The spiral ring is smaller

I really like the layout of this planner, I've automatically bought it every year for the past 3 or 4 years. But this year, the spiral ring is smaller and the pages don't lay flat. I've only been using it for a few weeks and all the pages are already ripped due to the back and forth flipping of planning my family's schedules. I've tried loosening the ring but that only made the back pages come out. Very annoying.

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