TV licence fee excuses revealed

[STEED]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22947160


Excuses for non-payment given last year included:

"Apparently my dog, which is a corgi, was related to the Queen's dog so I didn't think I needed a TV licence"
"Why would I need a TV licence for a TV I stole? Nobody knows I've got it"
"Only my three-year-old son watches the TV. Can you take it out of the family allowance I receive for him? He watches it so he should pay"
"I had not paid as I received a lethal injection"
"I don't want to pay for a licence for a full year. Knowing my luck I'll be dead in six months and won't get value for money"
"I have lost weight recently and had to buy new clothes. That's why I could not afford to buy a TV licence"


I could come up with a few..:rotfl2:

[Catfish]

If you think you are entiteld to get money for the sorry broadcasts with their primitive soap operas, low-class 'entertainment' and all the propaganda you pour at us through those TV truthmakers, come and try to get it, over my dead body ! :stare:
:arrgh!:

[Wolferz]

So, our British cousins have to buy a license to watch television!?!?

Whisky
Tango
Foxtrot
Over?

You're kidding me, right?

[mapuc]

Many years ago, one of my friend got borrelia and got blind on his left eyes.

After that he sent a letter to the Swedish license office and demanded to only pay half the annual fee

He proclaimed to only have one eye to see with.

His demand was refused


Markus

[u crank]

So, our British cousins have to buy a license to watch television!?!?

Whisky
Tango
Foxtrot
Over?

You're kidding me, right?

I am baffled by this. How is it regulated? Do they have TV police? How do you get caught? :hmmm:

[Tribesman]

So, our British cousins have to buy a license to watch television!?!?

Whisky
Tango
Foxtrot
Over?

You're kidding me, right?

Most european countries have TV licences, you on the other hand pay it through ordinary taxes regardless of if you watch TV.

[Cybermat47]

How do you get caught? :hmmm:

Monsters from Doctor Who come out of unlicensed/unpaying TVs :yep:

[Father Goose]

So, our British cousins have to buy a license to watch television!?!?

Whisky
Tango
Foxtrot
Over?
You're kidding me, right?


How much is the license?
After you buy a license, do you have to pay for access to the television channels? :hmmm:

[BossMark]

My excuse would be on the lines of

Your programs are utter crap too much reality TV so sod off I am not giving my hard earned money to watch a load of bollocks.

[bertieck476]

I find the bbc as a whole (tv,radio,internet, iplayer) very good and you can watch or listen without any commercials, I ofcourse would rather not have to pay but I really do not enjoy having something Im viewing peppered with adverts.

[bertieck476]

For those of you from overseas, the license fee here in the uk is what funds the BBC, we have other free to air channels and radio stations but these are all commercial and are funded by advertising revenue

[HundertzehnGustav]

eh!
you get to watch top gear!
150 pounds is hefty for TV, but eh...

i do not pay, for i do not watch.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Some of it also funds Channel 4.

You have to pay much more for cable or satellite TV, but the BBC is the highest quality broadcaster and the greatest bit is no adverts. I never ever watch adverts on telly, it's usually BBC I watch or if it's some other channel it gets recorded and they get skipped. :up:

[Wolferz]

I guess your BBC is like our PBS. Depending on donations to operate. Except you are required by law to support the broadcaster.

[August]

I guess your BBC is like our PBS. Depending on donations to operate. Except you are required by law to support the broadcaster.

And ironically PBS runs BBC programs all the time. :)

[Synthfg]

How do you get caught? :hmmm:

Many years ago they used to say that they sent round vans with spinning roof racks full of electrical equipment that can detect if you were watching a TV

In reality they have a list of all unlicensed addresses and send round court empowered snoopers who can enter and inspect your property if they have reasonable grounds to suspect you are watching TV without a licence (A satellite dish on the outside of your property is probably a good example of reasonable grounds for suspicion)

[August]

What if you blocked out all the BBC channels or had a TV that could only receive non BBC frequencies. Do you still have to pay this tax anyways?

And how does watching TV programming over the computer monitor work?

[Tribesman]

What if you blocked out all the BBC channels or had a TV that could only receive non BBC frequencies. Do you still have to pay this tax anyways?

