TV licence - have I missed something

[princeperch]

so it costs £145.00 odd quid right. fine.

I want to pay by direct debit every month. I should get 12 months of viewing for my £145.00 right?

So why is it that they want to charge me £145.00 over 6 months, then start again in January ?

27/07/2011 £24.25
15/08/2011 £24.25
15/09/2011 £24.25
17/10/2011 £24.25
15/11/2011 £24.25
15/12/2011 £24.25
Payments are taken on or within 3 working days of these dates.
Your next TV Licence will be automatically renewed and your Direct Debit payments are:
Some of the following payments may be provisional and therefore could be subject to change.
table caption goes here Date of payment Amount
16/01/2012 £12.18
15/02/2012 £12.12
15/03/2012 £12.12
16/04/2012 £12.12
15/05/2012 £12.12
15/06/2012 £12.12
16/07/2012 £12.12
15/08/2012 £12.12
17/09/2012 £12.12
15/10/2012 £12.12
15/11/2012 £12.12
17/12/2012 £12.12

[AndyT77]

Perhaps you have to pay for a full licence no matter what time of year it is?

[Magic919]

They do explain all this in their paperwork and website. You pay for it over 6 months and then start paying for the next annual licence.

[king arthur]

Have they backdated it to when they think you needed one from?

[richinleeds]

I agree O.P.it's nothing but another tax

[cjs]

richinleeds said:

I agree O.P.it's nothing but another tax

Gets you the best TV in the world for £3 a week, bargain.

[TheEnd]

cjs said:

richinleeds said:

I agree O.P.it's nothing but another tax

Gets you the best TV in the world for £3 a week, bargain.

you get sky for £3?

[pokethepope]

TheEnd said:

you get sky for £3?

I have Sky and watch BBC1+2 far more than any other channel. I'm sure if they made it optional (ie you can still get Sky/Virgin channels and ITV, CH.4 and 5 without access to BBC services) the vast majority would still pay the licence fee once they realise how much they actually use BBC tv and radio.

[mybrainhurts]

cjs said:

richinleeds said:

I agree O.P.it's nothing but another tax

Gets you the best left wing TV and global warming propaganda machine in the world for £3 a week, bargain.

Fixed your glaring error....

[Eric Mc]

Here we go again.

[Fer]

I watch BBC 1&2 sometimes. It's like a preview channel for Dave.

[Eric Mc]

I shall put in my word (again) for BBC 4 - the thinking man's BBC 2.

And of course, Radio 4, the only broadcast media outlet (possibly in the world) that assumes people have a brain.

[eybic]

Magic919 said:

They do explain all this in their paperwork and website. You pay for it over 6 months and then start paying for the next annual licence.

This is the answer. Cancel the d/d after 6 months then you don't have to pay for another 6.

[princeperch]

I see. so they want to charge me the cost of one years licence over 6 months - thats ok. I just wondered why they then wanted to charge me for another licence after I had paid for the first and only got 6 months use out of it!

[eybic]

I never got the logic behind it either. I cancelled my d/d after 6 months and will set another up when it runs out.