I was once visited by a licensing uankbag who said he needed to check if I had a TV since I didn't have a TV licence. I said that it was fine provided he showed me his firearms certificate first. He claimed to not need one since he didn't own a firearm. I told him that I required proof of that. He left. True story.

@doombrush

11 күн бұрын

That's brilliant !!

@lavdejeva9079

11 күн бұрын

A total inspiration! Thanks for sharing!

@robburrows2737

10 күн бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for that one.

@jonathonjubb6626

10 күн бұрын

Brilliant! Nicked!!

@owengoodspeed5763

10 күн бұрын

Very well played! :-)

I don’t think I’ve had a TV licence letter, that hasn’t been threatening. They like to announce that you are under investigation and an enforcement officer may call. It all sounds very intimidating, if you are a little timid and don’t know your rights. Especially the elderly. I don’t know any other company that threatens that sort of action, for simply not wanting their product. It is disgusting. 🤬

@KarmanS224

11 күн бұрын

💯!its disgusting how they get away with it all 😢

@MikeEves

11 күн бұрын

Use it as a reminder of how much you are saving by not having a TV licence

@thomasmyers4089

11 күн бұрын

Can a civilian read you your rights, l thought only the police can do that when you are arrested?

@Nedxr777

11 күн бұрын

Aided and abetted by the corrupt establishment !

@Steve-Cross

11 күн бұрын

@@thomasmyers4089 They have special magic powers. 🤣

For most people this letter would be seen as a direct threat.

BBC: Jimmy Savile’s Pimp.

@simplesimon5739

11 күн бұрын

😂 that would be a good line for an enforcement officer 😂

@laceandwhisky

11 күн бұрын

Starmer s buddy I believe, never get rid of the TVL if he gets in 😊😊

@MikeEves

11 күн бұрын

Yep, he protected him for years.

@ColinJarrett

11 күн бұрын

Add election interference to that list too (TBC). They sure do like that free cash.

@GearChangeGreg

11 күн бұрын

BBC the crystal ball org that announced live on tv that building 7 had collapsed 30 minutes before it actually collapsed. clever eh

This morning, I had a bloke at the door who said he was asking about the forthcoming election and what did I think of the television coverage of the election. I said hadn't watched anything on the election. He then said, poor performance by England last night, at least we won, did you watch it. My most polite reply was who are you, to which he thanked me, apologies for wasting my time and scurried off. I am convinced he was a goon.

@smike9884

11 күн бұрын

Sneaky gits. Don't engage with anyone who turns up at your door uninvited seems to be a wise choice all round.

@RocketSteve

9 күн бұрын

That would be entrapment. You could easily have seen any of that asked content by going to someone else's place or the pub for the football.

@grahamlees4394

9 күн бұрын

aren't they legally required to identify themselves as being from TVL? ISTR ChileJonCarne saying this was the case.

@smike9884

9 күн бұрын

@@RocketSteve Entrapment is tricking people into committing crimes, not admitting to having already done it.

@Roadrunner_1000

Күн бұрын

Request your Alsation to say hello

Cancelled Netflix a while back. Waiting for the threatening letters, demanding I buy this service I don't want....

@MikeEves

10 күн бұрын

They'll put it on your council tax....🤣

@DM-ur8vc

9 күн бұрын

Likewise when I cancelled my National Trust membership... waiting for the threatening letters...and I've still got the NT sticker on my windscreen!...

@wolfhugs2221

9 күн бұрын

@@DM-ur8vc living dangerously there! Fully expecting to see you on the most wanted list!

@MikeEves

9 күн бұрын

@@DM-ur8vc have you walked in any fields recently? 🤣

@DM-ur8vc

9 күн бұрын

@@MikeEves Keh?

Couldn't one argue that being coerced into buying something you don't need, to be a scam?

@tonyandjanetparker3204

11 күн бұрын

It should be.

@MikeEves

9 күн бұрын

Yep, it is a scam.

ignore these letters- they are crap.

@chrisclarke3965

11 күн бұрын

You should see the foot high stack of them in the student accommodation accommodation I moved some stuff out of this week 😅

@cassandrade-wolfe6926

11 күн бұрын

Just had the very same letter. Seriously threatening. Definitely written to intimidate. That's why it's in the Bin 👍

There is nothing "borderline" about it. It IS harassment. End of story!

@dh2032

11 күн бұрын

and waste paper also,

@gmo4250

11 күн бұрын

If it's harassment under legislation then you could take them to court, until that happens it is not harassment.

