So it begins...

[wafter]

 

[Drago]

What a coincidence - my name is also Legal Occupier.

 

[si_c]

Ah I see they've smartened them up since I last had one. look much nicer and friendlier.

there was a certain honesty to the old demands though, they definitely looked as though they knew it was a shakedown so didn't make any effort to hide it.

 

[Bristolian]

Just send it back without a stamp marked "addressee not known at this address".

 

[Drago]

Just send it back without a stamp marked "addressee not known at this address".

I tape them to an old phonebook before doing that.

Ah I see they've smartened them up since I last had one. look much nicer and friendlier.

there was a certain honesty to the old demands though, they definitely looked as though they knew it was a shakedown so didn't make any effort to hide it.

Old Wafters has received the introductory note. As time goes by they get nastier and redder. Apparently multiple investigations have been opened on my house.

The principle annoys me. I don't have to justify or prove to M&S that I shop at Waitrose, so why should I do so for the Britain Bashing Corruption?

 

[wafter]

Cheers folks - were it anyone with a more legit mandate / a decent record for being fair and proportionate I'd drop them a message to confirm that I don't need a license.

However, given the rep the TV licensing mafia have I don't think I'll waste my time... looking forward to seeing how the intimidation tactics ramp up

 

[Alex321]

I tape them to an old phonebook before doing that.



Old Wafters has received the introductory note. As time goes by they get nastier and redder. Apparently multiple investigations have been opened on my house.

The principle annoys me. I don't have to justify or prove to M&S that I shop at Waitrose, so why should I do so for the Britain Bashing Corruption?

You don't have to prove anything. It is up to them to prove that you ARE watching TV, either receiving it via an aerial, or watching using iplayer, or watching "as live" with any other broadcaster streaming service.

 

[wafter]

You don't have to prove anything. It is up to them to prove that you ARE watching TV, either receiving it via an aerial, or watching using iplayer, or watching "as live" with any other broadcaster streaming service.

Indeed; although of course that's never how it's presented. If a reasonable discouse could be had I'd happily engage, however the heavy-handed, "guilty-until-proven-innocent" attitude fails to sell me on their cause. It's like the polis demanding I provide proof that I don't have a kilo of coke and an AK47 under the bed..