New TV licence rip off?

jimbow25

iniltous said:

Another example could be football season tickets , say its £600, payed in advance , the club also offer a 12 month payment plan ( even though the season is only 9 months ) and charge £60/month (£720 for the ticket) , is it a rip off , or just a commercial arrangement , in effect they  loan you £600 and charge £120 ‘interest’ for doing so....council tax is obviously down to scale, £150 a year isn’t a particular large figure, my council tax is £2500 for the year, that would be difficult to find as a single payment , so ( imho )  paying 6 months in arrears, then getting to the point of being 6 months in advance isn’t too bad.

This is also true - though you could say football clubs give you say 23 tickets for the price of 18, and getting the money from you up front is a form of early payment discount