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Old 01-26-2013, 10:34 PM   #1
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Convenience Fee $4.22

Gonna cut some holes tomorrow so I got my MA fresh and saltwater license, and every year this f$&$$ing Convenience Fee (now) $4.22 pisses me off more.
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Old 01-26-2013, 11:53 PM   #2
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Old 01-27-2013, 08:00 AM   #3
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My favorite fee is the "technology fee" that RI charges when registering a car.
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Old 01-27-2013, 09:12 AM   #4
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Those fees SUCK agreed but I try to put them in perspective: what does it cost me in time to get the form, fill out, and mail via $0.46 USPS, and wait 7-10 days or better yet get into the truck (gas) and drive to the nearest office, find/pay for parking, wait in line, wait for the agent to fill out the form, pay the fees, drive home?

I grin and bear it when I see those internet fees but just knowing I have my license(s) in <10 min. I just

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Old 01-27-2013, 09:33 AM   #5
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The reason for those online fees is pretty simple: you're not buying the license from the Commonwealth directly. You're buying it from a private contract vendor called Active Outdoors. Ever notice how the URL in your browser window changes from mass.gov to malicense.com when you click the online license link? Like most private sector businesses, they're in it to make a profit.

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The reason for those online fees is pretty simple: you're not buying the license from the Commonwealth directly. You're buying it from a private contract vendor called Active Outdoors. Like most private sector businesses, they're in it to make a profit.

You guys ain't a buncha commies are ya?
So the question is prior to using Active Outdoors the State paid for employees, and the other things needed to license people some # of dollars per license. I assume that Active Outdoors is less expensive than that. Did they lower the price of the license when the change was made? The cost is gone and the money is still being paid.

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So the question is prior to using Active Outdoors the State paid for employees, and the other things needed to license people some # of dollars per license. I assume that Active Outdoors is less expensive than that. Did they lower the price of the license when the change was made? The cost is gone and the money is still being paid.
Not necessarily.

It's quite likely that the shift to a private contractor was an effort to defray rising costs of fishery management rather than create more net revenue for the state.

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Old 01-27-2013, 09:56 AM   #8
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That's the fee for that allows Devalle to have an adult conversation about robbing your ass
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Old 01-27-2013, 12:41 PM   #9
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i GOT MY UNDIES IN A BUNCH OVER THIS A YEAR OR TWO AGO.
dON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN. nOT WORTH IT.
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Old 01-27-2013, 12:42 PM   #10
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What a great post !!!
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Old 01-27-2013, 06:29 PM   #11
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Not necessarily.

It's quite likely that the shift to a private contractor was an effort to defray rising costs of fishery management rather than create more net revenue for the state.

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Since originally the license fee paid for the administrative costs, this increased the available funds. How are license fees dealt with in Mass, part of F&W budget or General fund? Perhaps in other words, the fee is a tax

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So the question is prior to using Active Outdoors the State paid for employees, and the other things needed to license people some # of dollars per license. I assume that Active Outdoors is less expensive than that. Did they lower the price of the license when the change was made? The cost is gone and the money is still being paid.
Very few people bought their license from a F&W office. Most bought them from either a tackle/hunting shop, or at the town hall. I don't think that F&W saved any money by offering online sales. Any clerk that sold them from a F&W field office did other things besides selling licenses. No one was ever hired as strictly a license sales clerk.

Don't want to pay the convenience fee? Then don't. Just go down to the town hall and pick up your FW or hunting license. You'll only pay the extra dollar that towns are allowed to collect (and always have been allowed to collect). For a SW license, there are 3 DMF offices who'll sell you the license for the $10 fee with no extra charges. I get mine from the New Bedford DMF office every year, and it costs $10. Takes all of 3 minutes.

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Since originally the license fee paid for the administrative costs, this increased the available funds. How are license fees dealt with in Mass, part of F&W budget or General fund? Perhaps in other words, the fee is a tax
No license fees have ever gone into the General Fund. Whatever is left after administrative costs goes into an earmarked fund used to acquire access and improve hunting and fishing. No Governor has ever been able to touch a cent of that fund. The last one who tried was Mitt, and the courts shut him down.

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Very few people bought their license from a F&W office. Most bought them from either a tackle/hunting shop, or at the town hall. I don't think that F&W saved any money by offering online sales. Any clerk that sold them from a F&W field office did other things besides selling licenses. No one was ever hired as strictly a license sales clerk.

Don't want to pay the convenience fee? Then don't. Just go down to the town hall and pick up your FW or hunting license. You'll only pay the extra dollar that towns are allowed to collect (and always have been allowed to collect). For a SW license, there are 3 DMF offices who'll sell you the license for the $10 fee with no extra charges. I get mine from the New Bedford DMF office every year, and it costs $10. Takes all of 3 minutes.
Mike There are a few town clerks that can't be botherd with the hunting&fishing licence.sales.
As a mater of fact a few post offices can't be botherd selling duck stamps.
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Old 01-28-2013, 10:08 AM   #15
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This is like the movie Groundhog day....every year the same license gripe....

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Old 01-30-2013, 03:11 PM   #16
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There is the added plus of beimg able to reprint your license if you lose it without having to pay added fee.

That means that when I print mine, I print MANY copies to have on hand should the need arise!

I did that with my MA freshwater, saltwater and NH freshwater.
I keep a copy in my tackle box, at my brothers house (NH) and in my truck, as well as a few spares at home.

Only signed the ones I plan on carrying.
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Just save the .PDF file and you can reprint when you need one....in case you lose it

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Old 02-11-2013, 01:19 PM   #18
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You don't need to save the PDF file (whatever that is?). If you go back all you need is your name and maybe SS number to print another. I made a dozen copies last year, but couldn't find them when I needed them, so I just went back to the website.

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You don't need to save the PDF file (whatever that is?). If you go back all you need is your name and maybe SS number to print another. I made a dozen copies last year, but couldn't find them when I needed them, so I just went back to the website.
Which is quicker, going to the website, logging in with your login info pulling up your license and having the website pull it up so you can print it, which is a PDF file after all is said and done....or right-clicking the already saved PDF on your PC and selecting print?

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At the risk of causing a brain overload how about having your licence listed on a electric thingy in your pocket or on file with F&W headquarters.
I have so many licences in my wallet it hurts to sit down.
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