bruno22rf Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Just had a variation through but no details about what to do with my existing FAC, I now have 2. Think I have to return the 1st one but cannot find any details confirming this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Yes, return it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, London Best said: Yes, return it. You do not have to return it. I have 3, going back 15 years, and have never been asked to surrender them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: You do not have to return it. I have 3, going back 15 years, and have never been asked to surrender them. My firearms dept. has always asked for their return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 i have never sent them back, i have a few old ones here, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Gonna return it just in case......variation was done online and it doesn't say anything about returning your old ticket but they may as well shred it as me. Thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I have always been asked for my old tickets to be sent with renewals, but according to Bill Harriman we are not obliged to do so and perfectly entitled to keep them. A few years ago my FEO turned up to do renewal checkups, and with him had every single one of my expired tickets! During the conversation he offered to give me back my expiring but still valid ticket if I needed to buy ammo as he was otherwise going to issue me a S7 for the usual reasons. The only ticket I have is expired, as I didn’t take it with me when I presented my renewal applications to licensing ( although she asked if I had brought them ) but I would really like to have them all, especially those prior to the handgun ban. I currently have a S7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 24 minutes ago, bruno22rf said: Gonna return it just in case......variation was done online and it doesn't say anything about returning your old ticket but they may as well shred it as me. Thanks for the replies. Just in case of what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Just in case of what? I've er, forgotten to inform them of several gun purchases/disposals for often a couple of months on my SGC and my FAC over the last couple of years, I also have so many guns that my FEO suggests I get a house alarm fitted (not done as it is not a legal requirement) so I'm not going to poke the devil with a stick right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Just in case of what? Just incase I need to reference a purchase or there’s a glitch in there system regarding anything really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I have never been asked for them. They're in a draw in my office along with valid certs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewh100 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 i put in a variation 15 weeks ago for 243 with mod finally got a call on 21st December for a £20 fee.. received my ticket back on 22nd went to pick my new gun & mod up on 23rd after putting them on my ticket the shop noticed they hadn't put any ammunition on my ticket, managed to contact them on 4th January admitted was there fault but wont send new ticket till they receive this one back, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Mine asks you to send it back once you receive your new one. True story: Rushing in the morning with the dogs, getting ready for work and the school run... FAC arrived in post - varied but otherwise identical. I had been asked to post the second one back, flipped through to compare them set them down. For some reason I was worried about postal theft etc so I thought it was prudent to deface (thus void) the old FAC before posting by writing “superseded” across each page in huge letters and a diagonal crossing corner to corner. Got to the page that had been varied and realised I had just voided my new FAC 🙈 Very red faced I called the FLO and explained. She was very sweet and said to keep the old one temporarily and once she received the defaced one she would send out a third copy. Took another 48hrs but was all sorted relatively efficiently despite my idiocy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 58 minutes ago, WalkedUp said: Mine asks you to send it back once you receive your new one. True story: Rushing in the morning with the dogs, getting ready for work and the school run... FAC arrived in post - varied but otherwise identical. I had been asked to post the second one back, flipped through to compare them set them down. For some reason I was worried about postal theft etc so I thought it was prudent to deface (thus void) the old FAC before posting by writing “superseded” across each page in huge letters and a diagonal crossing corner to corner. Got to the page that had been varied and realised I had just voided my new FAC 🙈 Very red faced I called the FLO and explained. She was very sweet and said to keep the old one temporarily and once she received the defaced one she would send out a third copy. Took another 48hrs but was all sorted relatively efficiently despite my idiocy. Ahh the horror. I once threw out a plastic bag that had been sat near to our indoor waste paper bin. 'Near' being the operative word. The bag had been sat for a few days and it went into the waste recycle bin in the morning as it was full of what appeared to be 'waste' paper and it was promptly whisked off by the recycle wagon. Mrs 7days came home and asked where I had put said bag. It turned out to be two weeks worth of the in laws mail which she had been collecting while they were on holiday. Oops! The ensuing barrage was frighful from both parties. I now check all bags very carefully. atb P.S I have not been asked to return my old certs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Nephew had his very first SGC put through the washer by his Mam after leaving it in his jacket pocket! He’d only had it a month! It was returned, but in a few bits! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Scully said: Nephew had his very first SGC put through the washer by his Mam after leaving it in his jacket pocket! He’d only had it a month! It was returned, but in a few bits! 🙂 Try producing that certificate when getting a slab of carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said: Try producing that certificate when getting a slab of carts. Quite. Even the lady at licensing thought it was amusing. 🙂 He had a new one within a week if I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wymberley Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Frame it and hang on to it. Your great grandson or even just your grandson dependent upon your current age, will have fun trying to work out what that was all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 I may or may not have washed 2 certificates in jacket or trousers pockets over the years 🙈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Benthejockey said: I may or may not have washed 2 certificates in jacket or trousers pockets over the years 🙈 😀👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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