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I don’t get any other sales people knocking on the door. There’s a sign up.
In fact the only people that knock are delivery companies, postman sometimes and that’s it.
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I don’t get any other sales people knocking on the door. There’s a sign up.
In fact the only people that knock are delivery companies, postman sometimes and that’s it.
But you'd let them in? Nothing to hide right?
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No because I don’t want to be sold anything. A tv licence inspector doesn’t try to sell you a tv licence. They just check you don’t need one.
Nothing to hide they can come in and check as long as I’m convinced they genuine.
Anyway who gets an inspector coming these days I don’t haven’t had one for years now. Don’t even have a tv licence and I don’t get any letters.
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TV licence needs to be re-thought I think.
TV licence you're paying for a hamper- news content, radio content, bbc sounds content, TV content.
But people are now choosing to get their TV content from elsewhere.
So to me, surely it makes sense that:
(1) The hamper without the TV content is paid for by everyone.
(2) The TV content then should be a subscription. (You're choosing TV content from the BBC, or you're choosing ANOTHER provider)
(Although the model of maintaining a TV licence can work (which they seem to be doing) by pushing it more towards one set of people who won't move from the TV licence (brand loyalists- the same who stick regimently to British Gas, or British Telecom), who will then fund the other stuff for the rest. In which case, they might as well just increase the TV licence to £20 a month to upp the BBC moneys) (but it is kind of shameless)
TV licence you're paying for a hamper- news content, radio content, bbc sounds content, TV content.
But people are now choosing to get their TV content from elsewhere.
So to me, surely it makes sense that:
(1) The hamper without the TV content is paid for by everyone.
(2) The TV content then should be a subscription. (You're choosing TV content from the BBC, or you're choosing ANOTHER provider)
(Although the model of maintaining a TV licence can work (which they seem to be doing) by pushing it more towards one set of people who won't move from the TV licence (brand loyalists- the same who stick regimently to British Gas, or British Telecom), who will then fund the other stuff for the rest. In which case, they might as well just increase the TV licence to £20 a month to upp the BBC moneys) (but it is kind of shameless)
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No because I don’t want to be sold anything. A tv licence inspector doesn’t try to sell you a tv licence. They just check you don’t need one.
Nothing to hide they can come in and check as long as I’m convinced they genuine.
Anyway who gets an inspector coming these days I don’t haven’t had one for years now. Don’t even have a tv licence and I don’t get any letters.
Oh, really?
Quote from an ex-Capita 'License Inspector'.
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You don't have to do anything, if you're not watching live TV or iPlayer then they won't have any proof of anything
Some people have said "oh but what about this" and I replied with things they *could* do to make their lives easier, but you don't have to do any of those things if you don't want to
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There are some really weird standpoints in this thread. It's hella entertaining.
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That’s my point.
Wait until you hear about the next person to get a red letter. Won’t be long now, anytime soon.
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That’s my point.
Wait until you hear about the next person to get a red letter. Won’t be long now, anytime soon.
I love a red letter day.
Not had any for a while. Feeling unloved
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You may get some soon. Don’t think I’ve ever had a red letter day.
No because I don’t want to be sold anything. A tv licence inspector doesn’t try to sell you a tv licence. They just check you don’t need one.
Nothing to hide they can come in and check as long as I’m convinced they genuine.
Anyway who gets an inspector coming these days I don’t haven’t had one for years now. Don’t even have a tv licence and I don’t get any letters.
You must be one of the most naïve people I have ever met. The TV licence people work on commission for how many TV licences they sell and/or force on people. They have been known to be very pushy, make up fake evidence and use every trick in the book which is why its best to not let them in. Yes some of them are ok but its hit and miss what type of inspector you get as they work on commission and the mangers push for extra sales with a target of how many sales each inspector must hit. There is the infamous undercover reporter who secretly recorded the "training" with the senior managers who goes on about the tricks they use and sales targets they have to hit. The mangers have regional sales targets and push the inspector on the ground to hit those gaols of sales. Some of them also look at devices and search phone records, computer and mobile devices.
