TV Licence article Discussion

anotherbaldrick

We moved home recently. In order to be legal and helpful I informed them on line of my change of adress and recieved an acknowledgement.
Blow me down 2 weeks later received a letter from TV licensing informing me I did not have a license and what they would do to me if I did not get one.
Phoned them and set them straight and said they would correct records.
3 weeks later after having bought new TV get another letter in exactly the same vein with same menacing threats.
Ok could have ignored it but phoned them again and tore them off a strip, told them what I thought of their ineptitude and that everything in future would go in the bin unopened.
Daft thing is we are both over 75 and get it gratis anyway.

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George_Bray wrote: »

it makes sense to fill in a form and allow them one visit every three years.

Not to me it doesn't.

What have you got to hide?

My private possessions.

It must make sense.

Must it?

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derrick wrote: »

That would be our time and money!

They're not wasting my money.

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sloth wrote: »

and why should you be able to use it if you dont pay for it?

Because that's what the law allows.

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Guderian wrote: »

It's no longer my money they are chucking away.

Nor mine.

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candyman67 wrote: »

with a minimum of 38 addresses needed per month.

Actually, it's 38 addresses per week, ie. 1 per hour.

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derrick wrote: »

Can't you buy one online?

Pay for a new TV licence..

Or at a Paypoint outlet?

caramba61

If you do not already have a TV licence, for example you are setting up a new house, know this. Whenever you order one, it is only valid up to the end of the previous month. So if you order on 31 August, it is only valid up to 31 July. So you get 11 months for the price of 12. Really. It is surprising that this appalling behaviour is not highlighted in the original MSE article.

JeM

Thats completely ridiculous that they can't do it from an exact date, I'd just go without until the next month started. You can watch it all for free on the various catch-up services anyway.

HeadAboveWater

caramba61 wrote: »

If you do not already have a TV licence, for example you are setting up a new house, know this. Whenever you order one, it is only valid up to the end of the previous month. So if you order on 31 August, it is only valid up to 31 July. So you get 11 months for the price of 12. Really. It is surprising that this appalling behaviour is not highlighted in the original MSE article.

Found that out the hard way on Sunday when we paid for ours... raging :mad: :mad: :mad: