LAST EDITED ON Jan-28-19 AT 01:16PM (MST)[p]>Not exactly! The credit card
>companies still get their money
>in this scenario!!! This
>is just another fee that
>the consumer pays, basically a
>way to raise tags 2.5%
>without actually raising them.
>
>I don't have a problem with
>the idea in general, but
>they should allow you to
>either send in a check
>or use a debit card
>to avoid those 2.5% fees
>or pay significantly reduced fees
>if using the debit function!
>Also, when they return the
>money to your credit card,
>is the WY G&F getting
>any credits from those fees?
> If the amount is
>different, maybe not. If
>they are, how much?
>Will the 2.5% survive an
>audit if there is a
>class action suit? I think
>Visa averages around 1.5% now,
>but I don't know a
>lot about it. I
>would like to see the
>books on how they came
>up with 2.5%.
>
>You can't even even drop off
>cold hard cash to one
>of their offices to avoid
>paying the fee. It
>will add up to be
>a few hundred dollars if
>you are applying for moose
>and sheep and goat and
>elk and every thing else
>each year.
>
>I would like to see WY
>get rid of the mandatory
>point fee for Sheep and
>Moose, this fee will keep
>younger kids and adults from
>applying for a random tag,
>seems disingenuous to me to
>require it to apply for
>a random tag.
You really need to quit typing before you know what you're talking about. Would you rather that the G&F keep losing a couple million dollars a year that they were paying the CC company from part of the fees we were submitting? That's what was happening and why BuzzH made his post and I seconded his comment. It also doesn't raise any of the fees G&F charges or it would have to have gone through the Legislature for approval. Yes, it's money the consumer pays, but now the G&F doesn't lose money like they were in the millions by using this new method. This method is good because if they did like CO where you don't pay until you draw you would see applications sky rocket a lot more than the 20% BuzzH mentioned. Just look at the crazy increase CO has had in the short time they went that route! Wyoming is easily the best state for NRs for the bang you get with each dollar spent when you look at the quality and quantity an NR can hunt. I'm not even going to waste my time about the rest of your post regarding audits and a class action lawsuit because that's pure baloney. THE 2.5% CC fee is not out of line at all! Click the link below to get all the FACTS!
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/News/Game-and-Fish-credit-card-processing-fee-begins-fo