@adenwellsmith6908

11 күн бұрын

Every letter, I reported as harrasment. Wrote the CAD and date on the letter. Filled it. Then for some reason, the letters have stopped.

@Patrick-yk9jd

11 күн бұрын

Also Extortion... Basically they threaten that if you don't pay up they will send the boys round IF any other company did what BBC / TVL do then they would of been prosecuted for both harassment and extortion (and rightfully so)

@JustAlex848

10 күн бұрын

@@gmo4250 The law does not have a monopoly on the definition of words. It IS harassment in the common sense of the word.

They are just your quintessential bully. If you genuinely don’t need a licence then just ignore them, we do 😊

Having watched all of the Post Office inquiry so far I imagine the TV licence enforcement officers are exactly like the Post Office's investigators ie thugs in a suit and tie!

@robin9342

11 күн бұрын

No, just thugs. Most of them don't wear a suit and tie.

@robburrows2737

10 күн бұрын

The first little nob interviewed this year had been one.

@robburrows2737

10 күн бұрын

If they wore a non clip on tie it could be a tad tempting to adjust it.

It makes me smile when they say "your details have been passed to the Enforcement Team" - what details, they address it to the "legal Occupier" they don't even know your name so what details have they passed to their salesmen (Enforcement Team)? Why should I tell them I don't need a TV licence? I don't need to tell the police that I don't need a shotgun licence!

@gmo4250

11 күн бұрын

They only need the unlicensed address before they knock on your door.

@lavdejeva9079

11 күн бұрын

Also, if my details are passed then they know I don't need TV license so why are they still wasting my time and their paper with nonsense?

@gmo4250

11 күн бұрын

@@lavdejeva9079 How do they know you don't have a TV licence, you previously said you don't tell them. They don't feel like they are wasting their time, because so many people lie and/or do not understand whether or not they need a TV Licence. They have 1000s of convictions every week.

@KemPeck1701

11 күн бұрын

@@gmo4250 i dont believe they have 1000's of convictions.. i think that number is part of the scare tactics

@jabezhane

10 күн бұрын

They are now sending them to my other half in name! I was the one that used to pay the direct debit, not her. So they seem to be digging deeper to get results. It's always been "the occupier".

my late mum bless her was so scared that she used to pay for mine and hers fir YEARS needlessly! as they threatened me so much, but i didn’t ever want or need 1!neither of us ever watched it!i had no idea she was paying mine till she died!😢i was absolutely disgusted!all that money extorted to fuel so many lies and corruption! absolute shame on them 😢

@robburrows2737

10 күн бұрын

That's really sad and you should try the press just in case they would cover the story. There might be the odd descent journalist. Did you tell the Goon Office you didn't need one at any point?

I bought my cottage 18months ago and began a major renovation of it. This renovation is still continuing. I have in the last 18months received threatening letters from the TVL. It is due to this, I refuse to inform them that I do not have any tvs in my property as it is uninhabitable. I now look at this situation as entertainment and I am more than happy for them to waste their time writing numerous letters to me. They are also welcome to visit but if they visit, I will give them a 'no comment' conversation because I do not have any requirement to speak with them. I will be extremely disappointed if I don't get a visit! 😂🎉

@andrrwprice7281

11 күн бұрын

Owning a TV, and even viewing it is not illegal. It is none of their business if you own one, or more!!

@Phoenix2312

11 күн бұрын

I have been waiting 6 years now for a Visit... NEVER had one...

@lavdejeva9079

11 күн бұрын

Have doors on a chain and demand court document to make you open the door for you first for more entertainment? Given, they figure out your name :-D

@DM-ur8vc

10 күн бұрын

I was in exactly the same position as you 22 years ago, renovating a cottage and thus no TV. I'm still getting letters from TVL every month.

@DJGM1974

10 күн бұрын

While your property is still uninhabitable during the ongoing renovation work, maybe actually let them send one of their sales people (because they are NOT enforcement officers at all) round. Let them see that it is simply impossible to watch any type of broadcast TV, live or recorded, with any capable device at this property. When he (or she) is ready to leave, inform them that future implied right of access is withdrawn and that any further visits from TVL will be considered trespassing on private property, and legal action will be taken.

I've never had a TV license or a hazardous materials license. No one writes to me about the hazardous waste I'm not storing but I get a lot of letters about the TV I don't have. Clowns :-)

@MikeEves

11 күн бұрын

We need to check your bins 😅

@m3gthraeryn

10 күн бұрын

We should film checking your bins and get iPlayer to broadcast it..!

