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I have been harassed for years. When I gave up my tv Licence in 2010. Am just wondering how much the BBC has spent sending me their ridiculous letter with bright red written threats, over and over. Someone needs to sue them.

@rogerkay8603

9 ай бұрын

As others have said, not costing the beeb a penny, only using other licence payers money

@user-qc5zd5jj9p

6 ай бұрын

I've not had TV for decades - over 30 years - and every two years I go online as requested I go online to state I don't have a TV and still get the letters. They only stopped when I phoned them, which cost me money. The last time I was asked I filled in the online form and any letters sent since have been returned unopened marked 'no TV, license not required'. The last one I added 'f**I off' for good measure. I know someone who was visited and was told he would be marked as TV free for the next ten years.

I've previously mentioned a case where a "Goon from Capita" visited an elderly meighbour who is registered blind being partially sighted she does not have a TV. He asked her to sign a form "to prove to his boss he'd visited". He had to guide her hand to the box where she scrawled her signature. He'd ticked a box where she said she watched TV without a licence before asking her to sign. She then started getting threatening letters and eventually her daughter got involved. 1. She was over 75 and registered blind AND WAS EXEMPT. 2. She did not own a TV she listened to the radio. If BBC Rogue Traders were to investigate Capita and their tactics WHAT A PROGRAM THAT WOULD MAKE!

@Nickle314

Жыл бұрын

The police is the correct port of call. Mind you I bet they do nothing.

@mrtecsom6951

Жыл бұрын

Unless the lady was the correct modern day fashionable colour or sexual orientation then she has more chance of herding 🐈 than getting the pigs 🐷 to visit

@Stigman101

Жыл бұрын

should of said go away slam the door in his face

@craighenshall3000

Жыл бұрын

Appauling

@oliverreedslovechild

Жыл бұрын

It's also appaling that YT keep disappearing replies therefore censoring free speech and stifling debate. says 4 erplies, there's only 2!

The first rule of TV licence collector interaction club - Don't interact.

@chadgilmore5046

Жыл бұрын

When this crap was in Australia they got a good smacking out your Pommie TV license was abolished from Australia

@pilgrimoutdoors-uk6177

Жыл бұрын

@@chadgilmore5046 In English? 🙂

Didn't cost the BBC anything either, just the license payers!

@andyjax9215

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely and that's what's wrong with the current system.

@sidm3300

Жыл бұрын

It came out of the license fee, so therefore the BBC didn't get it. That money would have gone to the beeb. So it did cost them.

@shinkansenshinkansend8316

Жыл бұрын

@@sidm3300 The BBC have no money. They are funded by us. Even if they do sell their content to 3rd parties, we've paid to produce it in the first place, so it's all ours. It's totally outdated and needs defunding. Standards would rise if they had to earn their income.

@sidm3300

Жыл бұрын

@@shinkansenshinkansend8316 They're not funded by me, I don't pay for a tv license

Years ago, a guy came to my gran's door saying she had to pay 27p for a dog license; she told them to get lost; she only had a black and white dog

@SJPDurham

Жыл бұрын

😂

@lbarnett748

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Was at my mums this evening and on the BBC who apparently don't allow or are banned from displaying ads via their charter, there was an advertisement from the private company Capita aka TV Licensing warning people about watching TV without a licence. How is that allowed? Surely, to be fair and balanced they should be allowing adverts against paying for a licence and teaching viewers how they can be legally TV Licence free!

@briangibson8009

Жыл бұрын

The BBC own UKTV which show dozens of freeview/freesat channels which all carry ads so they want it both ways

@mikehipperson

Жыл бұрын

Crapita are legally a separate company contracted to the BBC to collect outstanding non-payment of the TV tax on their behalf. Thus they can advertise but I bet all the money in your bank account to pay for the ad came out of the licence payers pockets!

@epender

Жыл бұрын

@@mikehipperson Well if it was on the BBC's channel it wouldn't have cost anyone anything except whatever it cost to produce the ad.

