Do I need to buy a license if I dont terrestrial TV?

Geoff1963

What a stupid question. Goodbye.

The art of the clever insult mustn't be allowed to die out.

Cornucopia

TVL's performance target is 36 visits per day - they don't time for pleasantries.

o1nk

In the current climate of democratic 'have another vote on something', let's put it to the people to vote on TV licences.
For God's sakes, why don't they have adverts to fund it? Every other channel does.
Telling me that I have a TV and don't watch BBC is irrelevant.
Hardly anyone listens to the radio anymore either.

Give US the choice on how the BBC is funded.

EdSwippet

o1nk wrote: »

Hardly anyone listens to the radio anymore either.

Utter cobblers. From RAJAR's May 2017 data release:

Today RAJAR announced 48.2 million adults or 89% of the adult (15+) UK population tuned in to their selected radio stations each week in the first quarter of 2017. This is up by approximately 400,000 adults on the same Quarter of the previous Year (Q1, 2016). The total average number of weekly hours listened to radio for this quarter is 1.023 Billion.

AG47

I e written to inform them

No reply yet, I asked for written confirmation

HWW

I have not contact TVL at all in this century, last told them in 1994 "No licence needed" Monthly computer junk mail from them kept coming though, so that was a waste of time - so let them waste Money on sending me junk post that goes in the bin, unopened!


Last attempted visit, was around 2005 - I think after a while, unless the Land registry shows a change of property ownership (or changes on other open property databases, are noticed) TVL stops visits by Goons, to a property that is a "Black hole" as far as they are concerned - to save man-power. It works for me & quite a few others.


I say this, because once a new home is sold (& No TVL is taken out - or even just a change of ownership) I am told that the threatening letters soon start coming - so these databases are obviously monitored.


Capita are a nosy lot, but they are also pretty lazy as well - they catch enough single mums without a TVL, to make it look as if they are doing their job & justify the huge charges they levy out of the BBC - the rest is smoke & mirrors - for example, the local newspaper articles along the lines of: "400 people in Derby still claim to watch B&W TV" - Those 400 of course pay less for a B&W licence, which stops the threatogrames - but Capita are Greedy, & believe some of those 400 actually watch colour TV.
It is their only way to do a bit of harassment in that case!

mickthemikeman

Have you got a template letter for that Cornicopia

Cornucopia

mickthemikeman wrote: »

Have you got a template letter for that Cornicopia

Something like this:-

Dear TVL,

You have recently written to this address stating that you intend to visit and if you find evidence of TV Licence evasion you intend to Interview (someone) under Caution.

You have stated that this interview will be PACE-compliant and I therefore wish to ensure that both parties are clear as to what this means. I would also like to clearly and unambiguously indicate my full awareness of my rights and state my intention to use them.

In short:-

- I decline to be interviewed using a part-completed paper form (TVL178) since this does not meet the basic criteria for a confession statement and it is not proof against tampering.

- In the event that any allegations are made by your staff I will also want to exercise my right to legal counsel.

- Furthermore, I understand my right to silence and to decline to be interviewed entirely and shall apply these rights at my sole discretion.

Please can you confirm that you have received and understood my letter, and that you warrant that any member of staff sent to my premises will be fully apprised of its contents and the wider principles of PACE.

For and on behalf of all adult residents of this address.

Yours...

Don80

I think we should pay the licence - but I do object. I have Sky, and would have no problem if there was a package to drop BBC, and then not pay the licence.

Personally I think the BBC should be funded like every other channel/radio station. They're supposed to be impartial, that's a joke. Their programmes are no better than Sky Originals, Amazon/Netflix originals. Being forced to pay for channels I don't watch and wouldn't miss seems unfair to me. But because I do watch other channels, I have to pay the BBC?

mickthemikeman

Thank you Cornucopia