Ok, so my flatmate didn't pay the TV licence..

trojan698 · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:36

as title, my flatmate didn't pay the TV licence and the TV licence bloke just came saying so. Now, as the TV licencing people have a tendency to hand out £1000 fines I was A) naturally ******* myself and B) elated to sign up for the quarterly direct debit he was offering. Now, she was supposed to have paid this months ago.. So, how can I go about getting her back, she's currently at the cinema so I have about an hour and a half to accumulate ideas.

fire away!

Glaucus · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:37

trojan698 said:
as title, my flatmate didn't pay the TV licence and the TV licence bloke just came saying so. Now, as the TV licencing people have a tendency to hand out £1000 fines I was A) naturally ******* myself and B) elated to sign up for the quarterly direct debit he was offering. Now, she was supposed to have paid this months ago.. So, how can I go about getting her back, she's currently at the cinema so I have about an hour and a half to accumulate ideas.

fire away!

Are you sure she didn't pay, they are rubbish at keeping there records upto date.

Angus-Higgins · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:38

Tell her what happened, I'm sure she will understand.

Angus Higgins

Volcs · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:38

Write a strongly worded note! Dares ya!

MasterMike · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:39

They are rubbish ... we got no fewer than three warning letters: I phoned them up after each, and they confirmed we DID have a license ....

MiGSY · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:39

As soon as she opens the door to come in, throw a pan of boiling water in her face! LOL! That'll teach her!

Glaucus · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:40

MasterMike said:
They are rubbish ... we got no fewer than three warning letters: I phoned them up after each, and they confirmed we DID have a license ....

at uni we had a warning letter every 2 weeks even though we had a license and confirmed it with them on numerous occasions, it's ridiculous.

snagrat · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:40

Hide the TV and say that the nasty man took it away.

Brizzles · 6 Dec 2006 at 19:40

Hide the tv and show her the paperwork.

Tell her you get it back after the first quarter has elapsed , some time in Feb.

trojan698 · 6 Dec 2006 at 20:13

MiGSY said:
As soon as she opens the door to come in, throw a pan of boiling water in her face! LOL! That'll teach her!

LOL, I'll keep it in mind. Aye she definately didn't pay it, just told her about the £1000 fine

Melm0 · 6 Dec 2006 at 20:16

trojan698 said:
LOL, I'll keep it in mind. Aye she definately didn't pay it, just told her about the £1000 fine

You could say you wrote him a cheque on the spot and she owes you a grand

Energize · 6 Dec 2006 at 20:16

If you don't let them in they can't do anything without a warrant. They can't prove you've been watching tv and they can't hand out a fine without evidence of it.

Mikeyboy · 6 Dec 2006 at 20:18

I got another letter branding me a criminal this morning...

...in the bin it went.

nealw · 6 Dec 2006 at 20:31

Energize said:
If you don't let them in they can't do anything without a warrant. They can't prove you've been watching tv and they can't hand out a fine without evidence of it.

absolutely.

if they ever knocked on my door i'd tell them where to go!

Raymond Lin · 6 Dec 2006 at 20:35

Just a side point, if either of you are doing law and wants to practice law. A judgement against you without a TV licence will jeopardise your career before it even get started. Because the TV licence is a crime of dishonesty.

zenf · 6 Dec 2006 at 21:42

I have a tv in my room that I don't use at all, will I still be fined? I've got the aerial hidden on the offchance someone comes around snooping, but I really don't see how they could fine me if I never use it?
I should add someone else has a licence for the tv we watch in the kitchen.

hogfather · 6 Dec 2006 at 21:55

see, how they operate is that everyone is a criminal, particularly students.

I hate that you have ot work so hard (calling, writing) to prove that you HAVE paid it!

Massive Attack · 6 Dec 2006 at 22:01

Raymond Lin said:
Just a side point, if either of you are doing law and wants to practice law. A judgement against you without a TV licence will jeopardise your career before it even get started. Because the TV licence is a crime of dishonesty.

oh noes... :eek:

trojan698 · 6 Dec 2006 at 22:01

zenf1 said:
I have a tv in my room that I don't use at all, will I still be fined? I've got the aerial hidden on the offchance someone comes around snooping, but I really don't see how they could fine me if I never use it?
I should add someone else has a licence for the tv we watch in the kitchen.

The licence will cover you're whole flat, so its fine, you can stop hiding your aerial!

Al Vallario · 6 Dec 2006 at 22:41

trojan698 said:
as title, my flatmate didn't pay the TV licence and the TV licence bloke just came saying so. Now, as the TV licencing people have a tendency to hand out £1000 fines I was A) naturally ******* myself and B) elated to sign up for the quarterly direct debit he was offering. Now, she was supposed to have paid this months ago.. So, how can I go about getting her back, she's currently at the cinema so I have about an hour and a half to accumulate ideas.

Er... they don't hand out £1000 fines on the spot. They need proof, and if you don't let them in – which you are by no means whatsoever, no matter how much they attempt to persuade you otherwise, obliged to do – they can't gain proof without getting a warrant to search the premises (which they need proof to obtain). As long as you tell them where to put their licence fee each time they come a-knockin', the best they can do is send you harshly-worded letters every few weeks.

The whole system is a mess, and I don't agree with the tactics they use to get people to cough up at all :mad:

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