@epender

Жыл бұрын

Well it's simply informing you of the rules, and as long as it tells you that the license is needed to watch broadcast TV or the iPlayer then that's all the info you need surely?

@thedogsdiddies8421

Жыл бұрын

@@epender I know the rules and I don't want or need a TV license. Not once did they explain the rules, just assumed that everyone needs a license. I was at my mums and was watching it under her licence. But me personally, I don't watch TV and get threatening letters every month from these bar stewards! The BBC is supposed to be ad free, fair and balanced which is in their charter and they are breaking the charter by displaying adverts for a 3rd party with whom they have vested interests.

The bbc knows if you pay to watch rather than TV license they would fail and fold within a year

Or is it that the enforcer that turns up at the door is a man that harass/intimidate the woman, not that woman talk more?

@benayers8622

Жыл бұрын

no its cos 99% of poor people live in a single mums property and those types dont pay bills its very simple! How many males are skint but housed? NONE. Do you understand now

We should ask the BBC to list the quality programs they provide. It will take them years to reply to the question.

Don't watch TV as it's broadcast, don't watch iplayer. Don't need to pay for Lineker.

Knock knock.. open door.. tv licence...shut the door....

@JaimeTaylor-lf1dd

3 ай бұрын

Get a door camera you won't even have to go near the door😂

"High quality programmes" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I've saved over 900 quid by not paying for a tv license ! (thaks to you John and your invaluable information on how to do it correctly !)

The reason why most are women getting done is due to the fact they are at home more than most men

@awhisperinthewind4253

Жыл бұрын

I have stated this before, surely it's obvious, 'stay at home mums' and before anyone kicks off, I was a stay at home Dad

@BedsitBob

Жыл бұрын

And, in general, they're easier to intimidate.

@douglasfreeman3229

Жыл бұрын

Or they or more likely to open the door to callers?

@darrylwigginton1067

Жыл бұрын

@@douglasfreeman3229 Yes because more woman are at home more than men are, not being sexist just that more women work part time & more house wifes than house husbands, also more single unemployed mothers than males, thus more likely that its because more woman are at home more during the day than men!

@davidhamm7909

Жыл бұрын

Why is it that whenever more women that men are prosecuted, people automatically think it is sexist (same with racist). Maybe it is because more women than men do flout the law. if 75% were men, nobody would mention it.

I’ve told them not to attend my property and stop sending me appalling letters, I’ve then enforced it with a legal letter stating in my will when I die you will be notified the house is vacant, or if I move and have made it very clear, if now they send someone round or send me another letter I will take them to court. I’ve warned them and I’ve sent it in writing. They are just a company and have no right to send letters like they do to my property. So far it’s stopped I think they have realised I’m in the right.

@allygilmour6182

Жыл бұрын

Wasting your time and effort. Why do you get so upset at receiveing a monthy letter? Recognise their letter, leave it unopened, score your name out and write return to sender on it unsolucted mail. Pop it back in the post box. Not worth the stress.

@benayers8622

Жыл бұрын

@@allygilmour6182 sheep

I got a visit from all i can say was a disgusting bully and in front of my 2 children and i was also receiving treatment from a VERY rare cancer and deemed terminal. I refused to speak to him despite him trying to scare me, which he did, after CAB advised me not too. They also advised me that they can only knock 8 times and after this debt to be handed back to the company. Anyway the next day at around 6am!! this vile creature returned with a second vile bully, they really must have huge issue with themselves as i know they wouldn't do this to a man. I stood outside in the snow so i could lock my door, had no warmth and still in treatment, and stood there whilst he threatened me, called me names, told me my children would loose all their stuff and on i went as i stood in silence. they eventually left and i went back to the CAB with their names. The main culprit as it turned out had had his name given over to them over 15 times that month and eventually got the sack. Sadly they will always be there but stand your ground and go to CAB they're extremely helpful with all sorts of issues and debts even speaking to companies on your behalf even getting penalties etc stopped on debts.

