They have a right, as that's part of their licence fee to enforce and investigate TV licence evasion. Like I said, tell them you don't watch Live broadcast TV and they'll stop bothering you for a while. Then you tell them again a few years later. If they come to your door you don't need to let them in of course, but not doing so could lead to suspicion. It's far easier to let them in and prove to them you don't watch Live Broadcast TV. Unless, of course you do, and don't want to pay the TV licence?
Stop being naïve like its been said multiple times in this thread it doesn’t always work like that. So you let them in and are friendly with the 1st inspector, then the 2nd then the 3rd and they still don’t believe you. So they step up the pressure coming around your home weekly or more, leaving hand written threats though the door, some will then start video filming though your home window, others will force there foot in the door so you cannot shut it, forcing there way into the home when children are in and no adults and worse than above has happened. They have been caught doing all this and more and I have experienced some of it.
The harassment I had from them was so bad I had to go down the route of removing all rights of access to my home and land so they could no longer cause harassment. Its not just a simple case of tell them and let the inspector in.
Its not rare event either as there are many reports of people telling them they don't need a licence only for them to forgot or not believe you. Just look how many people in this thread have said the same. Plus given the amount of data breaches big companies have had why should we allow an entertainment company we have no products with have our personal information like home address, phone number, email, name and more as that's an added security risk.
“They have a right, as that's part of their licence fee to enforce and investigate TV licence evasion.”
How would you feel if Google, Microsoft and 100+ other companies all came around your home to check you don’t have a product of there’s without a licence? That would be 2 inspector a week from different companies all year around every year. Why should the TV people be a special case?
Hit the nail on the head, here.
No that is wrong just like your post about creating unnecessarily drama. More people correctly don't have a licence then incorrectly don't have a licence. That doesn't give them the right to treat the vast amount of correctly unlicensed people as being liar and thief's when they are doing nothing wrong.