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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 :-?
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That happen to anyone else?
Seems strange... I say its a conspiracy :smt076

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 :D

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. :thumbup:

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