EA rod Licence

[Elton]

Fred's right the new license is not ready and going on past form will not be ready until near the end of march.

 

That's what I was implying when I asked if we knew what the fee was going to be yet.

[Steve Walker]

As the others have said, you can't buy a licence to start on April 1st because 2009/2010 season licences are not available yet. At the moment, you can only buy a 2008/2009 licence that runs out on march 15th.

 

The seasonal licensing business is a nonsense, in my opinion, you should be able to buy a licence valid for 12 months on any day of the year.

[Angly]

As the others have said, you can't buy a licence to start on April 1st because 2009/2010 season licences are not available yet. At the moment, you can only buy a 2008/2009 licence that runs out on march 15th.

 

The seasonal licensing business is a nonsense, in my opinion, you should be able to buy a licence valid for 12 months on any day of the year.

 

I agree 100%. I'm sure the present system puts people off buying a licence late in the season, and can you really blame them?

 

The Post Office/EA haved announced that system would be too hard to regulate Steve (borrocks!), but they surely have no excuse for not reducing the rate on a monthly basis?

Edited February 5, 2009 by Angly

[les middy]

As the others have said, you can't buy a licence to start on April 1st because 2009/2010 season licences are not available yet. At the moment, you can only buy a 2008/2009 licence that runs out on march 15th.

 

The seasonal licensing business is a nonsense, in my opinion, you should be able to buy a licence valid for 12 months on any day of the year.

 

surley you mean 31st march

 

2009 licence starts from 1/4/2009

 

2009/10 prices here

Edited February 6, 2009 by les middy

[Steve Walker]

The Post Office/EA haved announced that system would be too hard to regulate Steve (borrocks!), but they surely have no excuse for not reducing the rate on a monthly basis?

 

It's borrocks indeed, the DVLA manage to do it with car tax, I don't see why fishing tax should be any different!

 

It should really be a credit card that you pay by monthly (not annual!) direct debit. Bailiffs would just need a card reader to check that you've paid up to date.

 

surley you mean 31st march

 

Is that so? I tend not to coarse fish between the end of the traditional season and May/June, so I'd never noticed that.

[peterpikefisher]

Logic would say, that the new licence is not yet available.

 

 

so why dose the site give you the options 2009 and 2010 in the drop down menu.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 6, 2009 by peterpikefisher

[Fred Bonney]

Because the licence runs from 1st April in one year to the 31st March in the next.

[Fred Bonney]

and I assume it saves them updating their renewals system every year.

 

The first page clearly states the Licence year start date and that 2008/9 licences are available.

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homea...hing/31497.aspx

[peterpikefisher]

it's still a crap way to do it they should state on the site

that you cant buy your 2009 to 2010 licence until about 2 weeks prior to the current years expires just like the dvla

 

if you look at most things that run annually you can usually do it a couple of weeks beforehand

[Fred Bonney]

Couldn't agree more, perhaps they'll get it right this year, and start up well in advance.