This sounds remarkably similar to the Post Office. It’s what happens when you allow an organisation to prosecute.

@MikeEves

9 күн бұрын

They have no special powers, it's all made up. Anybody can prosecute, but is doesn't mean an automatic win: They have to prove your guilt beyond ALL reasonable doubt, you don't have to prove your innocence, ever. This is why most TVL fines are against the vulnerable who admit it and sign. They'd never fine me (because I told them to get thee hence, and they did).

My monthly letter which I received only today Monday the 1st had the same code. It’s been added to the pile of unopened letters from the TV tax man, which is getting close to 100, and I’m still awaiting my visit from the Enforcement officer, AKA as a door to door salesman

If everyone ceased paying for a tv licence then it would be impossible for the BBC to prosecute all of them and the licence fee would have to be revoked.

@ianbennett1491

11 күн бұрын

That is the only way.

@JustAlex848

11 күн бұрын

If that happened, they would just make the process of prosecuting easier. Seen it before with the Tottenham riots.

@mikehipperson

11 күн бұрын

Not necessarily as the licence fee could be added to council tax or a 'social media' tax. God forbid!

@MikeEves

11 күн бұрын

​@@mikehippersoneasily dealt with. You deduct it from the council tax bill.

@daza3620

11 күн бұрын

They would just Add it to VAT or something else that everyone has to pay.

These people need to be taken to book. I haven’t had a TV since my mother threw it down the stairs in 1975. 😮 I’m 60 now and have had endless threatening letters over the years. I never watch live TV or any TV programs. I keep checking what I’m watching on KZread just in case, it’s quite stressful. I consider myself to be a legally binding citizen and absolutely hate this constant harassment. I never answer the door unless I know who it is. This needs to STOP!! and I’d be happy to be the person who took them to court to change it for everyone who DOESN’T need a license. STOP THE HARASSMENT!

@sandman4198

11 күн бұрын

Okay okay I'll say it...... and I know I'm not the only one wondering...... what happened in 1975 that made your mum launch the TV down the stairs??? 😂😂😂. You can't leave us all hanging 😂😂😂

@pierstillotson1462

11 күн бұрын

@@sandman4198 😂 Well, me and my 2 sisters were arguing about what to watch and my mother (who was a ver angry person at times) came stomping up the stairs and ripped the TV out it’s the socket. She then threw it down 6 stairs onto the half-landing. (taking lumps out of the plaster) She then ran after it and threw it down another 6 steps onto the tiles at the bottom. It was in a thousand pieces as you can imagine. She then shouted up the stairs “AND THAT’S YOUR TELLY!!” Of course we shivered a bit and blamed each other but we never had a TV again. I grew up without one and have never had one so TV licensing goons and threatening letters have been the bane of my life. Apparently I haven’t missed much over the years… and I’m grateful to my mum for not being brainwashed. I hope this helps 😂

@sandman4198

11 күн бұрын

@@pierstillotson1462 😂😂😂 that was exactly what I was after, the 'half landing' bit painted the picture perfectly 😂😂😂 absolute classic. Cheers Piers, have a great evening.

@pierstillotson1462

11 күн бұрын

@@sandman4198 😂 Thank you sir, you too 👍🏻

@robburrows2737

10 күн бұрын

Start bullying them back by telling them to get round because you want to use their vists on KZread.

They used to ask annually if I needed a licence, and I just said “no”. A couple of years back they started ignoring my answer, then they put up an online form for responses on which there was no easy way to say “no”. So I gave up trying to answer. Now I get threatening letters constantly. It must cost them quite a bit.

All sounds a little “post office scandal” to me.

I received the same letter today. Time to start reporting them as harassment due to undue distress/threats

@MikeEves

9 күн бұрын

Report them online to the police every time they send a letter. Don't let the police of the handle

i dont have car insurance road tax or an mot but the police dont constantly bug me, i will buy them as and when i am legally required to. LEGALLY TV LICENSE FREE SINCE 2007.

@Ralphs-House

2 күн бұрын

1985 for me

I will use the old 'eat the telly trick' when the inspector comes knocking.

@tonytasker489

11 күн бұрын

Ahh, the old eat the tv trick. Don't forget to tell them it's a toaster.😂

@mark4d148

11 күн бұрын

Keep an eye on your Hamster, sneaky little bastards!🤪

@KemPeck1701

11 күн бұрын

@@mark4d148 "squeaky little bastards" more like

@manchegocheese997

10 күн бұрын

Don't forget to unplug it.

