07-11-2011, 04:29 PM
Be happy they took your money right away. I filed to renew a Federal license back in Feb (due to expire in Mar). Somehow, the application went "missing". Because I could show I had been charged, they were on the hook to locate my paperwork (the credit card# was on the application and, I had checked the box "Issue Letter of Authority" to continue legal operation until my license arrived). Several phone calls and, several more weeks of waiting and, I finally have my license. If they hadn't charged me, it would have been easy to make it my fault.