The BBC has become a byword for waste

[RebelSouls]

Another good article from the paper of truth

http://www.dailymail....aces-savage-cuts.html

Do you agree that the BBC has become a byword for waste

[jno]

jack, I think his mum was bitten by Terry Wogan once.

[sp1814]

I'm with jackthehat on this.

You pay your licence fee and if you're chased up about, all you do is phone up customer services, quoting the reference number on the licence itself (top right hand if I remember rightly), then it's job done.

If they continue to send letters or call you, it means that someone's fouled up in their data entry department.

You could send them a photocopy of the licence, but at the end of the day it's not like they're trying to rob you - it's a data problem. Nothing to get het up about really. Happens all the time...our local council sent our new parking permit to our old address which meant that when our current one ran out, we got parking tickets for three days.

All it means is that a big company (or in our case, council) made a balls up. Easy to rectify - don't sweat the small stuff. If you have a licence, there's nothing they can do to you. At the end of the day, they'll end up red-faced.

You DID have a licence, didn't you?

[RebelSouls]

Jack what part of paid for a licence and hounded do you not understand





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[ChuckFickens]

LMAO!!!

I've just spotted you've called the daily mail "the paper of truth"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI

[jno]

if that's the best a hound can do, I wouldn't rely on him to provide my supper.

[jackthehat]

Let them bash their gums...........if a licence has been purchased, as sp1814, there is a data-input cock-up and they can't prosecute.

Sit tight, what can they do ?

[jackthehat]

*as sp1814 says.........

[jno]

chuck, have you seen this? (I think Kromovaracun first posted it)

http://hellokinsella....hings-that-give-you-c

[sp1814]

RebelSouls

So what happened...I'm GENUINELY curious now.

You bought a licence and were contacted by the licencing authority who claimed you didn't have a licence for your address.

What did you do then?

Did you quote them the licence number?

Why did they think you DIDN'T have a licence?

[RebelSouls]

Jack never watch tv and don't have a licence now , let them waste more time and money



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[ummmm]

And? If you do not watch telly what are you harping on about? Surely you can prove this if and when they knock on your door.

What does an investigation involve? maybe looking through your file to see if you have informed them about not having a TV...

[jackthehat]

I'm sure you must be hugging yourself with glee at the knots you are tying on this subject.......
1. <Jack what part of paid for a licence and hounded do you not understand
OFFICIAL WARNING: We Have Opened An Investigation > - I think it is reasonable to assume that a licence has been bought.......

2. <Jack never watch tv and don't have a licence now , let them waste more time and money
OFFICIAL WARNING: We Have Opened An Investigation> - You've now changed your story.

Please, either give the correct facts, or find some other way of airing your grievance.

[RebelSouls]

sp1814
Why did they think you DIDN'T have a licence?

It has happened to a few people, i give up with the parasites no more money from me i produced a VALID tv licence and not even a sorry mate




- We may prosecute you
- You could receive a £1000 fine
- We have opened an investigation

[jackthehat]

Would some compensation have soothed your ruffled feathers ?
Or a hand-written apology from the DG of the Beeb ?

[RebelSouls]

Jack what do you not understand

I had a VALID licence and was hounded

I stopped watching tv and stopped paying for a licence

Is that simple enough for you



- We may prosecute you
- You could receive a £1000 fine
- We have opened an investigation

[jackthehat]

Is that all..............?

How disappointing :o(

[sp1814]

RebelSouls

I think I can see what the problem was now.

You say you had a tv licence, and they mistakenly thought you hadn't right?

So then you allowed your licence to expire and stopped watching tv? Am I still on the right lines?

But at that point did you dispose of your television?

This is where things may get a bit muddy. If you still have ANY equipment capable of receiving BBC transmissions, then you need a licence for it...even if you swear blind that you don't watch any telly, that's not the point - as long as you have the equipment, you COULD watch BBC broadcasts.

Is that what happened?

[jackthehat]

sp1814 - He'll try NOT to answer that ^.

I rather think I might have calmed down a bit by now had it been me..........

[jno]

I'm not sure that's true, sp1814

http://www.tvlicensin...-is-not-needed-top12/

That suggests you can have a TV if you only play videos etc on it.

[RebelSouls]

sp1814 i stopped watching any tv before my licence ran out

If you check with TV licensing you only need a licence if you watch a live broadcast.
Please check with them don't let the sheep on here fool you. If you go to their website you can send them an email.


Please remember that ....LIVE BROADCAST you can have as many tv sets as you like, it is the live broadcast that you need a licence for.



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