TV licensing strikes again!

battybouncer

How on earth do the unemployed manage to pay the £130 a year fee?It must take two to three weeks benefit to pay the licence.
I don't watch much tv and think that we all should have some sort of Pay As You View to cover the cost of the rediculous licence fee.

trisontana

battybouncer wrote: »

How on earth do the unemployed manage to pay the £130 a year fee?It must take two to three weeks benefit to pay the licence.
I don't watch much tv and think that we all should have some sort of Pay As You View to cover the cost of the rediculous licence fee.

Without being condescending, I bet many of these people on benefit smoke. If they just smoked just 20 a day, then that costs them £2,000 a year. A lot more than the licence fee.

battybouncer

I'm not a smoker myself but know that those on benefit would argue that this is a pleasure that they have chosen themselves and not something that they are being forced to pay for like the BBC.I also think that those on benefit who do smoke compensate for this by buying less food.

maninthestreet

battybouncer wrote: »

I'm not a smoker myself but know that those on benefit would argue that this is a pleasure that they have chosen themselves and not something that they are being forced to pay for like the BBC.I also think that those on benefit who do smoke compensate for this by buying less food.

Smoking is not a pleasure, it's an addiction.
What evidence do you have that those smokers on benefit actually spend less on food as a result>

Voyager2002

Well, I've just had a response to the letter I sent (quoted above). It reads:

Dear XXX

Thank you for contacting us to express your concerns about a recent visit from one of our Officers. Your email has been passed to the Customer Relations Department in line with our formal complaints procedure.

Your description of the recent visit to your home certainly does not reflect the standards we expect from our Visiting Officers.

It is my department?s responsibility to record any complaint before responding. We also report our findings to the BBC and your comments have been recorded for future review.

If an Officer finds television-receiving equipment in use when visiting an address and a valid television licence cannot be produced, they are duty bound to make a Record of Interview and caution the interviewee. However, according to their code of practice, the Officer must be satisfied that the interviewee fully understands the questions asked. If not, the interview must not be completed.

Our Officers are monitored regularly by their Manager to ensure that their visits are carried out in a polite, helpful and accurate manner. Any complaint received about an individual is referred to their Manager, who will take appropriate action if an Officer has not behaved correctly.

We view your comments very seriously and I am referring your complaint to the Visiting Manager responsible for the Officer in question and the Regional Manager for your area.

Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention.

Yours sincerely

crazy_guy

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Well, I've just had a response to the letter I sent (quoted above). It reads:

Dear XXX

Thank you for contacting us to express your concerns about a recent visit from one of our Officers. Your email has been passed to the Customer Relations Department in line with our formal complaints procedure.

Your description of the recent visit to your home certainly does not reflect the standards we expect from our Visiting Officers.

It is my department?s responsibility to record any complaint before responding. We also report our findings to the BBC and your comments have been recorded for future review.

If an Officer finds television-receiving equipment in use when visiting an address and a valid television licence cannot be produced, they are duty bound to make a Record of Interview and caution the interviewee. However, according to their code of practice, the Officer must be satisfied that the interviewee fully understands the questions asked. If not, the interview must not be completed.

Our Officers are monitored regularly by their Manager to ensure that their visits are carried out in a polite, helpful and accurate manner. Any complaint received about an individual is referred to their Manager, who will take appropriate action if an Officer has not behaved correctly.

We view your comments very seriously and I am referring your complaint to the Visiting Manager responsible for the Officer in question and the Regional Manager for your area.

Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention.

Yours sincerely

Well at least it sounds like they are doing something...though it could be a loada bull

battybouncer

maninthestreet wrote: »

Smoking is not a pleasure, it's an addiction.
What evidence do you have that those smokers on benefit actually spend less on food as a result>

My relations are unemployed and smokers,they can't afford a lot of groceries,they don't buy a licence either, they just take their chances of being caught and fined which is what happened three times yet it still works out cheaper than buying a licence.Good for them!:j

trisontana

battybouncer wrote: »

My relations are unemployed and smokers,they can't afford a lot of groceries,they don't buy a licence either, they just take their chances of being caught and fined which is what happened three times yet it still works out cheaper than buying a licence.Good for them!:j

Not "good for them". They are breaking the law. Why should the rest of us who pay our TV licence subsidise those who don't? I am afraid that we cannot be selective in what laws we want to obey and those we want to ignore.

battybouncer

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Well, I've just had a response to the letter I sent (quoted above). It reads:

Dear XXX

Thank you for contacting us to express your concerns about a recent visit from one of our Officers. Your email has been passed to the Customer Relations Department in line with our formal complaints procedure.

Your description of the recent visit to your home certainly does not reflect the standards we expect from our Visiting Officers.

It is my department?s responsibility to record any complaint before responding. We also report our findings to the BBC and your comments have been recorded for future review.

If an Officer finds television-receiving equipment in use when visiting an address and a valid television licence cannot be produced, they are duty bound to make a Record of Interview and caution the interviewee. However, according to their code of practice, the Officer must be satisfied that the interviewee fully understands the questions asked. If not, the interview must not be completed.

Our Officers are monitored regularly by their Manager to ensure that their visits are carried out in a polite, helpful and accurate manner. Any complaint received about an individual is referred to their Manager, who will take appropriate action if an Officer has not behaved correctly.

We view your comments very seriously and I am referring your complaint to the Visiting Manager responsible for the Officer in question and the Regional Manager for your area.

Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention.

Yours sincerely

So,when the officer comes to your door all you need do is pretend that you don't understand and he leaves you alone? Sounds great! Will let my relations know that one as they don't buy a licence.:T

elisebutt65

battybouncer wrote: »

So,when the officer comes to your door all you need do is pretend that you don't understand and he leaves you alone? Sounds great! Will let my relations know that one as they don't buy a licence.:T

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