The TV Licence

[Nick]

Our reminder notice came. We no longer have a TV.

I called them. They refused to believe me 

I said, "So how do I prove we haven't got one?"

No response.

"OK, so we aren't paying."

I await developments!

[Grumpmeister]

You are assuming that the boy, using his business acumen, hasnt bought one and hidden it in his room Nick. 

[Nick]

I check for that daily 

[TG]

I thought you had one in a box?

[Nick]

Yes, but we haven't watched it since Easter. I have to pay to have something in a box?

[TG]

Yes, but we haven't watched it since Easter. I have to pay to have something in a box?

I believe as you in fact have a TV you have to pay the licence.

You lied to the nice tv licence person didn't you. 

[Nick]

So they can come round and search the house?

[TG]

Yes. & drag you out into the street and batter you.

OK. Prolly not.

Just did a bit of googling.

The BBC is to conduct a review of the licence-fee system amid concern that a surge in the number of people watching television online is undermining support for the way that the corporation is funded.

More than 700,000 viewers are downloading BBC programmes every day through the iPlayer service. Launched at the beginning of this year, it is expected to have one million daily users by Christmas – and can be watched without a licence fee.

A licence fee is required for people who “watch or record TV programmes as they are broadcast”, according to TV Licensing, the body that collects the money, but it does not apply to Doctor Who, EastEnders and other recently transmitted programmes available via the BBC website. The licence fee raises £3.4 billion.

So yack out TV and watch BBC progs on Iplayer. Sorted. For now.

A new forum for you.

http://www.tvlicensing.biz/phpBB3/index.php

[Nick]

I have now emailed them. I have no grudge against the fee per se (ITV costs us a lot more in ad revenue which we pay for on all, or most, goods we buy) though I see that tit Noel Edmunds has jumped on some bandwagon.How many millions did he make from licence payers?

We shall see.

[Snoopy]

Whether it's plugged in or not ~ even if you remove the plug ~ having a TV set in the property means you have to have a licence.
Yes they can enter, if they "have reason to believe" and search the property.
Best to pay up and not antagonise unless you genuinely do not have a TV Reviever in the property.

[Nick]

BUT we don't watch!

[Snoopy]

That doesn't matter to them ~ what does matter is that you are able to watch if you so choose.

[Nick]

Axe then!