I used to be like you thinking it was ok to let them in as there is nothing to hide but I soon learnt how naïve a view point that is. In my case the first few years of inspectors I had where perfectly ok but around year 5 I think it was things got nasty by them. Using every dirty trick in the book and increasing inspections at peak to weekly. Your pretending its simple but its not and the process doesn't consistently work like you pretend it does. The "inspectors" target certain areas and certain types of people to increase there sales and commission. The worst thing you can do is consistently let them in as sooner or later you will get an inspector who only cares about commission and then you will find letting them in was a big, big mistake even if you are doing nothing wrong and are correctly unlicensed. Your entire: if that happens just put in an official complainant shows how very naïve you are being. I am speaking from experience. Its all find till its not and they decide to target and ramp up the campaign against you.
A few days ago there was some posts about unplugging aerials and blocking iPlayer. While I recommend that, technically you don't have to as there is live TV content we are allowed to watch without requiring a licence. For example the last Kings coronation its perfectly legal to have watched that live without a licence.
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Then a letter would be going to the BBC or whoever the company they were working for at the time.
They target and ramp up a campaign? Don’t be silly.
So since the first day of this thread being created (2015) you people who have been harassed not a single one of you has filled out the form online saying you don’t need one or filed a successful complaint against the inspectors that have been bullies forcing their way in your house and spying through your windows? Seriously?
Have you all got cases open with the company you filed the complaints too? And have you taken further action?
Me naive bahahahahah
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I am not being silly not only is it well documented by multiple people with entire groups on YouTube and websites and channels about it. But I have directly experienced it myself. What do you think sending a letter will accomplish? I can tell you a grand total of nothing. It didn't stop the weekly "inspections" or weekly threats I was getting. It didn't help any of the other people who had the same problems. Your just being extremely naïve. A bit like how naïve you are in thinking they are not on commission.
TV Inspector "sometimes selling 30 licences day."
TV Inspector "The job was incredibly well-paid, and I could sometimes double my wage with commission earned from the sale of a TV licence, "
EDIT: As I said before I had no problem in the first 5 ish years. It was around year 5 or 6 with different inspector that it went bad and they ramped up the campaign.
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You are flat our lying as multiple times it has been directly quoted to you over the years from people that we have filled out the form and have filled out the complaints against the inspectors and still had problems. All these things happened. Saying not one single person has, when you know they have is just you being dishonest.
Yes you are very naïve and you already know the asnwer to that question is yes and yes as its been pointed out to you multiple time over the years by multiple people that we have open cases and had to take further action. How many times does it have to be said? You keep asking the same question over and over again well its not going to change the asnwer.
Its still the same asnwer as its been over the past years. Yes we have open cases, yes we had to take further action, yes we filled out the forms to say we don't need a licence and it didn't work. The official complaints did nothing and letting them in the house to inspect was a big, big mistake. Only naïve people let them in the house to look around. EDIT: In fact more people in this thread said they filled out the form and it didn't work then said they filled out the form and it worked. Many found the forms worked for a random amount of time. Sometimes two years often way, way less. I had no problems for the first 5 years then they increased inspections at peak to weekly.
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What’s your point you can apply bogus anything to anyone that knocks on your door. Then don’t let them in if you don’t want to. There’s ways to verify you don’t need a licence and if you get a knock ignore the knock.
Incorrect.
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Nah - that’s just some of them being knob heads.
Keep ignoring them. I don’t care.
I bet you all watch live TV and you just keep trying to get away with it
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No it not just a few of them being knob heads. As the video of the manger training them shows, they are a sales team trying to get as many commission sales as they can. Its built into the core sales tactic with regional targets pushed by the managers. The video of the undercover reporter who recorded his training with the manager when he got the job as a TV inspector has been posted more then enough in this thread and you have seen it more then enough times. Along with all the many quotes from individual TV inspector talking about commission and how they love it for the extra money it gives them. Which have been provided many, many times over the years and directly to you recently.
Yes we know you are naïve and don't care. But we are still going to call you out on your false information to help other people reading this thread just like we have been since you went by the name Bouton Aide
Why do you keep asking in this thread “Have you all got cases open with the company you filed the complaints too? And have you taken further action?" then run away when the answer is yes and yes? That has happened so many times over the years. Then so many months later you come back saying no one has filled out the form, got a case open or taken further action. Why do you do that? Your not fooling anyone so what is the point?
That is a bet you made many times over the years and lost many times over the years. Don't you remember?I bet you all watch live TV and you just keep trying to get away with it
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Ofc I remember.
Well it must be. The majority of people don’t get a problem it’s a select few who do.
There’s no false information. You lot just watch live tv and trying to avoid them.
You just keep denying them access, binning the letters and stuff. It’s not a problem to me.
Enjoy your red letter day.
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