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Renew TV Licence. Or not!!!
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Gastines3
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My TV Licence is due for renewal end of July but have twice had renew warnings and requests fot payment via an old e-mail address. Please make sure you are paying the correct people. Easy to check by puttinf either your address or last Licence number on the BBC site which will give you the correct info. Doubt every request for payment these days! I was going to ask for a 50% discount on mine,still paying at 81 ,as about 50% of the programmes are repeats and multiple repeats at that.
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quite agree about all the repeats. then again some of us haven't seen the programmes previously but heard so much about them. a friend posted something about Magic Roundabout today - I've never seen that as it was on a couple of decades before I came to the UK!I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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I have been (legally) T.V.Licence free for 6 years now and don't regret not being fleeced one bit.Most content is accessible online with catch up services anyway plus subscription services, eg.Netflix. No BBC iPlayer of course, no loss there.Not necessary, but I do complete a no licence required declaration every two years on their website. Not yet received any threatening letters from them or visits from Capita's commission based sales people . All I have received is the confirmation of the declaration and we will contact you again in two years.I wouldn't be surprised if Magic Roundabout content wasn't available on Youtube Dougal.
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Gastines3 said:My TV Licence is due for renewal end of July but have twice had renew warnings and requests fot payment via an old e-mail address. Please make sure you are paying the correct people. Easy to check by puttinf either your address or last Licence number on the BBC site which will give you the correct info. Doubt every request for payment these days! I was going to ask for a 50% discount on mine,still paying at 81 ,as about 50% of the programmes are repeats and multiple repeats at that.0
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oldagetraveller1 said:I have been (legally) T.V.Licence free for 6 years now and don't regret not being fleeced one bit.Most content is accessible online with catch up services anyway plus subscription services, eg.Netflix. No BBC iPlayer of course, no loss there.Not necessary, but I do complete a no licence required declaration every two years on their website. Not yet received any threatening letters from them or visits from Capita's commission based sales people . All I have received is the confirmation of the declaration and we will contact you again in two years.I wouldn't be surprised if Magic Roundabout content wasn't available on Youtube Dougal.
The other day I switched over to watch sky news and the number of adverts was incredible. Gladly pay the licence fee 5 times over to watch the Beeb ad free .5 -
Wish it was ad free !
Before and after every programme there are plenty of there own ads even when the next
programme is running late3 -
I know people love streaming, but the one advantage of freeview / freesat and a pvr is that you can fast forward over the ads - even the BBC self-promoting ones. Also over the beginnings of many programs that spend an inordinate amount of time telling you what you are about to see.0
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km1500 said:I know people love streaming, but the one advantage of freeview / freesat and a pvr is that you can fast forward over the ads - even the BBC self-promoting ones. Also over the beginnings of many programs that spend an inordinate amount of time telling you what you are about to see.0
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mrbuster said:Wish it was ad free !
Before and after every programme there are plenty of there own ads even when the next
programme is running late
I can dispense with a 1 hr CH5 show like traffic cops in 31 mins, its like having a time machine, I gain 29 mins of life back for every tv show. Haven't watched an advert for 14 years.
Did enjoy The Gold on BBC1- wish they made more shows like that.0 -
TimSynths said:
I can dispense with a 1 hr CH5 show like traffic cops in 31 mins, its like having a time machine, I gain 29 mins of life back for every tv show. Haven't watched an advert for 14 years.
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And save money by not paying for a licence.
Hundreds of thousands of people are not paying these days even though they watch liveTV - nothing they can do about it if you don't speak to them. About time it was abolished....0
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