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11-07-2020, 10:03 PM
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Re: TV licenses and the over 75s

Yes, but that was a long time ago.
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12-07-2020, 09:49 AM
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Re: TV licenses and the over 75s

Originally Posted by JBR ->
I'm afraid you're mistaken.

I own television receiving equipment, but am not obliged to pay a fee for it.
If you do not watch any live broadcast television programmes or any BBC catch-up programmes, you need not have a licence even if you have a television capable of receiving them.

I have read through all the details supplied by TV Licensing and, just for good measure, I have removed the aerial leads from both of our tellies.
JBR.
I have just been on the TV licensing pages and they still state that the licence is for ‘TV receiving equipment’. I would like to know where you saw the changes to this.
Thanking you in eager anticipation.
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12-07-2020, 09:54 AM
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They will have to come and knock on my door before I get one. Then I shall just act dumb, which is not hard for me to do.
You'll never get away with it Emjay!
You look far too young and intelligent!
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12-07-2020, 09:57 AM
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You'll never get away with it Emjay!
You look far too young and intelligent!
Ah that’s nice TessA, thank you.💋 yes still fairly active for 82.
Just realised, that avatar of me on my Brompton Is at least 20 years ago.
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12-07-2020, 11:11 AM
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Re: TV licenses and the over 75s

Originally Posted by Emjay ->
JBR.
I have just been on the TV licensing pages and they still state that the licence is for ‘TV receiving equipment’. I would like to know where you saw the changes to this.
Thanking you in eager anticipation.
Show me your evidence.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one
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12-07-2020, 11:34 AM
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Re: TV licenses and the over 75s

Originally Posted by JBR ->
Show me your evidence.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one
The keyword is "live".

But here's a thought. I guess most of us who pay the TV licence do so by direct debit. Just think how much difficulty it would cause if instead we cancelled our direct debits and insisted on paying by cheque?

Might be worth doing if just to be bloody minded.

We're going to.
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12-07-2020, 11:42 AM
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Re: TV licenses and the over 75s

Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
The keyword is "live".

But here's a thought. I guess most of us who pay the TV licence do so by direct debit. Just think how much difficulty it would cause if instead we cancelled our direct debits and insisted on paying by cheque?

Might be worth doing if just to be bloody minded.

We're going to.
I think it was Age UK That mentioned something similar, encouraging people to ‘ gum ‘ up the works of TVL by cancelling direct debits and paying cash or cheque..
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12-07-2020, 11:43 AM
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Re: TV licenses and the over 75s

Chances are that they'll add a handling charge for anything other than DD. Maybe not this year, but when it's up for renewal.
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12-07-2020, 11:46 AM
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Re: TV licenses and the over 75s

Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
The keyword is "live".

But here's a thought. I guess most of us who pay the TV licence do so by direct debit. Just think how much difficulty it would cause if instead we cancelled our direct debits and insisted on paying by cheque?

Might be worth doing if just to be bloody minded.

We're going to.
Yes, a lot of people are doing that now.
The trouble is that not only will it make things more difficult for the BBC police, it will also cost them more money to do it.
Can you see what's coming next?
Yes, licence fees increasing to cover costs!

Why bother with half-measures? Just cancel your licences.

In fact, as more people cancel their licences, the same applies: licence fees increasing to cover losses!

Then even more people will cancel theirs...
and round and round and round it goes!
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12-07-2020, 12:12 PM
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Re: TV licenses and the over 75s

We'll continue to pay, not for BBC TV which is 90% awful, but for the other services that BBC provides.

But it will be by cheque.

ETA - I was unaware that AC had brought this up. Not really surprised tho.
 
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