@willdixon2349

9 күн бұрын

....and have Dexys Midnight Runners jamming in your bedroom...!

Scrap the Anti British Broadcasting Corporation!

"to stop a visit, buy a license" - threatening and blackmail? Bet the criminals in uniform wouldn't even entertain a complaint.

@Roadrunner_1000

Күн бұрын

Pure Krays Twins business philosophy

Not had tv licence five years and last month got a reminder bit out of date to renew my TVL position, ignored it as i do not have to by law answer them or declare it 😊

Beginning of every month I receive a letter, each new letter says they are opening an investigation at this address at present I have 6 ongoing investigation against my address, look forward to No7.

@JustAlex848

11 күн бұрын

It's nice that someone writes to you though, isn't it? Makes you feel like someone cares.

@robtheplod

11 күн бұрын

Bet after all that intense 'investigation' they still don't even know your name..... all fake

When does the tone of this letter comes under the banner of threatening behaviour ?

@MikeEves

9 күн бұрын

Is it directed to you personally?

@DM-ur8vc

8 күн бұрын

@@MikeEves That isn't the benchmark when it has a specific address. Or do you think b-mb threats don't count unless they have a name on them?

an enforcement officer is a salesperson trying to sell you a tv licence. I got the same letter the other day and just binned it immediately. won't be entertaining anything they send. And it still says the legal occupier on the envelope, as they don't know who stays there or who owns the property. 😂

I get roughly one letter per month, always threatening an investigation or an enforcement visit. Since watching your TV Licensing videos I've started keeping the letters. I've had 3x "Official notice: Investigation opened" since Oct '23. To my knowledge they've never actually been at my door, despite claiming to make a visit every 10 seconds across the UK. It's a joke. I laugh it off because I know 100% that I don't need one, but my elderly mother worries that I'm going to get fined or jailed. I agree with your stance that their tactics are borderline if not actual harassment. Keep up the good work.

@KemPeck1701

11 күн бұрын

my 'TV' is used as a PC monitor only and is a large one for immersion purposes.. my elderly mother told me that because i dont have a license, i have to get rid of it (but then.. she thinks the size of the TV is too excessive anyway) she also 100% believes that detector vans are a real thing too

I found there's no point in telling them that I don't need a licence - all the letters invariably resume after 6 months.

@smudge0356

11 күн бұрын

I'm glad that I haven't told them then! 😲🤔🤪 🤣🤣🤣

@WhiteDieselShed

9 күн бұрын

To be fair, I did the NLR in March 2022 and heard nothing until May 2024. Only had a couple of letters so far but I do expect the number of letters to increase. Although any letters with lies will be totally ignored. Just occurred to me to have 2 piles of letters, one with lies and ones without although the ones without will be sparse if any at all. When a goon visits I will have to discuss these letters and ask if that's truthful or not.

I just wonder. How many people have been fined, who did not really need a licence but just pleaded guilty to get the goons off their backs!? Should not all of these fines be paid back to these innocent people!? Now how much would that cost - and to whom?

Someone needs to take these idiots to court. I told them I didn't need a licence once, but can't be bothered to do it again. Why makes TVL so special? If I tell the DVLA my car is off the road, they assume that to be the case until I tell them otherwise. The same should apply to a TV Licence, but I guess that wouldn't earn their sales people that commission.

@ditch3827

10 күн бұрын

TVL is just a brand name. It is actually the BBC and their subcontractor. What makes the BBC so special? It is the Communications Act that does as it grants the BBC specifically the power of enforcement.

@MikeEves

10 күн бұрын

@@ditch3827 the letters and visits are not part of the legislation. It's something the BBC made up

I got the same letter today 😂 it will go straight in the recycling bin. 😊

I was once slightly abusive to one of these decent chaps and it jolly well worked. I've been licence free for a good 20 years and get the odd letter. I often wonder if I should reply just for sport. I'm sure it could be fun. However I take no notice of these letters because they are not worth @#£%.

I don't need a licence to have a car on my drive and the DVLA doesn't keep sending letters letters threatening a visit from officers,so why are the BBC allowed to threaten people?

@robburrows2737

10 күн бұрын

You don't need to licence a car on your drive but you do need to do a SORN of it is changing status from licensed.

