TV Licensing - Bloody Cheek!!

[threebikesmcginty]

Just got a standard pro-forma letter from TV Licensing this morning.

They notice I haven't a TV licence and if I haven't because I don't have a TV I should fill in the form on the back of the letter and post it back to them.

There's a pre-addressed envelope and the top right hand corner bares the legend 'you need to use a stamp' - oh yeah?!!

It's all in the bin now

 

[ianrauk]

They have been hassling my wife's uncle for many years. They simply do not believe he hasn't a TV.

 

[I am Spartacus]

Chill, they'll send someone round eventually.. it keeps people in gainful employment.. however.. when that person asks for his/her bus fare/ petrol costs.....................

 

[SavageHoutkop]

What happened to the standard 'if you don't have one that's fine, you don't need to do anything but we will be coming around for a visit' option?

 

[swee'pea99]

...enclose a note saying if they send another one you'll do it again. Except you'll enclose a house-brick.

 

[peanut]

they caused my Dad such stress with their constant threats of legal action and stuff that he paid for a TV licence even though he's never had nor would have a TV
the bastewards need sorting.

Bluddy bbc all our money goes to pay the fees of that fat mouthy slob JR
Mrs P and I have only watched one program in the past week that wasn't a repeat of old drivel.

Same goes for Sky+ i cancelled that last week . £19.50 a month for more endlessly recycled repeats

 

[beanzontoast]

Some years ago (I was in my 30's I think) they wrote asking if I wanted to take up the reduced fee I was entitled to by virtue of my advanced age. I wrote back saying, if it was ok with them, I'd hang onto the form for about 40 years and get back to them.

 

[zacklaws]

When I lived on my own for about 3 years, I was constantly plagued by "TV licensing" with there threatning letters because I did not have a TV licence, none of which I returned. They even used to pay me visits but they never caught me, not that I was avoiding them, but I would always be at work.

Even though I did have a TV, it was not connected to an aerial, which meant that I could not receive any programmes but I had it just plugged into my video player. Underneath my TV, I used to keep a print out of the rules and regulations from TV licensing in case a snotty official caught me in, which stated that you do not need a licence if you are not connected to an antenna as that is what the licence is for, "receiving", so I could show them in black and white that it was legal what I was doing.

This information was hard to find on their website, and one day I actually met a licensing officer at work, and mentioned this to him, and he told me that they did not want it to be found so easily as people could be intimidated into buying a licence even though they may not need one. Owning a TV, does not mean you need a licence. Doing a search now of their site now does not even show this info yet it can be found in a "Wiki"

 

[swee'pea99]

All true. I also quizzed one of Them directly on this, as we had a tv at work which was only ever used to play vids, for work-related stuff. He confirmed explicitly that if you don't 'receive', you don't need a license, period.

 

[swee'pea99]

Well, maybe User is right after all - I did have this conversation over 10 years ago.

 

[NickM]

They've tightened up the law with the advent of live TV transmitted by different means (e.g. via the internet).

Ours is one of the 2% of households which does not own a television; we do, however, have an Internet connection.

How does the TV Licensing Authority propose to catch us watching a live TV broadcast on our computer?

 

[NickM]

Our computer doesn't contain a TV card. We could only watch live TV if it were broadcast via the Internet (I think they do that now, don't they?).

 

[NickM]

Though quite how they'd catch you I'm not sure...

Well, quite. Given that I'm not going to invite them in...

Don't be surprised if they decide to make ISP's disclose who's watching live broadcasts over the net.

Nothing about the behaviour of people who describe themselves as an "Authority" surprises me

 

[accountantpete]

It's all in the bin by the telly now

Hang on -i'll just email this to them

 

[Bokonon]

I haven't had a threatning letter from TV licensing for ages. I'm feeling left out now

They haven't even sent people round to visit, despite promising to do so. Unless they are cunningly disguising themselves are mormons.