And how does watching TV programming over the computer monitor work?
Here.
• You only watch catch-up TV, not live TV. If you never watch a live programme and only watch a show after it has been broadcast via a channel's online player such as iPlayer (as opposed to watching it recorded on a digital recorder), then you don't need a TV licence. This might sound like an easy way to get out of paying £145.50 a year – but you do need to make a declaration to TV Licensing saying you only watch catch-up services and never live television (you'll be refunded for the time remaining on your licence if you paid in full). But TV Licensing officers may visit your address to "verify the situation", and while they won't disclose how they do it, they say they can tell if you've been watching live television. In which case, you could face a hefty fine if you've declared otherwise.
• You only watch movies and box sets on your DVD player, or streaming sites such as LoveFilm, Netflix, YouTube or Curzon on Demand. If you supplement catch-up TV with movies on demand that you either pay per view, pay a subscription for or watch for free on YouTube, then you don't have to pay for a separate licence. But, again, you do have to make a declaration that you are not watching anything live.
• You're 75 years old or over. When you turn 75, you are entitled to a free television licence, which will be sent to you every three years, provided TV Licensing has your national insurance number. There are also reductions available for visually impaired people and care-home residents.

I guess your BBC is like our PBS. Depending on donations to operate. Except you are required by law to support the broadcaster.
No, your PBS also gets supported by tax money which you are required by law to pay.
So your "whisky tango foxtrot" really does ring hollow as you pay just the same as other nations do, the method is different but the funding requirement is pretty much the same.
Though the Brits can opt out of paying if they don't use the service, but you can't if you are a US taxpayer as it is all centralised.

[Betonov]

IIRC August has Tribes blocked. So here's Tribes's answer to August which explains Augusts question.

What if you blocked out all the BBC channels or had a TV that could only receive non BBC frequencies. Do you still have to pay this tax anyways?

And how does watching TV programming over the computer monitor work?

Here.
• You only watch catch-up TV, not live TV. If you never watch a live programme and only watch a show after it has been broadcast via a channel's online player such as iPlayer (as opposed to watching it recorded on a digital recorder), then you don't need a TV licence. This might sound like an easy way to get out of paying £145.50 a year – but you do need to make a declaration to TV Licensing saying you only watch catch-up services and never live television (you'll be refunded for the time remaining on your licence if you paid in full). But TV Licensing officers may visit your address to "verify the situation", and while they won't disclose how they do it, they say they can tell if you've been watching live television. In which case, you could face a hefty fine if you've declared otherwise.
• You only watch movies and box sets on your DVD player, or streaming sites such as LoveFilm, Netflix, YouTube or Curzon on Demand. If you supplement catch-up TV with movies on demand that you either pay per view, pay a subscription for or watch for free on YouTube, then you don't have to pay for a separate licence. But, again, you do have to make a declaration that you are not watching anything live.
• You're 75 years old or over. When you turn 75, you are entitled to a free television licence, which will be sent to you every three years, provided TV Licensing has your national insurance number. There are also reductions available for visually impaired people and care-home residents.

[AVGWarhawk]

Most european countries have TV licences, you on the other hand pay it through ordinary taxes regardless of if you watch TV.

:yep:

[Tribesman]

Betonov&AVG.
You two are going to get in trouble, you know certain people on this forum throw a fit if I am quoted:03:

[AVGWarhawk]

Betonov&AVG.
You two are going to get in trouble, you know certain people on this forum throw a fit if I am quoted:03:

:O:

[Oberon]

:haha::haha::haha:

[Betonov]

Betonov&AVG.
You two are going to get in trouble, you know certain people on this forum throw a fit if I am quoted:03:

I'm a rebel :O:

Every household pays a fee for our national tv (RTV), while our commercial channels are free. I think there's a way to avoid paying, but don't know how :hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

Betonov&AVG.
You two are going to get in trouble, you know certain people on this forum throw a fit if I am quoted:03:
Only one, and that would be the website's owner himself. Now he'll probably give me grief again, but I felt in the interest of fairness it had to be pointed out. Again.

[Oberon]

August owns Subsim? :o

[Sailor Steve]

I've never heard August openly complain about people quoting Tribesman.

Then again, I haven't heard everything.

[Oberon]

Never mind. :shucks:

[Betonov]

I don't think anyone will mind us quoting Tribes in todays context.

