if they didn't assume everyone needed one they would save a lot of money
lol tvlicensing
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If they also quit the tone of their letters I might cooperate with their enquiries.
I dont need one but they insist I have committed an offence without any proof of doing so.
I dont need one but they insist I have committed an offence without any proof of doing so.
At a guess I would say way more households watch live TV then those that don't. So it's the correct assumption to make.
How would you approach the situation if you were running the place in interest?
With regards to the tone of the letters I think that is more related to the general audience that they are sending the letters too. I feel the vast majority of users here are not included in that.
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I find the letters to be very rude. The sooner we get rid of tv licensing and the BBC the better.
When I moved in here a few weeks ago (a new build), there were about 6 generic "we are taking you to court letters"...even though the whole place had been a building site for the 6 months worth of letters. Pretty dull tbh.
When I moved in here a few weeks ago (a new build), there were about 6 generic "we are taking you to court letters"...even though the whole place had been a building site for the 6 months worth of letters. Pretty dull tbh.
I've never got one myself, but people I've lived with have.
Personally, I'll never pay for the reason I don't watch live TV.
I'm not giving them a penny for a service I don't use, neither do I approve of the bullying methods they use to get the money off the public.
If we are going to have a state funded TV network, then it should be paid for by general taxation & be split in two - on one side advertised channels (with all the crap) & one tax funded channel with the news, nature documentaries, educational shows & current affaires programs (along with BBC news online).
This would hugely reduce the total cost (as tax would be paying for David Attenborough documentaries, the news & a few investigative shows).
The rest of the swill can be chucked onto an advert funded crap-fest like the rest of TV.
Personally, I'll never pay for the reason I don't watch live TV.
I'm not giving them a penny for a service I don't use, neither do I approve of the bullying methods they use to get the money off the public.
If we are going to have a state funded TV network, then it should be paid for by general taxation & be split in two - on one side advertised channels (with all the crap) & one tax funded channel with the news, nature documentaries, educational shows & current affaires programs (along with BBC news online).
This would hugely reduce the total cost (as tax would be paying for David Attenborough documentaries, the news & a few investigative shows).
The rest of the swill can be chucked onto an advert funded crap-fest like the rest of TV.
Not quite, that's magistrates courts only.
In which case you're not meant to pay...
That's like saying 'Personally, I'll never pay road tax for the reason I don't drive' - great, well done for not paying something you don't have to
That's the point isn't it - the fact I'm not meant to pay won't stop them harassing me to payIn which case you're not meant to pay...
That's like saying 'Personally, I'll never pay road tax for the reason I don't drive' - great, well done for not paying something you don't have to
Just seemed a bit of a needless statement - I won't pay this thing i'm not meant to pay!
The letters will (usually) stop if you just inform them you don't need one, unless you're going to go down the principled 'omg they can't have any of my details that they pretty much already have anyway because of my rights but I will forever moan about the odd letter every so often regardless'
The letters will (usually) stop if you just inform them you don't need one, unless you're going to go down the principled 'omg they can't have any of my details that they pretty much already have anyway because of my rights but I will forever moan about the odd letter every so often regardless'
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Do you regularly let complete strangers into your house?
they've got a right sense of "I have a right to come in" about them, bloke that knocked t my door was a right ****end asked me why I woudlnt let him in, sorry Im buy... response was "so?"
Door got shut in his face swiftly lol
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Thats pretty epic, I might get that printed onto a canvass if you dont object
Needs an apostrophe.
Report Seargent!, what have you detected?!
3 voles, a mouse and some ferel cats.
And a dead bird, partly consumed by what we belive to be one of the cats. But we can't proove it. The cat's not talking and it's not microchiped.
In which case you're not meant to pay...
That's like saying 'Personally, I'll never pay road tax for the reason I don't drive' - great, well done for not paying something you don't have to
But why shouldnt you pay? What if you still watch the BBC but not live?
arknor sorry to tell you and pop the little bubble you live in but I am pretty sure they don't care about you enough to really care who lives there like you are something special. They just want an answer which isn't hard to do. They are probably pretty grateful they don't know you tbh.
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