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Strange stuff on the last alligator permit draw...
Posted: June 30th, 2015, 1:07 pm
by bman
Yesterday AM I got a little excited- FWC had charged my credit card $280
I thought that meant I got a permit in the third round.
Went to the license site and it said "Draw Pending"
Then this morning the License site says "Unsuccessful" and they refunded the $280
That happen to anyone else?
Seems strange... I say its a conspiracy

Re: Strange stuff on the last alligator permit draw...
Posted: June 30th, 2015, 2:10 pm
by Salty Gator
You would have to pay me at least $280 to sit on a lake all night, fighting bugs, then for the hi light, you have to pull a 500 lb dead weight out of the water. Oh yea, then the cleaning. To each his own
Re: Strange stuff on the last alligator permit draw...
Posted: June 30th, 2015, 5:05 pm
by onefishtwofish
Sorry to hear that Barry.
No bugs when you are tooling around with your mud motor!. It is just a big dead chameleon.
Re: Strange stuff on the last alligator permit draw...
Posted: June 30th, 2015, 6:17 pm
by DEMON
Have the wife checking our account now. Been reading about this on another site & it appears that FWC's vendor screwed the pooch & charged anyone that applied & then refunded if you didn't get a permit. That was not the deal as I read it on FWC site. They are going to catch hell for this screw up. By the way, I didn't get permit. Guess my luck ran out this year.
Re: Strange stuff on the last alligator permit draw...
Posted: June 30th, 2015, 10:19 pm
by bman
We had a blast last season. My buddy got a general Leon county tag so we will be looking around Jackson or the river.
Crazy mess up charging everyone. Wonder what the refund cost them?!?
Re: Strange stuff on the last alligator permit draw...
Posted: July 28th, 2015, 10:38 pm
by Danibeth
Happened to me too Barry. I was pretty freaking excited and then POOF my excitement was dashed. Ah well. Always next year.
But, I will be guiding a friend who got a Guana permit so I'll at least get to go help kill gators

Re: Strange stuff on the last alligator permit draw...
Posted: July 29th, 2015, 3:18 pm
by rocket
DEMON wrote:Have the wife checking our account now. Been reading about this on another site & it appears that FWC's vendor screwed the pooch & charged anyone that applied & then refunded if you didn't get a permit. That was not the deal as I read it on FWC site. They are going to catch hell for this screw up. By the way, I didn't get permit. Guess my luck ran out this year.
Put in the account overnight, draw the interest, issue refund.

Re: Strange stuff on the last alligator permit draw...
Posted: July 30th, 2015, 6:29 am
by MudDucker
rocket wrote:DEMON wrote:Have the wife checking our account now. Been reading about this on another site & it appears that FWC's vendor screwed the pooch & charged anyone that applied & then refunded if you didn't get a permit. That was not the deal as I read it on FWC site. They are going to catch hell for this screw up. By the way, I didn't get permit. Guess my luck ran out this year.
Put in the account overnight, draw the interest, issue refund.

Interest won't cover the processing fees from the credit card issuer. Might be a costly screw up for the vendor.