Has anyone successfully applied for over 74 TV licence?

cannyClaire

Just wondering how this is done as I'm currently beating my head against a brick wall with TV licencing.

I buy mum's TV licence for her and she turned 74 a few months ago. TV licence due for renewal at the end of August so I applied online when I got the reminder email for information pack to be sent to her, as you can't buy a short term over 74 licence online. She has heard nothing. I applied again, still nothing. I received an email from TV licencing advising what the cost of the short term licence would be but no other instructions, so I replied asking how to pay, as you can't change the payment amount online, no reply yet. Mum phoned TV licencing and couldn't get through. I managed to speak to someone who said she was too young for free TV licence (yes, we know) and she would pass the information on to the over 75 team, and kept repeating this so I gave up and put the phone down. I am about to give up with their games and just buy a full TV licence for her, but mum wants to contact her MP etc...

Does anyone have any experience of one of these short term licences and how you actually buy one?

JJ_Egan

In mums case she just received a licence in the post before the old one expired .

cannyClaire

JJ_Egan wrote: »

In mums case she just received a licence in the post before the old one expired .

But how did she pay for it, if you don't mind me asking. The short term licence is not free but proportionally calculated up to the 75th birthday.

john1

Only available on line see this link

Hadrian

Did nothing, they advised me and gave rebate. Thank goodness I now don't pay for the utter childish rubbish BBC and ITV etc put out and I told them so.
(Viewer since 1952!!)

cannyClaire

john1 wrote: »

Only available on line see this link

Yes, I have applied online. You are asked for date of birth and National Insurance number. Then they tell you they will send a pack out to you (which we have not received) telling you how to pay, you cannot pay online.

relhaopyla

they advised me and gave rebate.

cannyClaire

Just thought I would update on this. Paperwork was finally received a month after applying for it. All filled in and cheque sent off now, thank goodness.

*~Zephyr~*

I don't think they do a short-term licence. You have to have the full one and then claim a refund once she's 75.

For my Father in law he was 75 one month after the licence needed renewal. We just bought a full licence at point of expiry and once his 75th birthday arrived they just rebated the pro-rata overpayment.

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*~Zephyr~* wrote: »

We just bought a full licence at point of expiry and once his 75th birthday arrived they just rebated the pro-rata overpayment.

So you ended up paying, for the first 2 months, after he turned 75.