Kevin A Wright
Member III
Heading for Canada tomorrow so decided to save myself some hassle and go on line and buy my US Customs sticker for the boat. Normally I just pay at the customs dock when I'm clearing back into the US, but decided to get all modern and go online and create an account etc.
Got the account created just fine but when I went to pay evidently there is a separate payment account that is set up as well. Because I'd been paying at the customs dock till now, they had set up an account for me but of course I had no logon or password. Trying to set up a new payment account got the notice that one was already set up for my address and I couldn't have another. Went to call the help line and their office hours are only till 4pm East Coast time.
So started all over aging this am. Help person was helpful and was able to get my payment set up just fine. They mail you the sticker but the receipt is just as good so I wasn't expecting to have it for this trip anyway. However the receipt stated that they were behind in mailing out stickers and it would be 12 WEEKS before it would arrive! How and why does it take 12 weeks to pop a sticker in an envelope?
Now I've never known what in the world this was for except as a tax on boats 30' and up. It doesn't 'register' your boat or provide them with any new information that isn't already in their system, and that information doesn't change year to year anyway. The sticker is really just a 'receipt' that you've paid their tax this year.
I guess as long as they get their money, they don't care too much about the stickers.
Grumble, grumble
Kevin Wright
E35 Hydro Therapy
Got the account created just fine but when I went to pay evidently there is a separate payment account that is set up as well. Because I'd been paying at the customs dock till now, they had set up an account for me but of course I had no logon or password. Trying to set up a new payment account got the notice that one was already set up for my address and I couldn't have another. Went to call the help line and their office hours are only till 4pm East Coast time.
So started all over aging this am. Help person was helpful and was able to get my payment set up just fine. They mail you the sticker but the receipt is just as good so I wasn't expecting to have it for this trip anyway. However the receipt stated that they were behind in mailing out stickers and it would be 12 WEEKS before it would arrive! How and why does it take 12 weeks to pop a sticker in an envelope?
Now I've never known what in the world this was for except as a tax on boats 30' and up. It doesn't 'register' your boat or provide them with any new information that isn't already in their system, and that information doesn't change year to year anyway. The sticker is really just a 'receipt' that you've paid their tax this year.
I guess as long as they get their money, they don't care too much about the stickers.
Grumble, grumble
Kevin Wright
E35 Hydro Therapy