tv license
- Thread starter gameover
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as long as it isnt tuned it you should be fine
Soldato
Won't stop them sending him nasty letters though.
Yes, assuming you don't watch any tv, but you will get a load of people posting saying you can't, ignore them.
This is what really bugs me. I think the license is good value but the way they market themselves as some sort of mafia group who you need to pay "protection" to is appalling.
Associate
Where do you live??
Mafia
Like it, 100% spot on too. Take a look at this site: http://www.bbctvlicence.com/
Guy documents 4 years of not having a license, and the letters he receives.
I have a licence. I am licensing.
Associate
If you call up TV licensing and tell them you have a TV but arent using it to watch anything then theyll get you to make a statement to that effect and theyll stop hassling you so often.
Hawker
Hawker
Associate
Yeah that's what I did. 3 or 4 times. In the end they sent a letter saying I won't be asked again for a period of 3 years.
Permabanned
This is good, I'll tell them later.
Not if by 'doesn't watch TV much' he means he can live with using iPlayer and so on. For example I only watch two UK programmes, perhaps three. I can easily watch them online for free without paying for a TV license. The links in this thread are brilliant.
Soldato
let me get this right, I have a few tvs in the house, none of them are used to watch terrestial tv, and really only one is used for Sky TV (which I pay seperately for!). Does that mean I can stop paying my license? If not, what happens if I go away for a long period, can i claim it back?
No, you need a TV License to watch live TV broadcasts even if you don't watch the BBC. You can only avoid paying the fee if you don't own receiving equipment at all, or don't use the equipment you do own to receive live broadcasts (i.e. it's for games consoles, DVDs etc only).
You still need a TV license.
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Think you still need a radio licence to listen to radio if you don't have a tv licence?