@kevincoshner310

Жыл бұрын

Excuse my ignorance - what is CAB?

@bettyboo8214

Жыл бұрын

@@kevincoshner310 citizens advice bureau

@maxinegould9357

Жыл бұрын

@@kevincoshner310 Citizens Advice Bereau. Al there advice, calls they make to companies is all free. if able to make a donation if only a pound all helps as theyre able to provide this free help because of donations They really are worth their weight in gold

@peter7624

Жыл бұрын

LIsten to what Jon says. Close the door in their faces from the inside, don't go outside, just say no thanks and close it without engaging in conversation with them.

Still can't get my head around them having £5.1 billion a year, and can't run it.

We can express our opinion of the BBC by not paying for a television license and not watching broadcast television. If around 5 million households do not pay perhaps the BBC will take notice due to the resulting hole in their finances.

@ep1929

Жыл бұрын

Well there's 2 million households not paying now and that number is only going one way!

@KemPeck1701

Жыл бұрын

sorry to say.. no they wont.. the BBC is the uk's government propoganda arm.. thats what the BBC was during WW2.. it wont be defunded through public funds.. they will put it through either the council tax or through your internet bill (personally.. i think it will be council tax) i would prefer they kept the lisence as it is.. but be 'nicer' about their tactics

@laceandwhisky

Жыл бұрын

Even with one TV licence payer the BBC will think they are winning and the government would make up the short fall.

@TheSidaman13

Жыл бұрын

because its a way of treating females differently females are more agreeable

@HF-tj8db

Жыл бұрын

I stopped paying my license and watching live TV and BBC last year. It was difficult at first, but I realised that there was quite a lot of content on KZread that was actually better quality, like channel 4 docs and TV clips. It’s been well worth it.

I always like to point out, that watching live TV etc. without a license is a CRIMINAL offence which means a Crown court trial before a jury BUT it can also be heard in a magistrates court (usually is). So what I hear you ask. The dif is this. Crown court requires the prosecution to PROVE IT'S CASE where as magistrate's court the level is only BALANCE OF PROBABILITY. This means a confession (to a goon with or without a signature) with no witnesses or any other proof can (& is) enough to convict. This would be thrown out of crown court. Also magistrates do not have to be (& frequently aren't) trained legal professionals. They can be (& oft are) just any old busybody who has a clear record who fancies themselves as a big wig. It stinks. Say nothing to a goon other than "please leave". Never, ever, sign anything they have. (I quit TV license a couple of yrs ago. Damn good decision.)

@Online_Lawyer_UK

Жыл бұрын

Anything in Crown Court would go through magistrates anyway and referred on if needed or at the defendants request. It's how our legal system works. But because magistrates can kmpose the fines under their jurisdiction and they have a higher conviction rate, due to issues you mentioned, that's why people are convicted. Ut you cN request tried by Crown court yourself to be heard by peers and realistically have a lower chance ce of conviction for something like this. But it's not something many would know, and you would need to get a barrister then too. So they rely on you not bothering to do all that to get a conviction or at least a higher chance of one.

@9crutnacker985

Жыл бұрын

@@Online_Lawyer_UK I didn't know that it would 1st be ref'd to magistrates. Ta. Kind of my point was if you requested crown court then Capita would be quite inclined to drop the case if all they had was their word against yours, even if you had been duped into saying something that a goon had taken as a confession. If there's no witnesses simple to say they were mistaken in their conclusion & you don't watch broadcast live TV. One persons word against anothers won't stand up in crown court even if it was admitted (which I doubt).

@Online_Lawyer_UK

Жыл бұрын

@@9crutnacker985 They certainly would. Even if just to avoid the cost of needing a barrister themselves. But every case goes through magistrates even if it's just passing on the paperwork.

@derektaylor7844

Жыл бұрын

TV Licensing along with motoring and minor assault cases ( no injuries ) is a summary offence and heard only by magistrates ,

@Online_Lawyer_UK

Жыл бұрын

@Derek Taylor True. But its your legal right to request trial at crown.

