Have you paid your TV Licence?

[Tak]

I have problems at work. I have to arrange for every residents room to be listed on the licence. Those over 75 (ie all bar a couple) get it free, under 75 it costs the home £7.50.

Of course, should a tv die it is the handyman who goes out and buys a new one so its his name that comes up on their system. Cue letters for him wanting to know why he doesn't have a licence - grrrr.

TV licensing is a bane to my job!

[Stan_Lite]

Originally Posted by MarcLister

I think Mummy rang the pillocks up and told them off in only a way a Mummy can.

I love it when they do that
I'm 42 and my Mam is 66 but I still love watching or listening to her go off on one at some poor unsuspecting jobsworth - my Mam rawks

[MarcLister]

Hehe. My Mummy rocks also. She reckons she's so timid. I've seen people in banks and shops wish they were in the trenches Belgium during the Great War rather than there where Mummy is.

My Mum's sister is so aggressive when she wants to be, so I know my Mum has the genes for it. She just doesn't know it.

[goldilocks]

i pay my tv license by direct debit - to be honest, there's no valid reason not to pay it
if you watch tv - you're using a product, and as such 'owe' for it
you don't expect to get any other 'service' for free, we even pay for the water to flush the loo...
i've never understood why people have such a beef with expected bills...

£129 call out charges for a bt engineer tho - now THAT is robbery

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by goldilocks

i pay my tv license by direct debit - to be honest, there's no valid reason not to pay it
if you watch tv - you're using a product, and as such 'owe' for it
you don't expect to get any other 'service' for free, we even pay for the water to flush the loo...
i've never understood why people have such a beef with expected bills...

[devils advocate]

But many people pay for their TV service by paying for Digital TV (cable/satelite), and still have to pay again for the TV licence.

[/devils advocate]

Personally I don't mind the TV licence and make full use of the BBC services available (TV, radio, website) and enjoy a lot of the content so am happy to pay what works out as about £11 a month for these things.

I've also never had a problem with TVL trying to track me down and make me pay more.

[PvtPyle]

Originally Posted by goldilocks

i pay my tv license by direct debit - to be honest, there's no valid reason not to pay it
if you watch tv - you're using a product, and as such 'owe' for it
you don't expect to get any other 'service' for free, we even pay for the water to flush the loo...
i've never understood why people have such a beef with expected bills..

I think the point here though is that a lot of people don't use the service, yet it appears not to exclude them from the TVLA's naughty list. There is no valid reason for that either

[MarcLister]

Originally Posted by PvtPyle

I think the point here though is that a lot of people don't use the service, yet it appears not to exclude them from the TVLA's naughty list. There is no valid reason for that either

That is the big problem. If you don't use a TV for receiving broadcasts or there is already a licence for that address, why are they still bothering people for money?

Originally Posted by goldilocks

we even pay for the water to flush the loo...

We WHAT?! For serious?

[Will]

You only pay for the BBC. I'd happily not receive BBC channels and watch commercial/private channels instead. At uni I have to say we never paid for a tv licence, we didn't really watch much tv. The point is you shouldn't HAVE to be threatened if you're not using a service. In their letters they make it seem like an obligatory charge which is bull****.

[Dr. Z]

I dont watch much if any TV at all, I don't have a TV but I do have a TV card.

Given that they cannot legally enter my property without a warrant to check to see if I am watching TV without one, and they cant get a warrant without some proof (which they wont get without entering my property illegally) they can FO really.

Although one did visit me once, and I opened my door and there was the TV I had at the time in plain view. He gave me a big rant about unlicenced blah blah and so I invited him in and made him sit there going through every single channel until he was satisfied it wasn't tuned in. I then hit him with some knowledge about the Wireless Telegraphy Act and he left in a huff.

What I now do is collect up all of the TV Licence letters and post them all back to them in once massive bundle to the freepost address given. Must cost them a bloody fortune

[MarcLister]

Just thinking that conceivably one could use TV card for something other than watching TV.

And DRZ is right, they need a warrant to get onto your property and I think they'd need a police officer with them to execute it? And they need proof to get a warrant and they get the proof when they get into your property, yet they need a warrant to get in and they need proof to get a warrant. A nice case of which came first, chicken or the egg?

What did you hit the guy with about the WTA DRZ? Sounds like something I should learn.

And you MUST send the letters back.