TV licence - when is a year not a year?

HappyMJ

Sophie4120 wrote: »

I've had a coffee and some chocolate, so feeling a bit calmer now




Ah yes, but to find it you had to know exactly what you were looking for! Unfortunately i'm not clairvoyant - i'd have won the lottery a few times by now if I was :beer:
Like the good citizen I am, I have now renewed the licence - but kept a sharp eye out throughout the entire application process. Just before you pay, there is a 'terms and conditions' button - so I clicked to read - and quelle surprise, nothing about mid-month payments and starting from the beginning of the month :doh:
Either way, it's now paid - but i'm still left feeling a little bit indignant

Now don't go cancelling it mid quarter as you will lose up to 3 months. i.e If you cancel today you will only get 9 months of money back and have lost all of June, July and August.

The_Safordian

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

1. No, you can't get away with waiting until 19th June. Chances are you'll be hassled by TVL for watching TV with no licence.
2. Even if you did wait until 19th June, you'd be buying a licence in June which will expire (wait for it...) on 31st May 2013. So yuo wouldn't be gaining anything.

You're not paying for a year, you're paying for 12 calendar months. You just didn't use it much in the first of those calendar months (June 2011).
As McKneff says other things work in the same way, like car tax.

WOW you really do love the BBC don't you. A BBC TV Feed is not in the same league as essential public services pal no matter how much they pay you to say otherwise

The_Safordian

Sophie4120 wrote: »

I guess my real question is, am I likely to get away with waiting until the 19th June to renew, despite 'officially' being expired, but technically still having paid for those weeks? In principle I want to wait until the 19th, but i'm not sure what the consequences might be!

Thanks for any advice

If you do not watch "live" television feeds for this period you can wait, they will send the usual threatening letters and intimidate you but nothing more will happen in a 3 week period

HappyMJ

The_Safordian wrote: »

If you do not watch "live" television feeds for this period you can wait, they will send the usual threatening letters and intimidate you but nothing more will happen in a 3 week period

The OP would have to not have not watched any TV for the whole month of June to have zero risk of a court appearance. 3 weeks is not sufficient as the licence starts from the 1st of the month.

The_Safordian

HappyMJ wrote: »

The OP would have to not have not watched any TV for the whole month of June to have zero risk of a court appearance. 3 weeks is not sufficient as the licence starts from the 1st of the month.

The BBC would first need to prove live feeds are being watched, the letters would have to go through their cycle first with the threatening visits from their sales goons, this would take more than a month

JimmyTheWig

It's just a question of whether the OP wants to go a month without live TV or not.
I don't believe that anyone on this forum would suggest that they should watch live TV without a licence, would they?

The_Safordian

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

It's just a question of whether the OP wants to go a month without live TV or not.
I don't believe that anyone on this forum would suggest that they should watch live TV without a licence, would they?

Of course not, it would upset the BBC and its supporters. I know how mad they get when I point out I've never given the BBC a penny, ever

JimmyTheWig

The_Safordian wrote: »

Of course not, it would upset the BBC and its supporters. I know how mad they get when I point out I've never given the BBC a penny, ever

I'd count myself as a BBC supporter (in that I like their TV programmes and BBC London radio) but it doesn't make me mad to hear that you've never watched live TV. Quite the opposite, in many ways, I'm impressed that you've got better things to do with your time. In fact, ironically, I'd say that _not_watching TV is quite a "BBC" thing to do! (Do you remember "Why Don't You"?)

But if you are saying that you have been watching live TV at home (i.e you should have had a licence) but you haven't had a licence then that would get my goat. It's illegal, immoral (imo) and pushes up the price for everyone else.

And if you are suggesting here that someone else does this because they can get away with it if it is only for a month then that is completely against the site rules!

The_Safordian

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

I'd count myself as a BBC supporter

I would never have guessed that, I just thought it strange how you always show your face when people criticise the mighty BBC

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

but it doesn't make me mad to hear that you've never watched live TV.

I've never said I don't watch live TV but then I've never said I break the leftist laws setup to fund their propaganda machine............nice try though.

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Quite the opposite, in many ways, I'm impressed that you've got better things to do with your time. In fact, ironically, I'd say that _not_watching TV is quite a "BBC" thing to do! (Do you remember "Why Don't You"?)

I'd like another one introduced so you have the option of paying the BBC or paying Sky or Cable, fascists object to choices though.

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

But if you are saying that you have been watching live TV at home (i.e you should have had a licence) but you haven't had a licence then that would get my goat. It's illegal, immoral (imo) and pushes up the price for everyone else.

I'm watching TV now, Netflix and within the law my fascist BBC loving friend...........once again nice try

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

And if you are suggesting here that someone else does this because they can get away with it if it is only for a month then that is completely against the site rules!

But I haven't done that, the BBC pays people to make sure this doesn't happen don't they Jimmy

JimmyTheWig

So we're agreed, then. If the OP wants to watch live TV in June they need a licence.