I used to buy a tv license every year and then my tv broke so I returned the current license for a refund which I obtained. After I bought a new tv some months later I bought a new license and then after the fact then backdated it to when the last license ran out. No correspondence, no questions. Just the assumption that I had always had a tv and had always been illegally watching it. So I cancelled that license too and never bought another one. Eventually an officer turned up. I asked him one question. "Do you have a warrant?" He turned round and walked away. I've never seen another officer. That was 25 years ago. I have no idea how much they've spent on threatening letters which are handy for lighting my fires. The TV license is an optional tax and I decline to pay it. Don't let them in and don't answer any questions. There's nothing they can do. Just say buh bye and watch them slink away.

The decision makers have a vested interest in keeping the BBC going. So often when you see this debated in the media you have a collection of people basically agreeing that the BBC is great and should be kept going. I couldn't give the tiniest rats bottom if it does or doesn't. Until the decision makers, (or enough of them), reach the same conclusion we will continue to be lumbered with this iniquitous tax.

@infrasleep

Жыл бұрын

Another thing guaranteed to keep the BBC going is that it is the default job and sinecure for public schoolboys and girls (after Oxbridge of course) They wont allow this easy living to succumb to a trifling reality that it's not needed or watched by those ghastly plebes.

@mushroom4051

Жыл бұрын

Astroturfing

As I said before where's the evidence? The goons can say whatever they want unless they are treated like the cops and must wear cameras.

@derektaylor7844

Жыл бұрын

They are now being issued , they operate on a 90 second loop but can be switched to continuous recording if the Enforcement Officer thinks is required ,

They also 'read you your rights' to intimidate you even more.

There are 3 people in our house. A wife and a child. Nobody has called yet in 2 years but I'm hoping if they do call its when I'm at home, to save any confusion. No thank-you and close the door

Just shut the door on the goons.

Maybe someone should run an ad campaign on other channels, explaining how to legally watch TV without paying the TV licence fee.

@icdgyixifyinstereo

Жыл бұрын

They do not have the courage to do that.

Surely there is a law somewhere that says you do not have to pay for something you don’t want, asked for or haven’t ordered.

@lupaswolfshead9971

Жыл бұрын

There is

@dunboozin

Жыл бұрын

@@lupaswolfshead9971 where

@lupaswolfshead9971

Жыл бұрын

Look under business law UK has several laws covering this also check under contract law

@lupaswolfshead9971

Жыл бұрын

Also in the TV licence legislation itself

@Andrew-mj5rf

Жыл бұрын

There are no such laws. Note that the people who replied that there are laws like that didn't give anything more than a vague (and imaginary) reference, this is because there's nothing to refer to. Usually these "no contract" rants are made by people infected in the recent SovClit epidemic.

She is NOT from Rwanda

Canceled 4 months ago and they are sending threatening letters again ....... I think I'll wipe my ass on it and send it back to em 🤪

I just cancelled my tv licence today best feeling ever 😌

I think it is because women don't stand up for themselves whereas a man is more likely to tell the goons to jog on.

How many times have tv licence inspectors gone on to traveller sites to check on licences.? .

Sending unwarranted threatening letters is a criminal offence. Why are the BBC exempt from this law???? Also, lying door salesmen (with intimidation) is also a criminal offence. Why can't you organise a campaign of sending threatening letters to the BBC along with a mass appeal against our convictions as we are only responding in a likewise manner. Take the appears as far as possible

@DMC888

Жыл бұрын

Belfield was sending them rude non threatening emails, he’s now in prison.

There must be people out there that have covertly recorded the interaction on a video doorbell for example and went on to be stitched up. That court case would be amazing, showing them up to be the liars they are! The guilty until proven innocent attitude all these Capita employee's have and even the letters they post through my door!

@bob23301

Жыл бұрын

I have caught 3 approching my door with their clip boards, yet the moment thry see the ring cam they simply put one of those TV licence cards through the door and run away, so i guess they are being schooled into not dealing with addresses with these ring doorbells for fear of being recorded committing unsolicited doorstep selling.

