geoffxr4

I bought a flat last year that i'm currently doing up to sell. I dont have a tv there and, consequently, dont have a licence. I get a letter every week or so threatening me that if i dont get a license they'll take me to court etc. Anyway, i just throw them in the bin now, rather than open them. The other day i got a post office card saying they couldn't deliver a recorded delivery letter (from tv licensing) cos i have to sign for it. Is there any way i can get them to leave me alone??

If i ring them up and say i haven't got a tv they aren'y exactly gonna say ' oh, sorry. we didn't realise' and leave me alone. They're gonna know someone owns the flat and double thier harrassment.

Any advice welcome. Sure i read a post about this a while back.

cheers.

EvilFranky

Fucking jokers, the TV license is a disgrace anyways.

I think we are the only country in the world with it?

Anonymous

I don't have one

I aint had one for nearly 18 months

FUCK EM


What is funny when they come round and say we can see what your watching with the detector van..

PMSL

CAN THEY FUCK....

They can see if ya TV is on, so ifs its on standby they detect it

U don't need a licence to own a TV any more so fuck em

GTechR

With regards to the letter, if you dont go and collect it, it will be returned to the sender after 14 days, so forget about it!!

I'd just ring them and tell them you are a developer, and there is no TV in the building... they will carry on sending letters no matter who lives there mate, nowt you can do about it.

I'm a posty, and every so often we have to fill a form out to say whether there are any new develpments/houses on the round, a mate of mine made up a fictional address, it now gets a Letter every month from the licence people, not to mention loads of junk mail...

righthooker

thing is you need one even if there is a radio in the property(or so i am lead to belive)
So how many people have a tv licence for there cars then

Anonymous

Thats total shite LOL.......

righthooker

IT may be now ,but i know it was cos my mother got done in the 80s something to do with radio1 ect.

Anonymous

Still Bollox

If you HAD radio and no TV u had to have a radio licence in the past.....for a radio

BUT was phased out about 100 years ago

Anonymous

Just ring up and tell em to fook off!!!

Can't do anything if you don't have a telly there so they won't have a leg to stand on!!!

Does take the piss tho that we have to pay for such shit!!! As if there isn't enough things to pay for!!!

Hay

Anonymous

I have a TV and had the bloke round 3 times...

next time they come its harrassement, told them this.....nothing in 14months

Anonymous

i got caught without a license a few years back....
tried to give it all the i can only pick up itv and ch4!!!

anyway had to go to court???


bastards!

Anonymous

Thing is....

if you EVER get caught...

U CAN BUYONE OFF THE INSPECTOR there and then and you can't get done for it...

So why does anyone have a TV licence anyway

Iain Mac

Because if everyone stopped buying the licence we'd have to watch ITV, Channel Four, and Five for the rest of our lives?

Or pay MUCH more to Rupert Murdoch to watch all the repeats on his Sky thingy.

brad

we got fined for not having a tv licence for a week when we 1st moved into our house . £ 145 the inspector walked past a couple of weeks ago and i was sooo tempted to let the dog out the front door at him absolute coonts

Ginge !

well i never had a licence here for ages ( couldnt be arsed to send a letter ) got loads of fucking letters off em , drove my missus mad so she applied online for one


they will keep sending em till ya pay , if ya smart just keep sending em back

then send a letter to them claiming harasment and if you recive another letter you will be taking them to court, recorded delivery of course

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

I would rather watch ad's every half-an-hour than pay for that poxy TV Licence.

They are actually quite entertaining.

Phil

iTrader: (1)

If you get caught out by an inspector then simply tell him that your mate bought a license that very morning and hasn't got back from the shops yet, then phone/send housemate to buy tv license (can only tell what day it was bought on not what time) and job done

You can also buy one online instantly!

gurnE

My tele broke last year and as it was summer thought I wouldn't bother replacing it for 3 months.

I was averaging a threatening letter every 2 weeks and when I got a new tele I bought a new license and they backdated it to the date my one expired

A sarcastic letter soon sorted them out, no apology tho

Ginge !

jsut tell em ya got one online and then when he fooks off buy one online, they cant do shit if ya bought one

Andreas

Out of interest how much is it in the UK?

Over here the robbing coonts want £150 of my heard earned cash.