TV licence fee excuses revealed

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

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

• Whisky
• Tango
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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?

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.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

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

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

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by 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

[Oberon]

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by 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

I'm a rebel

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

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by 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

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?

[Sailor Steve]

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

Then again, I haven't heard everything.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by STEED

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?

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.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by u crank

How do you get caught?

Monsters from Doctor Who come out of unlicensed/unpaying TVs

[Synthfg]

Originally Posted by u crank

How do you get caught?

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)