To go fishing "angling" one needs a fishing permit or licence that you can get from the post office. Now i've not been fishing for a couple of years and I've never had British Waterways send a goon around because I still own fishing rods. I also stopped my membership to various "clubs" over the years and not once have they sent the goons around because I still have "radio" equipment or that I still own a karate Gi (suit)... Just because I own a TV the goons think that I HAVE to pay them, I don't think so. "Who are you"...goodbye !

They never visit me to make sure im not owed a refund😏

How come they manage to prove who people are for debt and TV licences but can't do it for any other reason.

HMCTS need to have words with the BBC for clagging up their courts.

I have been getting letters for the past year addressed to the occupier , I got absolutely fed up of them with the big red letters so I filled out the form online disclaimer don't need one and for the name I put not mr but other. And for the name I put B Bigballocks, last week I received a letter from them thanking me for filling out the disclaimer and the name at the top of the letter was B Bigballocks. It did make me laugh 😂

@eddyblackmore2834

Жыл бұрын

Nice. My last No License needed confirmation was addressed to Theo Q. Pyer, might do the next one as either Sum Ting Wong or Yu Fuk Dup.

@MikeEves

Жыл бұрын

That's the same as disclaiming you don't shop at a certain supermarket. Easier to bin the letters unopened.

I have today cancelled my TV Licence after paying for it for 15 yrs, I have never watched BBC I Player or BBC , I simply didnt know, thanks to your channel I do now, I wont be paying again

£6,500 is nothing to the BBC, even if it was their own earned money - one first class plane ticket for a journalist.

@benayers8622

Жыл бұрын

How the other half live ay

@tatstarone

Жыл бұрын

what journalists ? They have all gone.

We need to start questioning why the "public funded broadcaster" needs £3.8 BILLION to carry out its public service. There total revenue is around £5bn. This is more than the GDP of some small countries. Why is so much money needed for a public broadcaster?

@derektaylor7844

Жыл бұрын

Excellent point , the other publicly owned Channel , Channel 4 this year reported record income of just over 1.1 billion, and is wholly self supporting , if they can do it why can’t the BBC ,

@PaulP999

Жыл бұрын

...to be able to pay Gary Lineker?

Assisting Boris to get an £800000 input of cash may be going a long way as to why this won’t change in the near future!

Sick of them harassing me……I have a declaration still current yet they continue to send me “ legal occupier” letters. I follow the links for a declaration and it tells me I have one in place but my latest letter says I am in breach of 2003 communications act for failing to acknowledge their letters….sick of them.

It is the BBC's responsibility, to control access to their product. They could scramble the signal, and provide each license holder with a de-scrambler. This is an old method used by satellite TV providers. I imagine they can have these de-scramblers built for next to nothing. Usually, they change the code the unit has set in it. They then provide the installation of the new code at no additional charge.

@sadiquemiah4594

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree it’s like I pay for sky tv and they only let me watch the channels I pay for

@thefreephilosopher7398

Жыл бұрын

But... but... but... If they do that, they cannot coerce people out of their money any longer, now can they? Imagine how many people coughing up the money every year that aren't watching BBC... now imagine them losing that money... wouldn't that be horrific? The BBC's top goons wouldn't be able to afford a second yacht or third condo any longer... surely that's criminal!

@DMC888

Жыл бұрын

But the licence fee is for all broadcast TV, not just BBC channels. They’d have to scramble every channel. Best to just shut it down as nobody is going to subscribe to their bland woke rubbish.

@derektaylor7844

Жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea but other laws not licensed related that controls broadcasting state that BBC and ITV channels cannot be encrypted they must be available for anyone , so under current legislation encryption would not be an option ,

I honestly can’t remember the last time I had broadcast television, streaming is really the way forward. I watch what I want when I want.

the same advice always goes ; if some goon comes to your door - LEAVE them there. just because someone rings your doorbell you don't need to answer. i IGNORE anyone unless i know who they are or what they want. they can stand at the door all day for all i care. usually a minute or two and the uninvited nuisances go away.