@MikeEves

10 күн бұрын

@@robburrows2737 I owned a car when I was 15. No licence, no fuel tax, no SORN

not misleading .... more like deceiving

Deliberate confusion and scare tactics. BULLIES.

I have now received 25 of these letters, all but the first, addressed to the Legal Occupier. I've had at least two with the exact wording as this letter. As I'm not breaking the law I just ignore them, I find them highly amusing! Chillijohncarne's channel is brilliant, I've been subscribing to it for a long time. Thanks to him, I've been licence free for over two years.

The letters are gibberish and have zero significance. They can be safely ignored.

Just more junk mail for hamster bedding, Ive had this exact letter atleast 12 times all with the same code. Unfortunately, they have never once shown up at my property. They are evil and greedy and i look forward to them being taken to court, and put in their place.

@jennybrown7717

11 күн бұрын

You spoil that hamster 😂

@mikehipperson

11 күн бұрын

Has the hamster now got a red bum from the ink they use on the letters?

At 7:55 into the video " To stop this visit from the enforcement team:" " Buy a TV licence " etc, to me this looks like a serious threat with menaces and harassment

I stopped opening mine.. i have loads..😂😂😂😂😂...

Hi I have had so many of these letters in the past 50 years of being license-free that I totally ignore them, in all these years I have never had one visit from a TV license enforcement bod and I still have my length of 4 by 2 in the porch in case I get one I believe these letters are a total bluff and can be safely ignored...

Im what you would call a "non responder" - never used the front door in decades and I ignore all their letters.

@etiennedevignolles7538

11 күн бұрын

I live in flats and only answer my intercom when I am expecting postie, Tesco, or a delivery. If it rings at any other time, I ignore it.

A TV licencing Mob, turning up at the door, harrasing a single wheelchair bound girl like me, is why I want the law changed to be able to carry knives in public. Bigger knives.

@robburrows2737

10 күн бұрын

Call the police immediately in front of them and without speaking to them. Say how scared you are.

@tornagawn

10 күн бұрын

What about a pointy stick?

The real nugget is if you are under caution you need legal advice and are entitled to free legal advice, ask them to bring a free solicitor, not sure that will happen, and no chat without a free solicitor or legal advice.

As an unlicenced home, and keen eye for legal detail, I think they (TVL) have an inherent obligation to be clear and explicit in their communications...at the very least after PostOffice SJP failures, you would have thought TVL would have learned a few lessons, I've struggled trying to get clear answers from the Agency that is supposed to the be Authority on these matters, which suggest really, they're just making it up as they go along

I’ve received an identical letter today , my most threatening one yet .

I'd like to see a test case go to court to ascertain if its harassment to hound people who don't watch TV. I've just received this letter and they have been to my address on an investigation. This is harassment and I'm now hoping they turn up at my door because I've now had enough.

Why don't you as a Barrister take them to court over this, as you have the means and the knowledge to do it. Please.

@pierstillotson1462

11 күн бұрын

@@krpkrp3033 Absolutely YES!

@lavdejeva9079

11 күн бұрын

If they do not harass him he has no reason to take them to court, maybe?

@manchegocheese997

10 күн бұрын

@@lavdejeva9079 Barristers act on behalf of their clients.

@Kingcarparpeggio

9 күн бұрын

krpkrp3033 : If you were a bricklayer would you build my wall FOC ???

I heard one person say, "I don't warch TV but I'll get a licence anyway to be on the safe side." As said in the video, the letters do scare people expecially old folk. Plus I keep saying it, they say you need a licence to watch ITV and Sky as well, so why are they not asking the BBC for a share of the licnece fee. When I told them I don't have a TV they sent me a letter to say I will get a visit to check, so to me that is like saying we don't believe you.

EVERYBODY, please send the letters back to TVL , marked "Return to Sender", en masse, they will be billed for the postage. Alternatively, bill TVL for your time at Silk Rates, pro rata hourly rate based on £10K a day e.g. (Learnéd Mr. Beer, KC Post Office Inquiry Lead Counsel) to read the letters, send your invoice by Registered Post, with 30 day terms of payment including postage and "administration" costs. If TVL don't pay after 60 days then refer to a debt collection agency such as one based in Liverpool employing heavy boys to knock on THEIR doors!! Civil disobedience is the only way to counter this form of terrorism by TVL. Somebody might just wake up.

@helenbenjafield7351

10 күн бұрын

They refuse to accept them.

