TV Licence - do we have to pay it?

wuckfit

Viper_7 wrote: »

easy loop hole and easy to show it's only for games when it's not.

Amazing how many people pick up on this time and time again!
People assume because they don't use it for TV then it's ok - it's not.

If it's just a monitor then fine - but it often isn';t It's rubbish that it is NEVER used to watch TV.


TV... nah, I only use it for games..honest guv.

All you have to do is make sure the aerial is disconnected and all the stations de-tuned.

MORPH3US

Here we go again... get ready for lots of people (viper_7) coming on here with incorrect information as happens every time the subject comes up.....

If you use your tv to watch live television broadcasts then YES you do need a licence.....

Otherwise you don't.... END OF STORY!!!

There is no "morally this" and "legally that".... the rules are the rules.

KeithP

I said it earlier, but no-one seemed to notice.

There is a MSE Article on this.

Read it first, and then ask your questions.

sweetstudent

CaPPsiE wrote: »

Hi All,

I couldn't find the right area for this so feel free to move it if necessary.

I've been reading the information on this website which suggest that, with the right information to hand and correct procedures adhered to, we won't have to pay our TV Licence any longer: http://www.tpuc.org/stoppayingtvlicencefees

Can anyone shed any light on this as, like so many, I'd like to save my pennies and not contribute to the BBC's propaganda.

Thoughts?

Adam

Oh just pay your goddamn tv licence and stop whinging about it. Yes its around £140 a year, but you forget that it also covers the cost of iplayer and bbc internet sites such as the brilliant (ad free) bbc news!

When i was at uni, one of the first things i did was sign for for monthly tv licence payments as i did not want to risk a fine!

davidlizard

sweetstudent wrote: »

Oh just pay your goddamn tv licence and stop whinging about it. Yes its around £140 a year, but you forget that it also covers the cost of iplayer and bbc internet sites such as the brilliant (ad free) bbc news!

When i was at uni, one of the first things i did was sign for for monthly tv licence payments as i did not want to risk a fine!

If on the other hand, like me, you never watch BBC television or online, it is a total rip off - I can think of many other uses for £140/year rather than pay out for channels and services I neither watch nor want, but have to pay if I want to watch any of their competitors output.

£140/year, if invested in an account that paid 5% interest net, would over a period of 55 years (assuming paid from age 20 to 75) would have accumulated over £40,000, so its hardly cheap.

fozzeh

jamespir wrote: »

if YOU WATCH tv YOU HAVE TO PAY SIMPLE AS

Love it! Any website that poor just gets closed regardless if it says I've won the lottery!

davidlizard wrote: »

If on the other hand, like me, you never watch BBC television or online, it is a total rip off - I can think of many other uses for £140/year rather than pay out for channels and services I neither watch nor want, but have to pay if I want to watch any of their competitors output.

£140/year, if invested in an account that paid 5% interest net, would over a period of 55 years (assuming paid from age 20 to 75) would have accumulated over £40,000, so its hardly cheap.

Really? I calculate it at £27,972.78 if it stayed at £140...but that's just me being picky.

kpie

I don't get why people have such a problem with paying the licence fee! You get so much value out of it - BBC news, BBC online, docs etc...
Better than all the crap ITV produces anyway.

tripled

kpie wrote: »

I don't get why people have such a problem with paying the licence fee! You get so much value out of it - BBC news, BBC online, docs etc...
Better than all the crap ITV produces anyway.

Because I don't pay a TV licence, but do watch BBC iplayer (not live broadcasts obviously), look at the BBC Website and listen to BBC Radio, I get even better value

For those arguing that you need a TV licence to play video games or watch DVDs, go and read the legislation. Communications Act 2003 Part 4, in particular note the following line:

(3) References in this Part to using a television receiver are references to using it for receiving television programmes.

b33r

Viper_7 wrote: »

If it's capable of receiving then it's pay up. Even with the tuner removed - it's capable of receiving as one could put the tuner back!

:rotfl::rotfl:

FAIL!

Mankysteve

So would you rather have a media system such as the US where all the news station have so much political bias that they decided who wins an election. At least with BBC you've got a news corporation that is as close to be un-biased as you'd get.

What get up my noise is the fact if you want sky not only do you pay a subscription for the service you also get adverts now that a RIP off

The BBC makes plenty of good thing. The recent programs on Christianity where very interesting, Spooks, top gear, lots of good quality wild life documentaries, watchdog, a couple of good comediennes, better than the crap ITV does and most of channel fours stuff is just brought of the Americans.