TV license didn’t pay her… the licence payers paid her due to the incompetence of the licence goons and the heavy handed actions that followed.

My pal dealt with the door knockers for years, got one who wouldn't f off once so he went out his back garden and chucked a brick through his car window.... His girlfriend answers one day and let them in, you know what happened next, they love a women to answer.

@eddyblackmore2834

Жыл бұрын

I really hope this story ends with "and he lived happily ever after with his NEW girlfriend, who didn't have a head full of rocks like the last idiot."

Got another letter from tv licence coming to investigate😆😆, would it be a good idea if everyone who recieves enforcement letter to Return to sender? Keep up the good work👍

@allygilmour6182

Жыл бұрын

Return all their crap unopened back to them. Do this for all junkmail.

I decided to tease the BBC by not informing them that I don't watch live TV boll3x, I enjoy the letters and visits, happy days 👍👍😁😁😂😂

@DMC888

Жыл бұрын

I was teasing them by setting up a direct debit and then cancelling it 2 days before it was due. I managed to do that 3 times then they informed me I’d lost my privilege to pay by direct debit. They wanted payment in full, 18 months worth! Which is another scam they run. Cancelled!

I'm going to go out on a limb here Jon. That 75% are single young mothers struggling to keep their heads above water. The TV children's channels are a way to keep their kids entertained & out of harms way.

Ive had many days off work to meet and greet these letter writting bbc. I don’t get paid if I’m not at work. They’ve never shown up.. they owe me….

If the GOONS turn up, I will identify as a woman when I tell them "No Thank YOU!".

My partner doesn't get letters from DVLA because she hasn't got a driving licence which she doesn't need

@MikeEves

Жыл бұрын

And I even owned a car when I wad 15. Was never chased for a licence.

The BBC own seven (yes 7!) UK TV Cannels that show commercials/Advertisements. If you are a TV Licence payer, where is you cut of the profits?????

I found myself staying in a hotel last night on my own. The power socket was across the room which meant I couldn't watch content on my phone whilst charging it. I got to enjoy the drivel that is Saturday night television such as 'Ant and Decs Saturday Night Get Me Out Of Here.

@laceandwhisky

Жыл бұрын

Bet you fell asleep with telly on 😂

@GG-kp4gy

Жыл бұрын

@@laceandwhisky last thing I remember is a 1am documentary called hunting for Hitler or something like that. Once upon a time I did have a social life I think.

I don't pay for the TV licence ande I will never will

Why even open the door to them. Let them wait at the door in the cold ❄

Women are more susceptible to being frightened into submission by TV bullies, my wife doesn't understand why she shouldn't let them in and even gave them her mobile number so they could check on her using her mobile for live broadcasts despite me telling not to let them in or talk to them, I even gave her a letter to give them and told her to shut the door after.

Why does it make people like myself "silly" for not paying a licence for a TV, whilst still watching it live for the last 14 years & not paying a penny. I have had no visits or letters in that time & all I do every two years is contact them & say "I do not need a TV licence as I have no tv. Yes I have lied but I am not breaking the law in doing so. I still watch live TV & there's nothing they can do about it.

@DMC888

Жыл бұрын

Forget the legal stuff, morally you are correct. Watch what you like. The law needs changing.

They aren’t Officers just BBC employees, only a person in the military can hold the King’s Commission and unlikely they could even earn one.

More women get prosecuted because they are more likely to be at home when the goons visit. [Without being sexist.. there are more ‘stay at home’ women who’s other half go to work than there are ‘stay at home’ men.] [and men usually do more physical jobs where they can’t work from home] Also women by their very nature are more likely to start talking when asked questions where as men get very defensive when asked question by another man. [women’s natural talent is communication. Where as men’s is more confrontational]

I have not had TV since 2003 yet get loads of TV licence letters.