It was a usefull explanation without the mocking so the intent was not to wreak havoc

[BrucePartington]

Over here the tax is included in the electrical bill.
Now don't ask me how much it is. I don't know. I'm off the grid :sunny:

[Spiced_Rum]

A friend of mine living in England wanted to buy a TV, and was told by the shop assistant that he had to supply his name and address so that the TV licensing people would know that he had a TV. Not wanting to be rude he filled in the card:

Anthony B Liar, 10 Downing Street, Westminster, London, W1

I wonder if TV licensing ever checked up to see if the Prime Minister had a valid license?

[Jimbuna]

Betonov&AVG.
You two are going to get in trouble, you know certain people on this forum throw a fit if I am quoted:03:

Don't worry, I've a medic on standby.

The answer you posted in #18 was most accurate yet a tad annoying to me personally when I factor in the additional cost for my cable supplier which includes the Sky Sports and Movies packages :-?

My choice of course.

[STEED]

My excuse would be on the lines of

Your programs are utter crap too much reality TV so sod off I am not giving my hard earned money to watch a load of bollocks.


:up:


A friend of mind dose not watch TV or own a TV and yet the heavy mob keep banging on his door wanting to get in. And he has now rec'd legal paper work for his day in court. Bunch of plonkers they are.

[August]

:up:


A friend of mind dose not watch TV or own a TV and yet the heavy mob keep banging on his door wanting to get in. And he has now rec'd legal paper work for his day in court. Bunch of plonkers they are.

Wow! They're taking your friend to court because he won't let them search his home for something they don't have probable cause or even reasonable suspicion, let alone actual evidence, to say he possesses? :o

Folks over here claim that our right to privacy is dead but at least they still can't get away with that, yet. I feel bad for you Britishers.

[bertieck476]

There is no need to feel sorry for us, if the said fellow proved he did not have a tv that would be the end of it.

[STEED]

There is no need to feel sorry for us, if the said fellow proved he did not have a tv that would be the end of it.

I would not let a rude son of a bitch into my house, he has told me these people are rude as hell and on two occassions tried to force their way in.

[Tribesman]

Wow! They're taking your friend to court because he won't let them search his home for something they don't have probable cause or even reasonable suspicion, let alone actual evidence, to say he possesses? :o


errrrrrrr.....No.
Cause, suspicion and evidence are all present.
Which is why they knocked on his door in the first place.
It isn't what he possesses, it is what he doesn't possess, in fact it is two things that he doesn't possess which caused his problems, and neither of the two things which caused his problem is a TV or lack of a TV.

[Oberon]

Now now, let's not start bringing logic into this... :nope:

[Tribesman]

Now now, let's not start bringing logic into this... :nope:
OK lets bring in road tax as you know that defies logic:03:
TV tax enforcement is based on the assumption that homes as standard nowadays have a TV as a normal fixture. They treat all homes the same for this tax unless people declare they are exempt.
Car tax is based on the assumption that people who own cars as standard drive them on roads. They treat all cars the same for this tax(with different grades of tax)unless people declare that they are exempt.
They gather these taxes on the basis of what is assumed as "normal" behavoir as part of ownership.

[STEED]

I have read news items where people have a TV but only use it to watch DVD's in court cases which most won their cases.

I feel you should only pay what you watch on the BBC & listen to on BBC Radio, why pay over.

[BossMark]

I have read news items where people have a TV but only use it to watch DVD's in court cases which most won their cases.

I feel you should only pay what you watch on the BBC & listen to on BBC Radio, why pay over.
Apart from Dr Who and live sport (which just about bugger all now sky nicked it most of it and ch4s got all the horse racing) I hardly watch the BBC or ITV because thats full of poop soap operas and reality poop as well :nope:.

[STEED]

I just been thinking what I watch, Dr Who, Top Gear..errrr I will get back to you on that.

[Jimbuna]

I just been thinking what I watch, Dr Who, Top Gear..errrr I will get back to you on that.

I think your forgetting Prime Ministers Question Time :hmmm:

[BossMark]

I just been thinking what I watch, Dr Who, Top Gear..errrr I will get back to you on that.
Its very rare now that I even watch the BBC news, but what I am looking forward to is the next general election night watching toff boy getting kicked out.(hopefully)