TV Licence Super Thread

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throwaway4372 said:
Yeah, it has. SD is completely worthless in the age of 55 inch and above tvs.
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Felon said:
One thing that annoys me, is the weaponisation of the TV licence, the way they send these goons from Capita around to people's houses, get court orders and send police to enforce them - over what? the ******* TV?. It just doesn't matter, the TV is not an important issue - why all the muscle to bash people over the head, over something that is not a serious issue.
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I've been waiting years for the goons to show up, despite the monthly letters they never do.
 
SonicSW20 said:
Are the family members older, perhaps?
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One household yes (parents), other household no (siblings of similar age).

But yeah maybe that would explain some of them for sure, parents being elderly, and sibling being female?

I'd hate to think that but you never know with these clowns.
 
tom_e said:
We had one turn up many moons ago when I was a student, random bloke just started reading out a caution. Closed the door on him never to be seen again.
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We had a visit in a shared student house, I imagine they target known student areas and HMOs as another high success rate.

One of our housemates actually let the guy in to our house, prompting a brief panic to relocate the TV into the garden under a sheet whilst another housemate was telling him to leave and his invitation to enter had been withdrawn :p

I think someone bought a licence the next day and added it to the shared bills pool!
 
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throwaway4372 said:
We will have to agree to disagree.
IMO anything SD is unwatchable.
News has the special requirement of displaying text on screen, so if anything I'd argue the clarity is even more important.
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Nah, I used to watch BBC News 24 HD all the time and was a bit miffed when it was no longer in HD but it is still very watchable in SD and this is on a 77" LG OLED. The text etc is still very legible.
 
Kenai said:
We had a visit in a shared student house, I imagine they target known student areas and HMOs as another high success rate.

One of our housemates actually let the guy in to our house, prompting a brief panic to relocate the TV into the garden under a sheet whilst another housemate was telling him to leave and his invitation to enter had been withdrawn :p

I think someone bought a licence the next day and added it to the shared bills pool!
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I was working for a small company when one turned up there. After a 10 minute wait in reception, they were told to go away by the company director. They went on about how they have a right to enter and inspect commercial premises etc...didn't care.

Apparently on army bases they get told in advance when they are going to arrive (as they have to book in and the guards tell everyone lol), so all the troops get time to hide their TVs under the bed.
 
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Shadowness said:
Had another letter yesterday (already in the bin otherwise would have taken a pic).

Apparently I’m in a 10 day ‘window’ from visitors, after which they’ll be back again.

Do they ever give up?!
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I rarely even get letters of late, I think they might cycle certain areas as to how intense their contact levels are. There have been one or two periods over the years where I'd get them monthly like clockwork, just bin them as you have been and get on with your day.
 
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