I remember might be about in the 1950`s before we had a TV I used to go to a shool mates house to watch their TV and our favourite was Hopalong Cassidy and the program had adverts for Spangles fruit sweets, the BBC was the only channel available way back then.

@DMC888

Жыл бұрын

The BBC used to run adverts?

Very good, I do hope this ridiculous charge gets abolished 👍👍

The enforcement officers are invariably male and quite possible just a wee bit inadequate! They draw themselves up to their full 5ft 8 and 140 pounds and knock in the door. It’s opened by a sturdy 6footer who says “I’m not interested sorry”. They’re not likely to be intimidated are they? When the door is opened by a slightly harassed busy mother or an older lady they can bully it’s a different story.

I keep getting endless letters to the resident. I don't watch any live TV or BBC. I could go online and fill out the form stating this but I don't want them having my name etc because I don't trust what they do with details ie sell them on and more so because its none of their damn business who I am! Can I go online and do it as just 'the resident' because the letters are bloody annoying. Or best to just keep ignoring?? Also, regarding 75% being women is more than likely because they are easier to intimidate and I bet the license plonkers use harder tactics

I think the courts are to blame too all they need to do is start rejecting TV license goons

Their system must work on a cycle because I have had the same series of letters sent to my address more than 10 times in the last 5 years. I am now under my 13th investigation (according to the letters😀😀). I open them for a laugh and then straight in the bin. I might of had a visit but if I open the door to a cold caller, it just gets shut straight away. Say nothing.

Why is it that other countries don't pay a TV licence, even though they may be watching the BBC that may be transmitted by Sky or other such providers.

@derektaylor7844

Жыл бұрын

Down to countries individual laws , around 35 other countries have TV licences,

I get repeated letters from tv licensing trying to make an appointment to visit me. Yet again they don’t turn up. Why are we not billing them for loss of earnings for the time taken off work. I’m betting hundreds of people stay home on the day they are coming losing earnings or a days holiday as it’s always a week day. It’s totally wrong. Let’s fight back and make it financially non viable for them to make these appointments.

@marknuttall8656

Жыл бұрын

This really needs a test case

@marknuttall8656

Жыл бұрын

It’s quite obviously just another form of intimidation from tv licensing.

I wonder how much it costs each conviction to go through criminal court?

@derektaylor7844

Жыл бұрын

Estimated at £120 per case but most cases have along with the fine a 40% surcharge so someone fined £200 will have £80 added for surcharge , Back payments for period of licence evasion can also be charged ,

I watch everything and I don't pay a penny 😁

Remember that you do not have to open your door or talk to these tyrants, even when they start giving you a police caution., They are not officers and have no official authority to force you to talk to them. You do not have to even talk to the police. There are two court ruling concerning your right to remain silent. Rice v Connolly (1966) You have a right to remain silent and do not have to leave your current location to an alternative location Neale v DPP (2020) Confirmed that the ruling in Rice applies and that you do not have to answer any questions!.

Could be that they call when men are at work ?

Of someone is at the door and I don't know them, I simply do not answer.

I had a bbc dor to door salesman knock at the door, I answered and said I'm not interested in cold callers then shut the door in his face. I'm 49 years old and never have had a licence and never will. I pray for the day when it gets abolished, keep up the vids 😊

Because I had a huge big burly aggressive TV licence officer... I fessed up on the spot because was so scared.

I've had my own flat since 2001and never had a TV licence, they knocked once when I opened the door,I opened it because I was expecting a delivery, the bloke had a big smile on his face, like he was thinking I've got one,at the time I didn't know that I didn't have to let them in, so I told him I didn't live there I'd only came round to feed the cats and I was only 14,I did look young at the time, this worked,if only I knew all I had to do was shut the door on them, thanks so much for the information your putting out there mate

Remember if you are threatened in your house, you can use disproportionate force when dealing with the threat because it's at your property. So if you feel threatened just remember the law says thats ok. I'm not a lawyer and thats not legal advice but black belt barrister who is a barrister mentioned it in another video about knife possession.

