TV Licence article Discussion

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Road_Hog wrote: »

I asked him to leave.

Don't ask him to leave.

TELL him to leave.

Then simply close the door on him.

Also, make sure to video him/her/it, as they are under orders to leave, if being filmed/photographed.

TVL_Visiting_Procedures_-_Chapter_2 wrote:

Photographing / Videoing of an EO during a Visit

7.2 There is no law prohibiting an individual from taking either photographs or video footage of an EO conducting a visit on private property.

Accordingly, the EO should not, under any circumstances, confront or try to prevent an occupant who wishes to do so.

If an EO finds themselves in a situation where they are being photographed or videoed they must remain calm and continue to conduct themselves in a professional manner and ensure that they walk away from the visit as soon as they become aware that they are being filmed or photographed.

All instances of filming/photography must be notified to a manager as soon as possible, and a full report provided.

(emphasis is mine)

ETA: My personal favourite way, of dealing with the doorsteppers, is to video them, while saying ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

My last doorstepper lasted all of 60 seconds, before stalking off, while threatening to phone the police.

Suffice to say, 6 months on, I'm still waiting for the police to arrive.

ajd7569

We haven't watched live in over 9 months and we have paid out tv licence in advance via payment card up until sept 2013 are we entitled to claim this all back.Our tv has freeview built into it but we have no inside or outside aerial or sky/virgin box ,how do we go about proving this ?We have received a cancellation letter from tv licensing stating that our licensing will now expire on the 30th sept 2013.Why are they saying it wont expire until sept 2013 when we cancelled last month 12 April 2013 surely the expiration date should be the date we cancelled,so does this mean they've "stolen" 5 months money from us.Please advice .

Cornucopia

Payment cards are payments in advance - so you should be able to get a refund. AFAIK, TVL do not give refunds retrospectively - that is for not viewing in the past.

When you cancel a Payment card or monthly DD licence and it is in credit, there are two options - get a refund or get a free licence for a few months. They've chosen the latter for you, when you wanted the former. If you ring them, they'll probably put it right there & then.

keystone

Refunds are possible but they only do quarters not months so poster should be able to get 3 months from the time of cancellation not from the time of stopping watching . It looks like they left it a little late to get two whole quarter refunded.

Poster use the online form on the page in this link http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/how-to-tell-us-you-dont-watch-tv-top12/ to make your application.

Cheers

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ajd7569 wrote: »

how do we go about proving this?

You don't need to prove anything.

It's up to them to do the proving

Remember, innocent until proven guilty.

Marches

The TV license is ridiculously high. Why do they need £145 of close to every household in the country? As good as the BBC is, I could live with a much reduced service if they at least halved the fee.

Anyway, I'am due to pay my first license soon. I've lived TV-less for a month now (couldn't afford), I've heard that the first license must be bought in its entirety, is this right?
Although I don't watch a great lot of TV, I do miss basic things like the news, weather, the odd documentary and film. On the other hand, I struggle to see how it is worth £145, but I think I'll just have to grudgingly accept it.

Cornucopia

Marches wrote: »

... I've heard that the first license must be bought in its entirety, is this right?

No. You can pay by Monthly or Quarterly Direct Debit from the outset.

With Monthly DD, what happens is that you make double payments for the first 6 months to cover a whole Licence.

Then you go onto normal payments, and operate on the basis of being 6 months in credit for part of the year, and 6 months in "debt" for part of the year.

Cornucopia

keystone wrote: »

Refunds are possible but they only do quarters not months so poster should be able to get 3 months from the time of cancellation not from the time of stopping watching . It looks like they left it a little late to get two whole quarter refunded.

That's true if you've bought a whole licence in one go. If you've been paying by installments, it can get more complicated, with the refund being based on both refunded quarters and the amount that your account is in credit by.

For example, if you had been paying by Monthly DD, and canceled just before a new year's licence was about to begin, you would get back £72-ish of advance payments, even though there were no "quarters" to refund.

Paul_Varjak

Well, I cancelled my TV licence a couple of weeks ago. I did this by phone and made it quite clear that I don't require a licence as I won't be watching/recording live TV. I told them I would still be living at the same address. I also registered on the TV licensing website indicating that I do not use a TV.

I quickly received two letters telling me of the refund. Then I got a letter (addressed to me) acknowledging my request that no licensing officers approach my property and that they would contact me in two years time to confirm that my circumstances had not changed.

Today, I got a letter saying they want to help the 'legal occupier' get licensed to enjoy TV legally otherwise an investigation would start on 14 May 2013 and that may involve visiting the property.

Cornucopia

The desire to send threatening letters is strong in them...

Seriously, this is fairly typical - either the letters will stop within a couple of months, or they have messed-up, and you can take them to task about it.