wheelgun
NES Member
I was at B&K today in Natick, to process a transfer from Cooler (nice place, nice guy). I filled out all the paperwork and handed the owner my license. After a minute he said there's a problem.
I started the process to renew my license about a month ago. It was due to expire in December, so I wanted to make sure there was enough time to complete it. I was pleasantly surprised to get the new one in only about 3 weeks, great.
What I didn't realize however, is that the new license can't be used until its term starts in December. In other words to make any purchases between now and December I have to use my old license. Of course I didn't have the old one with me, so had to put my transaction with B&K on hold until I could return with the old license. I also was lucky that I still had a copy of the PIN that goes with the old license.
So just keep in mind, licenses are not like credit cards. You can't use the new one until the old one expires. They have a start date and end date and can only be used within that range.
I started the process to renew my license about a month ago. It was due to expire in December, so I wanted to make sure there was enough time to complete it. I was pleasantly surprised to get the new one in only about 3 weeks, great.
What I didn't realize however, is that the new license can't be used until its term starts in December. In other words to make any purchases between now and December I have to use my old license. Of course I didn't have the old one with me, so had to put my transaction with B&K on hold until I could return with the old license. I also was lucky that I still had a copy of the PIN that goes with the old license.
So just keep in mind, licenses are not like credit cards. You can't use the new one until the old one expires. They have a start date and end date and can only be used within that range.