I have been told that people are becoming reluctant to serve as magistrates because so much of the time is spent in boring and meaningless TV licence cases, or the enforcement of ignored court orders relating to TV licencing. The cases are predominantly female simply because more women - particularly women with small children - are at home during the day. TV goons don't like working evenings and Sundays any more than anyone else.

@Nicole-Faith

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. That's interesting.

Be interested to see the age breakdown of those figures.

I Identify as ...., I will appeal

Good thing I don't have to deal with that shit🇨🇦 I don't understand how you guys put up with it

TVL bully women on the doorstep, simple as that, and because more women are at home during the day. Men in general are quite happy to be rude to TVL and men don't respond well to threats and intimidation (which TVL use). TVL use this fact to get more prosecutions.

I haven't paid for 23 years - but then I left the UK and got my state pension frozen. Fun isn't it

For me the simplest solution would be to accuse the bbc for not having a capability to turn it off 🤔

Well played getting £6,500. They cannot keep getting away with something close to fraud.

No one should ever have to pay for something that they don’t want. If you don’t want to pay for a product that you want you don’t do why should people have to pay for something that they don’t want like the tv license it’s unfair

@benayers8622

Жыл бұрын

yeah and imo the nhs is a huge scam too they empty our pockets then return a small portion as benefits or tax credits! How about i opt out the nhs and get reduced vat and all other taxes and a pay boost instead and then i can get decent healthcare if i ever need it and not the nhs option which is usually inferior or harmful! Most ppl dont have a clue green or ket is legal in England but it is you just have to pay a real doctor and not the lobotomised corrupted nhs ones!

We have tried to pay online 3 times - no luck. Tried to pay at the bank - wouldn't do it. Post Office - no longer do it. Local Paypoint store- wouldn't do it because we didn't have a barcode on TV License communication. License chatbot suggested phoning. Wife hard of hearing never uses phone. Instead it said we send a cheque. Went to bank for single check - wouldn't do it. Had to order a checkbook for this ONE service.

they have been sending letters (from 2022 ) to me and i have a license in force till end of feb '23 .

I'd like to know who is liable to actually pay. I watch live broadcasts, mostly football (most people don't even realise that you only need a licence if you watch LIVE broadcasts), but my partner doesn't watch anything like that - no sports, no news, nothing. I don't watch much else but she rarely watches TV at all. Yet she pays the bill. I've told her not to, but if she were to stop paying then, could they chase her if I admit to watching live broadcasts, or could they only prosecute me for not having a licence?

Does that same advice apply to Northern Ireland about not even talking to them and close the door

Maybe an FOI request from the magistrate courts for costs if that’s a thing?

50,000 a few years ago they were prosecuting nearly 200,000 per year it must be the advice given on here and in other services that are seeing few prosecutions as people are just shutting the door in TVL goons faces when they come calling.

You say that if you don't speak to them that means you can't get in trouble. I don't understand why you're ignoring the obvious possibility that the at least a few TV license pressure salespeople will be tempted to lie, perhaps fabricating interviews supposedly from residents of properties they've never been to or were unable to enter. Why assume that TV license goons are the only people with reliably 100% perfect moral standards?

@hakirby

7 ай бұрын

then you fight it. Likely you can prove you aren't watching tv. and then you get their statement and match it your records and job's a good'un. I've had them trying to pull that, got his statement that he'd seen my tv through a window and gave a time and date of a programme. i got my ISP history - I have no tv cable and asked him in court to show where I had watched it at that time. All they got was porn and youtube. I still get them rocking up, but it's "I've declared I don't need a licence., if your records don't show that, I can show the letter in court if you take me." "Can I come in to see the letter?" "No." "Can I come in to check the equipment?" "Only with a warrant and a hot police. male or female, I'm not fussy. Good day." Door shut.

For years and years, when there is knock on the door during election canvassing, I always ask " What is your party going to do about the TV tax". I know that the canvasser can not do any thing but I still ask..

I wonder if their is a similar figure for disabled people getting prosecuted?