The TV Nazi's

[MontyVeda]

Just ignore,and bin their letters . As long as your being honest.

+1 after 9 years and the hassle other's have been subjected to, this is what i do now.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Just ignore,and bin their letters

I wasn't willing to sit back and let them behave in that way. Since threatening them with legal proceedings, I haven't heard a word from them.

 

[Dan B]

Let's try another comparison. The four-fifths of people investigated *who have done nothing wrong* is a far smaller proportion than the proportion who come through airports and *have done nothing wrong*, but we let them treat everyone as a terrorist.

If I want to avoid the opportunity for an airport cavity search, I can go by train or road or sea instead. Or I can holiday in the UK or I can stay at home. Notwithstanding the difference in seriousness of the offences of failing to pay the Beeb £150 and of causing the deaths of 400 people, this comparison would only really make sense if they came round to my house and demanded I take my belt and shoes off.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Are getting the chop it seems...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-16492793

As one who does not even own a digi-box to get a signal with these days I shall not be missing them and the nasty letters.

TV Licensing issues aside, good for Darwen I'd say Darwen needs those jobs more than Bristol

 

[ASC1951]

Sorry, that's simply not true. In response to their first letter, I sent a politely-worded reply ... in fact, I probably still have it on my Mac, one min ...
<snip of polite letter>
They still ignored it and sent increasingly threatening letters until I responded in kind by threatening legal action.

Er - why don't all you zealots just fill on the online declaration https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/nln/index.aspx

I realise that that might be a dreadful intrusion into the citizen's right to behave like a six year old and waste a fortune in stamps, but that is what it is there for and it does work.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Um, perhaps because there was no such webpage in 2001?

 

[MontyVeda]

Er - why don't all you zealots just fill on the online declaration https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/nln/index.aspx

... that is what it is there for and it does work.

I've done that, they ignored it exactly the same as they ignored the letters i sent... like others, they only stopped after i spoke to them and gave them a load of greif. They said they could stop the 'threats' for 3 year, at which point i may have moved house, and the letters would be sent to my address again. so after three years the letter are coming again and they go straight in the bin.

 

[CopperBrompton]

Threaten them with legal action for harassment. 11 years on, no more letters here.