TV Licence article Discussion

Waldir

Kuztardd wrote: »

it's only a few days, wait. just dont answer the door if anyone rings.
you will be fine, it's only the persistent offenders that get (rarely) caught, a few days and you will be ok.
(or just disconnect your tv and place in a separate room and don't watch telly for a few days)

A few years back, when I questioned why my 12 months TV license expired after 11.5 months, they replied that it was because "everyone waits for a few weeks after moving in before they take a TV license".
So I wouldn't feel bad waiting for a few days.

tonyhamm

I have always considered Russell Brand totally talentless, so it was no too much of a suprise to find him supping at the teat of the license payer as the next hot BBC talent.
But what happens when you get both Russell Brand (x million) and Johnathon Ross (18 million) TOGETHER in a SUPERNOVA of 'BBC talent' funded by MILLIONS from license payers...

"Ross, 47, and Brand, 33, left Mr Sachs answerphone messages claiming his grand-daughter, model and exotic dancer Georgina Baillie, 23, had slept with Brand. And they joked Mr Sachs might have to kill himself as a result."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/10/28/mr-faulty-115875-20846723/

"The recordings later went out on Brand's Saturday night Radio 2 show - despite Mr Sachs asking producers not to use them."

What a bargain each license payer must feel paying £140 for this sort of 'public service'.

special_k83

tonyhamm wrote: »

I have always considered Russell Brand totally talentless, so it was no too much of a suprise to find him supping at the teat of the license payer as the next hot BBC talent.
But what happens when you get both Russell Brand (x million) and Johnathon Ross (18 million) TOGETHER in a SUPERNOVA of 'BBC talent' funded by MILLIONS from license payers...

"Ross, 47, and Brand, 33, left Mr Sachs answerphone messages claiming his grand-daughter, model and exotic dancer Georgina Baillie, 23, had slept with Brand. And they joked Mr Sachs might have to kill himself as a result."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/10/28/mr-faulty-115875-20846723/

"The recordings later went out on Brand's Saturday night Radio 2 show - despite Mr Sachs asking producers not to use them."

What a bargain each license payer must feel paying £140 for this sort of 'public service'.

Yet another reason not to buy a TV license

special_k83

And now Ross has been suspended on FULL PAY!! £16,000 a day of TV licence money!

tonyhamm

£16,000 per day. How many NHS operations, how many young lives lifted out of poverty with that sort of public money?

Do we need £16,000 per day of public money, for the 'public service' of a braying bully pouring humliation on an innocent ordinary person, then ignoring thier pleas not to broadcast it to millions of people?

sknab

The article says that it may be worth paying on a cashback credit card and mentions the American Express (AMEX) platinum cashback card that pays 5% back for the first three months. I have one of these cards and tried to pay for my licence with it but they do not accept the card. I paid with my egg money (1% cashback) card instead.

In the 2½ months I have had the card I have found that many places don't accept it. The only thing I've really got much benefit from it is in buying supermarket petrol and at the big supermarkets.

sandraroffey

time good old auntie beeb was made to pay for the station and the comfortable lifestyles of all employed there out of advertising, like anyone else in the business.

Swan_2

Kuztardd wrote: »

it's only a few days, wait. just dont answer the door if anyone rings.
you will be fine, it's only the persistent offenders that get (rarely) caught, a few days and you will be ok.
(or just disconnect your tv and place in a separate room and don't watch telly for a few days)

or, in the extremely unlikely event of 'them' turning up on your doorstep, don't let them in, they have absolutely no right of entry to your home

nevets2001uk

Thanks for all of the advice. In the end we did wait the few days and had no problems at all. In fact to be honest with all the moving, sorting and DIY we didn't even watch the TV anyway!

veganpanda

I don't have to prove that I have not been speeding, or that I have not been shop lifting from M & S - so why should TV Licensing make people prove that they are not watching TV without a licence ?
Isn't there something about being "innocent until proved guilty" ?

Plus - DNA samples, finger prints at Heathrow, it's a bit by bit erosion of our freedoms !

I 100% agree with you... I believe fingerprinting/DNA & other examples of this database state is TOTALLY against our civil liberties, which I believe also about the BBC TV Licence :mad:

I go out of way not to watch or listen to the biased BBC & think the least they can do is get each of their programmes sponsored by a product, they would make more than enough money by doing that!

I'm cancelling my TV licence as of now