Reply to: The Great TV Licence Scam

[shaunbhoy]

You shouldn't talk about your missus like that.

My missus is MUCH scarier than a mere dog!!

[NotAllThere]

I can lend you a dog....don't worry.

You shouldn't talk about your missus like that.

[shaunbhoy]

If I could be arsed, I'd cancel my direct debit too and go back to paying it in farthings at the post office.

I'm getting a nice little pile of threatening letters from them for the ZeitParents' house, which can not receive any televisual broadcasts due to the analogue transmissions being terminated.

I'm waiting for the oik to turn up so I can merrily tell him to feck orff and get off moi laaaaaaaaaand before I set the dogs on him.

I haven't got a dog though, so it's a bit of a bluff all in all.

I can lend you a dog....don't worry.

[shaunbhoy]

Just had a missed call from the TV Licensing people.

Rang them back and finally got hold of a very pleasant young chap.

I explained to him just why I had cancelled the direct debit after the final payment and he was very understanding.

He cancelled the direct debit at their end too and I await my renewal reminder come June.

Sorted.

[CoolCat]

Tax man does the same thing, demanding payments in advance of earnings based on their guess at how much you will earn that tax year. Complain to the revenue adjudicator is the only way to stop it.

[shaunbhoy]

You resemble an Alabaman super-plus-size underwear model.

Don't diss me whilst I am on my charm offensive!!

[northernladyuk]

I resemble that remark!!!

You resemble an Alabaman super-plus-size underwear model.

[SlipTheJab]

I resemble that remark!!!

What, you look like an arse?

[shaunbhoy]

Well, it's a reasonable assumption given the quantity of bile and venom you spew in the direction of anyone who suggests that you might be talking out of your arse.

I resemble that remark!!!

[NotAllThere]

...you must think I have time to burn!! ...

Well, it's a reasonable assumption given the quantity of bile and venom you spew in the direction of anyone who suggests that you might be talking out of your arse.

[shaunbhoy]

if you'd bothered to try to comprehend my posts

And why in God's name would anyone bother trying to do that? Honestly.....you must think I have time to burn!!

Netflix and Amazon have shown that state funding isn't necessary to make good programs.

Indeed they do. And I quite happily pay for both.

[northernladyuk]

You say that like it is a BAD thing.
I expect you are just the sort of meek rollover type so typical of your entitled generation. You certainly come across that way. Limp!

Why would entitled people be rollover types?

[NotAllThere]

...Particularly ironic that neither of you are actually subject to this fee

No - but I am subject to a similar fee. This fee funds a few Swiss channels, and despite these being also funded by advertising, the licence fee is much higher than the one you're paying for. Further, it's far more difficult to avoid paying than the UK licence, since it covers also being able to receive TV over the internet - whether you do or not. Even if you have no internet and no tv, you are still liable if you have a radio in your car!

On top of the license fee, I also pay for cable TV access. The only way to avoid that is to remove the wiring. Blanking out the socket isn't sufficient.

... yet seem so keen on preserving it for others...

Nope. As I've outlined, I've got far more to complain about than you. But if you'd bothered to read my posts, you'd notice that not once have I suggested that the licence should be preserved.

Netflix and Amazon have shown that state funding isn't necessary to make good programs.

[shaunbhoy]

I am a millenial poster who is also a moderator.

WTFH........making "an impact" on CUK.

[Pip in a Poke]

Wish I could get rid of the TV Licence but apparently the misses just can't do without a couple of SOAPs. Shame there isn't a reduced fee for just the BBC iplayer or different payment plans.

I've deprogrammed BBC1 from my set.

I do not want the state sponsored, suicide inducing social engineering bile that is East Enders exuding from my TV screen even for the few seconds it takes until I've realised I'm on the wrong channel for "Triple D".