WRXR255 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 22 minutes ago, SteveShannon said: I know it’s popular to bash government agencies, but the vast majority of employees I’ve dealt with have been extremely conscientious and sincere in wanting to help. In agreement mostly here. The downstream joe blow in most cases does their job well, but its the top management driving roughshod over what they are there for and mission creep is why we bash them, and call them out on it. Heck, Its in most Americans DNA to be distrustful and watchful over those GOV agencies as it should be. I mean, the Board of Education department has its own, internally ran and funded SWAT team... WTF? 3 AM no knock raid because Jhonny was tardy yesterday for school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 29 minutes ago, SteveShannon said: IRS, In person, very easy to deal with the Aunt IRiS crew (AKA the IRene Simpson people - old fraud case ref.) . Easy on the phone if it was direct dial to specific agents, 27 years as a Corp. & Fiduciary Tax Accountant gave me ample occasion to work with them. Generic calls to the old 800-1040 number were a crap shoot as to how it'd go! SteveShannon and WRXR255 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALO50 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 8 hours ago, SteveShannon said: I’ve also had great experiences with the FCC Helpline, and I’m able to find my way through ULS, but it’s certainly not intuitive. I’ve also had great experiences dealing with ATF (both as a 40 year former FFL and in meetings with leaders because of rocketry), BLM, IRS, and FAA. I know it’s popular to bash government agencies, but the vast majority of employees I’ve dealt with have been extremely conscientious and sincere in wanting to help. I'll admit, I've had great experiences with EPA. I'm shocked at how helpful and responsive my contacts have been for the last 4 years. Believe it or not, they became a lot more efficient when COVID forced them to work remotely. Their updated protocols, at least for my interactions/dealings, went from 10 days to 2 to 3 hour turn-around time for reviews and approvals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALO50 Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 7 hours ago, WRXR255 said: I mean, the Board of Education department has its own, internally ran and funded SWAT team... WTF? 3 AM no knock raid because Jhonny was tardy yesterday for school. Jhonny used the wrong pronoun. WRXR255 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSEF841 Posted August 20 Report Share Posted August 20 Just posting what I went through for future GMSR-ers.. Finished the online maze and paid the fee on Thursday. Looked myself up with my FTN in the public GMRS search (Hyperlinked) and had a callsign Sunday. Tuesday early AM received an email from the FCC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrucksNCoffee Posted August 21 Report Share Posted August 21 11 hours ago, WSEF841 said: Just posting what I went through for future GMSR-ers.. Finished the online maze and paid the fee on Thursday. Looked myself up with my FTN in the public GMRS search (Hyperlinked) and had a callsign Sunday. Tuesday early AM received an email from the FCC. That's perzackly my experience. I paid the fee on Friday the 16th, looked up with my FTN on Sunday and voila! There it was! Still waiting for that email, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted August 21 Report Share Posted August 21 8 minutes ago, TrucksNCoffee said: That's perzackly my experience. I paid the fee on Friday the 16th, looked up with my FTN on Sunday and voila! There it was! Still waiting for that email, though. You may want to check your spam filter. TrucksNCoffee and SteveShannon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrucksNCoffee Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 20 hours ago, WRUU653 said: You may want to check your spam filter. I just did. Nuttin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXR255 Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 2 minutes ago, TrucksNCoffee said: I just did. Nuttin. When they kick your door in at 3 AM and shoot your dog you will know. TrucksNCoffee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NotARubiksCube Posted yesterday at 02:53 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:53 AM After getting my GMRS permission slip 2 days ago, on unrelated business had to give feedback on National Highway Institute’s horrendous website. I told them “at least it isn’t as bad as FCC’s website.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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