@Sine-gl9ly

9 күн бұрын

No use sending them back, they have an arrangement with RM that returned letters just go into a gigantic bin somewhere.

100% agree it is terrible. These letters are going to people regardless of whether they are breaking this rule. I would be furious if they harassed me if I didn't have a license and I didn't need one, and they tried to invade my home. How very dare they!

I am about to cancel my licence having not watched the tell a vision... For 3 years. It says you can cancel online, tried that hmm, got to phone them now. I shall tell them I kept my licence in case my grandchildren used my tv while I was at work. From the first letter they send following cancellation I will inform them their implied right of access to my property is removed and advise them any further letters will incur a 250 pound admin charge. Let you know on the journey. I am not afraid.

@WhiteDieselShed

9 күн бұрын

Phone them it's easy and quick. I did receive a couple of letters for the first 2 weeks or so but nothing then for over 2 years when i failed to inform them again. To me cancelling once should be enough.

The bbc are going mental, people watching the 2024 euros. And not having a licence. I am so pleased for them 😂😂😂😂😂

I don't have a TV licence because I don't legally need one. But their postal harassment has gotten so bad now, both in terms of frequency and audacity, that I have actually started treating myself to some live TV as a compensation (and it reminds me of why I don't watch TV). I do this on principle now - not because I want to, but because if they're going to steal from me (i.e. my time reading their letters), I am going to steal something from them as compensation. Morality is the ultimate law, and I serve myself justice.

@lavdejeva9079

11 күн бұрын

Stay safe ;-)

@nounxyz

10 күн бұрын

Brilliant

I live in a retirement home and pay a concessionary TV licence fee, but they still continue sending me threatening Letters. I'm so tired of fighting them.

@MikeEves

11 күн бұрын

Just ignore them.

@robtheplod

11 күн бұрын

Why not stop paying them and ignore the letters??

@Sine-gl9ly

9 күн бұрын

Don't fight them, just ignore them. There's at least a 99% chance that nothing will happen, and if they DO send someone round, they'll have egg on their face as soon as they see the concessionary licence. . I am pushing 80, receive pension credit and am thus entitled to a free tv licence. However, I don't have a tv, and don't watch either broadcast TV or i-player so there's no point in my having a licence at all. Everyone else in my sheltered housing scheme assiduously buys a TV licence and I've made sure they all know my views on the matter. The manager knows, too, AND knows full well what to do if the TVL goons come round after me during office hours! I am careful to tell other residents that it's only if you watch broadcast TV and/or i-player, that you need a licence, and a couple of them are coming round to my way of thinking that maybe it's not worth it ... I get ENDLESS letters. They are printed on good quality paper and are colourful, so I thought that, as my bathroom needs redecorating, I might use them for that ... The postie delivers about a thousand a week, almost all of them to people he knows live totally blameless lives, so he's not going to think any the worse of you for getting them if that's what's worrying you.

I've just had a letter like this!! And I dont require an enforcement officer to visit, because i follow the rules, and have NOTHING to do with BBC programmes. It's been ripped up and it's in the bin. 🙂

I got one of these through my door this morning. Mine had a different code, and they wrote to me in my name, which is strange as all the previous letters sent to me before have been addressed to the legal occupier.

@carllockpick6179

11 күн бұрын

Should of sent it back, not known at this address.

I got that letter, i don't own a tv and am not even at the address. As I am currently selling the property. I told them once on the phone i didn't need a license and said that should be the end of it. I said i will not tell you again i know the law and am not breaking it in anyway. Yet they still send letters. This has to be stopped. I guess there maybe people that break this law, but i am not interested in watching tv and haven't been for over 35 years.

To Target someone or something means to decide to "attack" or criticise thats very threatening in my eyes with the way things stand in the world and country today 🤔

I received this letter this morning, it had a different code to the one you're reading out! It's also in 'green' ink, which I believe is the psychological ink colour choice of 'Stalkers'! I have a notice on my front door, stating that 'TV licencing personnel must NOT knock on my door'!

If so many people get charged with not having a tv licence why have the letters been scrutinised in court? I keep hearing people complain but nothing gets sorted, we need a definitive answer, If you are being harassed by these letters why is still going on?

@robtheplod

11 күн бұрын

The bbc have a government exemption to behave in this way... this is why no case is taken against them.... just cancel your direct debits....

