from GRO/HSE and the wedding and death certificates from BDM Victoria (Australia), put them into the envelope along with the application. 10 months later I'm in a back and forth with the processing officer who is insisting they are photocopies, even though I sent them the order receipts from certificates.ie and bdm.vic.gov.au.

I'm not sure what to do now. I don't want to order another set as they'll be exactly the same.

Trying to get the controllers for my son's Meta Quest 2 repaired. I would have thought there would be a whole cottage industry for this given how often they fail but the only place I can find is GC Repairs up in QLD.

The Meta site seems seriously broken (spins indefinitely when adding items or buttons totally missing) but new controllers seem to be $140 each or something? A bit rich for a set that cost $400 new.

Help appreciated.

I had a passport application in with the Melbourne office at the start of the year. After a couple of weeks I needed to travel and rang the office to enquire. The operator was unable to tell me the current state of my passport application and advised me to pay the priority processing fee, which I did.

As it turned out once I got off the phone that the passport had already been produced and was awaiting collection which I think should have been communicated to me rather than charging me $300 -- we're talking about a window of less than an hour. The operator also had trouble "putting it in the right queue" which I suspect is because it had already been printed.

I did request a refund which w