TV Licence article Discussion

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kinger101 wrote: »

A death certificate?

Even that won't be enough, for them to leave you alone.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-419607/TV-licensing-authority-try-collect-fees-cemetery-residents.html

Cornucopia

A new little flurry of PR activity on the TV Licence issue, today.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6617471/BBC-crack-people-dont-pay-150-TV-licence-fee.html

It's worth noting that the alleged "spike" in Licence evasion is actually based in a statistical reevaluation, and is not based on an actual change in real-world numbers. So the BBC is supposedly getting upset by a change that it knows is not real (or perhaps it isn't getting upset). I've not seen the England/Scotland split before, and it may well be that this is the only piece of new information in the article.

There's a further complication which is that the stats concerned have always been ambiguous about whether they relate to true evaders - those people who definitively need a Licence but do not have one, OR whether it relates to unlicensed households - those people who may or may not need a Licence, depending on if/how they view video content. Or it could be somewhere between the two, based on some measuring point within the TV Licensing enforcement process. It should be obvious what it is they are talking about, but they have consistently obscured it. Perhaps they are embarrassed?

There is a further point about the BBC unilaterally varying the nature and/or scope of enforcement, which raises a bucket-load of questions about who controls this, how and with what objective.

EachPenny

Cornucopia wrote: »

There is a further point about the BBC unilaterally varying the nature and/or scope of enforcement, which raises a bucket-load of questions about who controls this, how and with what objective.

Oh goody. Perhaps that means two letters per month to ignore rather than just the one.

Cornucopia

EachPenny wrote: »

Oh goody. Perhaps that means two letters per month to ignore rather than just the one.

I'm not convinced that the story will convert into any actual action on the ground - I'm not even sure that "getting tougher" is possible within the existing system and constraints.

It looks like a desperate piece of PR puffery to me.

If I had to select one thing that could improve the standing and the effectiveness of BBC-TV Licensing, it would be stop letting off half of all viable cases - and that is wholly within their control.

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The Licence fee is going up in April. :j

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Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

The Licence fee is going up in April. :j

Makes no odds to me, think this is the 11th year I've not paid it. :cool:

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Deleted_User wrote: »

Makes no odds to me, think this is the 11th year I've not paid it. :cool:

Nor me (10th year for me), but the more they raise it, the fewer will pay it, which will delight me no end.

shavy65

Nice one guys. So ru guys that are not paying the fee still watching Live TV/iPlayer?
I know quite a few people who don`t pay now and when the licensing guys turn up at the door they just deny watching that type of TV insisting they only use streaming services

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shavy65 wrote: »

Nice one guys. So ru guys that are not paying the fee still watching Live TV/iPlayer?
I know quite a few people who don`t pay now and when the licensing guys turn up at the door they just deny watching that type of TV insisting they only use streaming services

I don't answer the door to them but they usually only visit maybe once every 18 months. Usually I only know they have been because of the hand written junk mail on my door mat as I've been out or napping when they visited.

FreeBear

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Usually I only know they have been because of the hand written junk mail on my door mat as I've been out or napping when they visited.

The one time they called when I was in, it sounded like they were trying to smash the door down. A sure fire way to elicit polite answers to their questions [not].. My front door opens outwards, and if one stands too close, it may break a nose especially if you're trying to break it down

shavy65 wrote: »

So ru guys that are not paying the fee still watching Live TV/iPlayer?

Nope. Don't watch anything on iPlayer nor live TV. That is the whole point of being legally licence free.