@robburrows2737

10 күн бұрын

No they don't scrutinize anything.One magistrate can rubber stamp 300 cases in a morning under the single justice procedure. Chili Jon carni goes into this numbers game in his channel. The magistrate did not even know that the girl they convicted had downs syndrome and did not manage her affairs.

I pray 🙏 for the day someone takes these bullies to court. It's long overdue.

How can they check if you are breaking the law. How can they prove your watching live TV. If you are just watching recordings. Of course you just don't let them in your home in the first place.

@MikeEves

11 күн бұрын

They can't. They are impotent, hence the meaningless letters

As Bruce Lee once said, boards don't fight back 😂

@stephenrobbins9901

11 күн бұрын

Unless one part hits you as it falls to the ground, ask me how I know lol

I am getting rather fed up with these letters, we get them almost on a monthly basis saying an investigation is under way blah blah....today, another one, I have, apparently, a 10 day window to get a licence otherwise they will escalate this case to the Enforcement Team! Awesome! This is harassment! I don't need a licence, we don't watch live TV etc. Can we submit it as evidence to the police as harassment?

@patcopeland5116

11 күн бұрын

I used to get a lot of unsolicited mail. I got fed up with all the clutter and the stress they caused, so I cut them up and put them posted them back.

@uniteplanet7474

11 күн бұрын

@patcopeland5116 good idea. I thought about reverse psychology and sending the BBC letters that if they keep sending me threatening letters then I'll send my Enforcement Team 🤔🤣

@jonwyatt3694

10 күн бұрын

It can only be harrassment if a named person is identified. 'Legal occupier' slyly circumvents the law. 'Return to sender' unopened if you wish, since you did not request a contract with the BBC. I've been toying with the idea of returning them addressed to the BBC, Broadcasting House, then they can redirect them. I have a collection of ~250 unopened envelopes which they will be receiving, when not needed for evidence, in the future.

@uniteplanet7474

10 күн бұрын

@@jonwyatt3694 Thank you Jon for your wisdom, I appreciate it 🙂 I like your thoughts and plans afoot.

I received one of these the other day, went straight in the bin.

I was told to get a license because my email logged into BBC iPlayer. They told me the dates. They also prosecuted me for an address I had moved from and held a license at the new address. The court did not want to know. They just fined me.

I'm voting Reform UK and hope that Nigel will abolish the licence and make the bbc go commercial.

I've never declared that I don't need a licence, and have received around 140 letters, and have had at least a dozen visits. I'm dleighted to have cost them all that money. 😊

Court's won't do anything, same establishment

Well done for giving Chilli a shout. Hope he does the same for you.

I've just cancelled mine, I'm a pensioner and quite able to stand up for myself but the questions are intimidating, I refused to answer the questions designed to " catch me out" at the end i was told i would be contacted every 12 months in order to reapply to not have them contact me! Really! I don't think i will be doing that they can go get the warrant. Its a disgrace.

Would it be possible to sue purely on the malicious threats sent in the post? 🤔

Cancelled mine online 25 months ago...recieved a recheck letter about a month ago...re told them I still don't need one...was told I would get a visit to check....I can't remember exactly the wording but it did have KZread and Netflix mentioned as well as using phones tablets and consoles to view live content.....I've never noticed anything live on Netflix??

In the last 4 years they have sent me about 30 fake threats saying on all occasions you have now been escalated to a visit by an "Officer" now just what does that mean an "officer"

So if a punter was sitting in a caf, scoffing the morning coffe and bagel, and watching BBC Iplayer on their Iphone who is responsible for procurement of a licence for said watching. Sounds like an absolute load of bollocks. What about me as a visitor to the UK and I watch on my device.

@MikeEves

10 күн бұрын

Ignore them, they don't have any power

hold on....if you are " cautioned".....you have to ask....."do you have a police warrent to do this?".......if they say "No".....then you can report them for impersonation a poilce officer...which IS A CRIME ITSELF

BBC are Discussing. Farage will get rid of them . I hope this comes to pass.

@simplesimon5739

11 күн бұрын

😂

@laceandwhisky

11 күн бұрын

So do I, about time all TV services stood on their own two feet. 😊

@JustAlex848

11 күн бұрын

Sounds interesting. What are they discussing? I would love to know more because I am into discussions big time. My mum always you to say "Stop discussing!" because I would always discuss stuff with strangers in shops and she found it annoying. One time I went to Spain on holiday and had a discussion with someone there. I will always remember that discussion. One of my favourites. Maybe we could become friends and I can come to your house and have a discussion with your family about something? Let me know.

