TV Licence Payment Question

chrisb1357

Hi all,

Just moved into our new place and we have a TV so i decied to buy our TV Licence over the internet for the first time. its quoted that my Monthlet Payment will be around £28 until March 2010 and then from April 2010 it will be around £11 a month. Is this correct and is there any other ways to pay each week instead of direct debit like we signed up to

Thanks
Chris

brewerdave

What you have been quoted is correct - you pay for the first years licence over 6 months (licence valid til October 2010) then subsequent years licences (ie Octobers 2010 to 2011) are paid 6 months in advance and 6 months in arrears.
You can also set up a weekly payment plan or you can save special stamps to put towards your next licence.

borders_dude

Can you still go into the Post Office and buy one in cash lump sum?

I had a visit from the tv licence people about 4 years ago, I dint have one. I said it was because I couldnt afford one so they gave me a card to pay at pappoint every week. I stopped after a couple of weeks and never heard from them since!

patchman

:mad:hope they come again soon and haul you up before the magistrates next time...people like you make me sick! damn scroungers..

maxtweenie

borders_dude wrote: »

Can you still go into the Post Office and buy one in cash lump sum?

I had a visit from the tv licence people about 4 years ago, I dint have one. I said it was because I couldnt afford one so they gave me a card to pay at pappoint every week. I stopped after a couple of weeks and never heard from them since!

Sorry, you can no longer buy or pay at Post Offices.

richard9991

patchman wrote: »

:mad:hope they come again soon and haul you up before the magistrates next time...people like you make me sick! damn scroungers..

totaly agree i live in a digital switch over area and have a neighbour who is moaning that he wont get all the freeview channelsafter switch over but he happily says he cant afford a licence but will think nothing of going out drinking nearly everyday it makes my blood boil.

DVardysShadow

patchman wrote: »

:mad:hope they come again soon and haul you up before the magistrates next time...people like you make me sick! damn scroungers..

Perhaps he couldn't afford a TV either. The way TV licensing carry on, it would not surprise me if he did not have the TV and they still attempted to make him buy the licence.

chrisb1357

Cheers for the advice. I aggree with the above. If you have a TV then you should pay for one. Inc myself i am out of work dont have an income but as i have a TV i got myself a Licence.

Chris

patchman

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Perhaps he couldn't afford a TV either. The way TV licensing carry on, it would not surprise me if he did not have the TV and they still attempted to make him buy the licence.

well he paid for a couple of weeks which would suggest he has a tv. :mad:..

DVardysShadow

patchman wrote: »

well he paid for a couple of weeks which would suggest he has a tv. :mad:..

Unfortunately, TV licensing do have a habit of harassing, so I don't think it is a conclusion you can safely draw.

positive1_2

patchman wrote: »

:mad:hope they come again soon and haul you up before the magistrates next time...people like you make me sick! damn scroungers..

who wants to line th pockets of the BBC execs, when they braodcast crap.

you my friend are A mug