TV license

[contractor79]

Hi

I don't particular like the BBC or the way it is funded, I don't like the immorality it promotes, I don't like the repeats, I don't like the biased news coverage (e.g. anti-Israel). I just don't like it.

So I just moved to rent a new property. 3 weeks later those lovely TV license people send me a letter demanding response within 2 weeks.

They tell me the property is unlicensed and I need to either pay up or claim I don't use TV for TV.

So I have a TV in the flat but I don't watch it much plus I use it mainly for xbox etc.

I have no sky subscription just a freeview box.

Think I may have spotted an opportunity to not pay. They say if I claim not to use a TV for TV then they will arrange an appointment to come and check out the property. So I could remove my TV, put it in my car boot, and invite them in and give them a nice cup of tea. They will see no TV. Is this enough to get them off my back? Or do they come back to check again and again- in which case I would refuse them in.

Is it really that simple? If they have state of the art equipment to detect if you have a tv in your flat why would they need to come in and check?

[sasguru]

ok ok which of you created this stupid sock puppet?
Top marks!

[Moscow Mule]

You asking how to break the law? Seems a bit immoral.

[NickFitz]

I don't particular like the BBC

The BBC don't think much of you, either

Enjoy your court appearance

[DaveB]

On the assumption this isnt a troll.

No, it wont work. They will come in and not find the telly and go away. In a week or so they will come back and do a spot check with a detector Van or one of their hand held jobbies. A couple of weeks after that you will get a demand for payment and / or a fine for lying in the first place.

[BrilloPad]

If you have a TV you have to pay. whatever you use it for.

Either get rid of the TV or pay up.

[sasguru]

Or move to a country with a more "moral" public broadcaster. North Korea and Saudi Arabia are pretty strict so I've heard.

[Cyberman]

I keep getting those letters and visits from the TV people but I never answer the door. Not had a licence for 8 years and I have no intention as I do not watch TV. I do like putting them through hassle though because I absolutely hate the BBC propaganda machine !!

[expat]

If you have a TV you have to pay. whatever you use it for.

Either get rid of the TV or pay up.

No, you only have to pay a licence if you use the TV to watch television programmes as they are aired, or television programmes that have been recorded off the air.

If you only use it for other uses, such as games, watching pre-recorded DVDs, etc, then you do not need a licence.

If you don't watch it much, that is #1, you do need a licence. If you don't watch it at all, you can play nice, or not: you can detune the TV so that it cannot receive broadcasting, and let them verify that. Or you can tell them that you don't need a licence (or tell them nothing), and let them take it from there.

[Beefy198]

I'm more than happy to pay my licence fee