@robin9342

11 күн бұрын

The BBC are already Labour's mouthpiece. Unfortunately, it seems we are heading for a Labour 'government', so Starmageddon won't be ditching his propaganda machine anytime soon.

@SessDMC

11 күн бұрын

Not too keen on Truss on Steroids being PM and end up costing me more than a TV license.

It's not a new letter they've been using it for years however it's a once a year cycle

Their intimidation is outrageous and I reported them to the police, then sent the crime reference number to Head of Finance at the BBC. The police sent me a text the next day saying what they did was not an offence but upping the anti has resulted in them doing one. They obviously pick the low lying fruit and this is a cash cow.

I used to do the online 2year exemption as I don't have a TV but this year tvl decided I have one 🤷😂 but I'm getting the threatening letters of visits now. They just make things up, in my honest opinion

Borderline harassment? Getting threatening letters ever two weeks for over 20 years is not borderline...

@DM-ur8vc

9 күн бұрын

Same - once a month for 22 years. Including envelopes with 'WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE' printed on the outside, 'will you be in on this date' printed on the outside, fake Royal Mail notes, red letters, name taken from electoral register.... If that's 'borderline'...

I had one of those last week. It got binned as I don't watch live TV

I've just received one of these this morning ... glad you already covered it. I've informed them that if they even attempt to come round they'll be sent to my local police station.

I had a couple of them a few years ago when I didn't have a TV. I sent them back with a note,If you don't stop sending threatening letters you'll hear from my solicitor, they stopped. .. didn't have a solicitor at the time

Am i correct in assuming the TV enforcement officer is in fact employed by Capita who's sole job is to collect the TV licence fee on behalf of the BBC

@Kivetonandrew

11 күн бұрын

Yes. The BBC outsource enforcement to Capita who no doubt charges the BBC at least a 7 figure sum for their services. Surely, this can't be cost effective.

@jonwyatt3694

10 күн бұрын

It used to be (~20 years ago) regional controller types were employed by Capita. They were responsible for recruiting work from home self-employed commission-based managers, who in turn recruited self-employed commission-based collectors of debt etc. Generally, officers and inspectors they are not!

They are causing alarm harrassment and distress especially to vulnerable people.. pleeeease do something to finish this once and for all!!

I register and tell them I don't need a license and have had to do this every 2 yrs except this year when I got a letter after a year saying 'somethings changed at this address please act now' addressed to the legal occupier ( where previously they had my name) and nothing had changed my end. Struck me as incompetence at best or a deliberate attempt to catch me out. I don't watch live TV and detest the BBC, I don't need their license, nor will I ever fund them.

@JackOfski

9 күн бұрын

I had exactly the same thing happen to me 2 years ago,' something changed at this address please act now letter'' I never did act and they still send me the letters.

I think it's time to get this harrasment stopped once and for all. It needs a damm good case to be agreed with in the courts. Well done with your channel 👍

Don't open the letters. Score out your name and address and write ' Return to sender ' on the front with the postcode of the return address ( it is shown on the back of the envelope), then post the letter. Crapita /TVL then have to admi istrate the returned letter which is extra cost to them.

I must have fed a thousand of these letters into my rubbish bin and it has never complained about the wording yet! Lol 😂

Best one I had was a TVL/Capita 'person' who (after realising I wasn't going to provide a name or confirmation of anything) stood on my doorstep and actually said 'But Sir we need to be sure our database is up to date' to which I replied "Possibly you do but thats hardly a concern of mine is it?" and I shut the door. That was that.

I've just got this letter., so thanks for highlighting this BBB. I was fuming when I read it, my reaction was "who the to hell they (TVL) think they are??" I am not breaking any law, I am not a criminal, yet this letter intimated I could be. I feel this is straightforward harassment and not borderline. As you have said on one of your previous videos' why don't TVL just try prosecuting me (they will have a fight back) or LEAVE ME ALONE? Something needs to be done about this TVL approach to stop them using their meaningless threats and bullying, it is getting tiresome, I'm sick of it. They should be prosecuted, not us!

Well said sir. I note at this time, that you have just under half a million subs. You deserve more. I watch most of your vids and wonder why nobody has taken BBC or Capita to court as the instigators of this unfair practise! Isn't it time that happened, if only to set a precedent!?

Feels very much like how the post office worked, and look at how that turned out for them.

Straight away i was frowning and concerned about that wording. I really think the whole country needs to stand together and not pay for the rip off lience.