TV licence - are they kidding?
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MudSkipper said:
I've just had the same arguement as above with TV Licensing people, they want to charge £29.10 for the next 5 months, then £12 per month next year. Am not overly impressed with them having £80 of my money just sat in their bank account, but we have worked out a way around this...
Their account year runs Jan-Dec, so in Dec I'll cancel the TV licence, and let the other half take out a new one in his name. We'll get the £80 refunded which will have been paid by then, and then start the year paying month by month rather than being 8 months is credit.
Realistically most people will take out a Licence and never have the need to cancel it, so they could be sat on your hard earned cash for years to come!
Hang on that doesn't work though. As for the first 6 months of 2011 you'll be paying a double amount each month, so that by June you'll have paid for the 2011 licence. In July your payments will half and you'll start paying for the 2012 Licence. Or at least thats how I thought it worked.Their account year runs Jan-Dec, so in Dec I'll cancel the TV licence, and let the other half take out a new one in his name. We'll get the £80 refunded which will have been paid by then, and then start the year paying month by month rather than being 8 months is credit.
Realistically most people will take out a Licence and never have the need to cancel it, so they could be sat on your hard earned cash for years to come!
Nope..it's bascially £30 per month until Dec, then it drops down to £12 per month from Jan, so no matter what time during the year that you 'start' your new TV licence you have to pay for the whole of that year (if you started in Nov it would be around £70 for 2 months then start in Jan,a fresh new year).
It's quite sickening how much of our money they are sitting on because of this policy. If everyone takes out a licence mid-year, they're sitting on £70 of your money until you tell them that you no longer require a TV licence, which in most cases doesn't happen very often
It's quite sickening how much of our money they are sitting on because of this policy. If everyone takes out a licence mid-year, they're sitting on £70 of your money until you tell them that you no longer require a TV licence, which in most cases doesn't happen very often
Lawsome said:
If you start a new licence on a monthly DD you will be 6 months in advance. However you can choose a quarterly DD where you pay £37.64 every 3 months from the beginning, rather than starting on £29.10 for the first 5 months with the monthly DD.
Or just buy it in full for £145 odd, solves everything.Interesting article in the Scottish Daily Mail yesterday.
If you watch live T.V. on a P.C. you need a T.V. licence.
If you download using for example I-player, then watch it, you are now watching a recorded programme, and you don't need a licence.
However that may change in the future it said.
If you watch live T.V. on a P.C. you need a T.V. licence.
If you download using for example I-player, then watch it, you are now watching a recorded programme, and you don't need a licence.
However that may change in the future it said.
Edited by Vipers on Thursday 12th August 06:56
mph1977 said:
zac510 said:
Why don't you just not get it until January?
it's irrelevant a TV licence is valid for one year from the date you buy it ..In my case, I have just (August) taken out a TV licence for 2010 and will be paying £29pm until Dec = £145. In January I will pay £12pm = £145, if/when I cancel the licence I will be refunded £84 for the months Jan-Jul 2010. So If I dont cancel my TV licence until 2020, they will be sat on my £84 for 10yrs until it's refunded
Now think of how many other people they do this too and how much extra money they are getting from us by having our money sat in their bank account gaining interest
MudSkipper said:
mph1977 said:
zac510 said:
Why don't you just not get it until January?
it's irrelevant a TV licence is valid for one year from the date you buy it ..In my case, I have just (August) taken out a TV licence for 2010 and will be paying £29pm until Dec = £145. In January I will pay £12pm = £145, if/when I cancel the licence I will be refunded £84 for the months Jan-Jul 2010. So If I dont cancel my TV licence until 2020, they will be sat on my £84 for 10yrs until it's refunded
Now think of how many other people they do this too and how much extra money they are getting from us by having our money sat in their bank account gaining interest
Licences last 12 months.
If you pay by direct debit you have to buy the first year's licence in no more than six monthly instalments. You then buy your subsequent licences in twelve instalments - six before it's due and six after it has started.
So there' no 'sitting on money for ten years'; they are actually extending you credit for half of your licence fee from year two onwards.
MudSkipper said:
mph1977 said:
zac510 said:
Why don't you just not get it until January?
it's irrelevant a TV licence is valid for one year from the date you buy it ..In my case, I have just (August) taken out a TV licence for 2010 and will be paying £29pm until Dec = £145. In January I will pay £12pm = £145, if/when I cancel the licence I will be refunded £84 for the months Jan-Jul 2010. So If I dont cancel my TV licence until 2020, they will be sat on my £84 for 10yrs until it's refunded
Now think of how many other people they do this too and how much extra money they are getting from us by having our money sat in their bank account gaining interest
subsequently you pay half ahead of renewal and half after ....
if the DD scheme works on calender years why does my TV licence have an expiry date of 30/4/2011 ...
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