Yes, well, even idiots need a job!

--Lou, K2LKK

At 01:54 PM 9/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Yes, the info below is evidence of a scam on the part of our government.
>If you are owed a refund, you will not be told. If you find out that you
>overpaid, you must write a letter begging for the refund of your own
>money.
>
>Even worse is the copyright office. When they raise their fees, they will
>cash the insufficient check and then do nothing until you pay the extra
>you owe.  They don't just send back the insufficient check or bill for the
>balance. And if you ask why it's taking so long, you will be told to be
>patient.  It's up to you to figure out that you owe more money.
>
>These practices, and stupid forms like the one to change an address for a
>ham license, must cost the government, us, billions per year in wasted
>processing time.
>
>But, hey!  We've got full employment!
>
>Tom Karnes
>Oceanside, California
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>
>On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Mike Freeman wrote:
>
> > SB QST @ ARL $ARLB037
> > ARLB037 Lower Amateur Radio Vanity Fee is Effective September 10
> >
> > ZCZC AG37
> > QST de W1AW
> > ARRL Bulletin 37  ARLB037
> > >From ARRL Headquarters
> > Newington CT  August 31, 2001
> > To all radio amateurs
> >
> > SB QST ARL ARLB037
> > ARLB037 Lower Amateur Radio Vanity Fee is Effective September 10
> >
> > The FCC says the fee for a new or renewed Amateur Radio vanity call
> > sign will drop to $12 on September 10. Applications received on or
> > after that date will be subject to the new fee. The current vanity
> > call sign fee is $14.
> >
> > The FCC proposed the lower fee last March in a Notice of Proposed
> > Rulemaking for the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for
> > FY 2001. The FCC has estimated that 8000 applicants will apply for
> > vanity call signs in the current fiscal year.
> >
> > Earlier this year, the FCC also put paper and electronic vanity call
> > sign applications on an equal footing in terms of processing
> > priority. The FCC used to give priority to electronic applications
> > for vanity call signs.
> >
> > FCC rules stipulate refunds for applicants who inadvertently overpay
> > a regulatory fee. Applicants who determine that they overpaid a
> > vanity fee may request a refund in writing. Requests seeking a
> > ''Vanity Fee Overpayment Refund'' go to FCC, 1270 Fairfield Rd,
> > Gettysburg PA 17325-7245. Refund requests should indicate the date
> > of application, the total fee paid, and the total refund owed.
> >
> > For more information, visit the FCC Amateur Radio Web page,
> > http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/amateur/VanityCS.html .
> > NNNN
> > /EX
> >

Louis (Kim) Kline, A.R.S.  K2LKK
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