A repost of my aternate blog, about a scam aimed at fishermen

http://draconusde.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/a-warning-to-all-anglers/

A warning to all anglers…

Hi everyone, this is by way almost of a public service announcement, to warn you about an appalling, but legal, rip off that is in place.

As you should know, annual fishing licences run out on the 31st March, and new ones purchased for the 1st April. This year, the price is being held at £27 pound, and I’m not getting involved in a discussion about the price or value (personally I think it’s perfectly reasonable, but as I say, that’s a matter of personal opinion). If your over 12, and want to fish in the UK, you need a licence. In addition to the annual licence, 1 and weekly licences are also available.

To purchase them, you can either pop into your local post office, or order them from the royal mail/environment agency websites. There is no additional fee, and it’s an easy process that anyone should be able to complete without problems.

The site to use is official rod licence

However…..

A company calling themselves the ‘Rod Licence Application Service’ is the number one link on Google, and plastered over the adverts on Facebook. Everything about the site looks official, and is easily believed to be the ‘official place’ to buy your licence. It isn’t.

While this site will get you your licence, they charge you £20 pound ontop of the licence fee for doing so. By filling in the same application form as the royal mail ask, you are charged over 2 thirds of the cost of the licence as an ‘additional admin fee’.

So that’s £47 pound for a £27 pound licence that has no admin charges.

Don’t be caught out. This is not the first year they have done this, and the only way this can be stopped is for people NOT to use it, therefore making it uneconomical for them to continue paying advertising fees to make sure there seen as the first point of application.

Please pass on this information to any anglers you know, along with the link for http://www.postoffice.co.uk/rod-fishing-licence as the place to go

Thanks for listening