Do you pay your TV licence fee?
Discussion
The Road Crew said:
I pay it but I don't want to. Barely watch anything lever these days.
To those who don't pay - do you you get much grief from TV licensing?
Once every couple of years or so, I get a letter saying "do you still not need a TV licence?" then I go online for 5 minutes, fill out the declaration, then not a peep from them for another couple of years.To those who don't pay - do you you get much grief from TV licensing?
Cotty said:
triggered, do you even know what that means?
Yes. Hence why I applied it here. You getting all defensive and indignant about the absolute injustice of the possibility you might have to spend 5 minutes every two years doing something you don’t want to do. I don’t know how we live with such oppression personally. Dingu said:
Yes. Hence why I applied it here. You getting all defensive and indignant about the absolute injustice of the possibility you might have to spend 5 minutes every two years doing something you don’t want to do. I don’t know how we live with such oppression personally.
No I am calmly saying that I don't wish to have any contact with a company that I have no involvement with.42 here. Stopped paying the licence fee over a decade ago though as I never watch or record live TV. Don't ever listen to the radio either really and if I do it isn't BBC (not that that would matter or be illegal anyway).
Netflix, Prime, YouTube and others ad-hoc such as All4 or ITVHub (but even that's incredibly rare).
Netflix, Prime, YouTube and others ad-hoc such as All4 or ITVHub (but even that's incredibly rare).
Cotty said:
Ashfordian said:
No. You simply have to declare you no longer watch live TV via the TV licensing website. (Or follow the link on the letters you will start receiving upon stopping your payment)
Start here - https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-on...
But we should not have to. People who don't own a car don't have to declare that they don't need a road fund licence every two years.Start here - https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-on...
Dingu said:
Lotusgone said:
From a purely legal point of view, all of that is correct. But how do you change an unsatisfactory situation?
Writing to the Beeb? Tried that, got nowhere. Ever seen or heard Feedback or Newswatch? Every single time, the response is "we were justified, we know best". The only language these people understand is the loss of funding.
Ever considered that they are making content for more than just you or is that a bit of a mind blowing concept to grasp? Writing to the Beeb? Tried that, got nowhere. Ever seen or heard Feedback or Newswatch? Every single time, the response is "we were justified, we know best". The only language these people understand is the loss of funding.
Lotusgone said:
Dingu said:
Lotusgone said:
From a purely legal point of view, all of that is correct. But how do you change an unsatisfactory situation?
Writing to the Beeb? Tried that, got nowhere. Ever seen or heard Feedback or Newswatch? Every single time, the response is "we were justified, we know best". The only language these people understand is the loss of funding.
Ever considered that they are making content for more than just you or is that a bit of a mind blowing concept to grasp? Writing to the Beeb? Tried that, got nowhere. Ever seen or heard Feedback or Newswatch? Every single time, the response is "we were justified, we know best". The only language these people understand is the loss of funding.
Dingu said:
Lotusgone said:
Dingu said:
Lotusgone said:
From a purely legal point of view, all of that is correct. But how do you change an unsatisfactory situation?
Writing to the Beeb? Tried that, got nowhere. Ever seen or heard Feedback or Newswatch? Every single time, the response is "we were justified, we know best". The only language these people understand is the loss of funding.
Ever considered that they are making content for more than just you or is that a bit of a mind blowing concept to grasp? Writing to the Beeb? Tried that, got nowhere. Ever seen or heard Feedback or Newswatch? Every single time, the response is "we were justified, we know best". The only language these people understand is the loss of funding.
32 here, We didn't bother paying since we moved into our house a few years ago. We have Netflix, Disney+, and a Youtube Music family plan thing. Don't even have the aerial connected to the back of the TV. We had been paying it in our last house before the move despite not actually watching broadcast TV for ages as it was just one of those bills we paid and never thought about.
Never bothered with iPlayer or anything, have a few purchased movies on Youtube which then allows everyone in the "family" plan to watch them on whichever device they choose, same as with Netflix and Disney+. Almost anything not on the streaming sites is, or will be, available to rent/buy on Youtube/Google but it's not often we want to do that either. My last purchase was Christmas and I think it was the previous Christmas for the purchase before that.
Never bothered with iPlayer or anything, have a few purchased movies on Youtube which then allows everyone in the "family" plan to watch them on whichever device they choose, same as with Netflix and Disney+. Almost anything not on the streaming sites is, or will be, available to rent/buy on Youtube/Google but it's not often we want to do that either. My last purchase was Christmas and I think it was the previous Christmas for the purchase before that.
Yes I pay, never stopped paying ever since I had my first house. Over 50.
I like the convenience of just switching on the tv now and then, and sitting down flicking through the channels.
I watch very little BBC content but too old fashioned to plug something in from the internet to watch tv. I enjoy the convenience of live tv, recording something from the tv guide but don't enjoy paying for BBC service.
I like the convenience of just switching on the tv now and then, and sitting down flicking through the channels.
I watch very little BBC content but too old fashioned to plug something in from the internet to watch tv. I enjoy the convenience of live tv, recording something from the tv guide but don't enjoy paying for BBC service.
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