Opened my e-mail inbox and find I'm being dunned for £145...

[sandyRoe]

Do you hate paying the TV license too?

[seadogg]

Oh nooo! jno, Attenborough wouldn't know how dumb down.

[jno]

I used to tell them I had a black and white radio, sandy, but did they believe me?

[sandyRoe]

LOL. They didn't believe me either.

[Barmaid]

No, they don't believe me either. So I said "go ahead, serve your wretched summons and I will call every magistrate and every solicitor who attended my "leaving ****" party to give evidence that I DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE AND I TOOK MY TV WITH ME". It's actually gone quite quiet recently.

[seadogg]

One can only assume, Barmaid, that it is cheaper to send this avalanche of mail to an empty house than to come and have a look. I look after a house which is not lived in and just recycle the darn things

[lozzer50]

you watch telly you pay licence simple really! dont pay get fined not really rocket science

[Andyvon]

Barmaid -

I was harrassed for six months a few years ago when got rid of my TV. The licencing man would knock at least twice a week. I would let him in, he would look around - even in the kitchen cupboards! - then leave saying "I'm going to get you! I know you've got a TV in here somewhere!" I tried to convince him anyway I could and I invited him to sit outside all he liked with his detector van as I didn't have a TV but he kept saying "Rubbish! Everyone has a TV". I started to wonder if he had a psychiatric problem as he was so nasty and obviously obsessed with the matter.

In the end I went to a solicitor and he wrote a letter threatening legal action if the harrassment didn't stop. It cost me £50 but I never saw the TV man again.

[askyourgran]

I pay mine by DD every month it doesn't hurt as much. Otherwise I would have to have myself sectioned (they would have free TV there wouldn't they?). Or stop using it until I reach 75, then it will be free. I hate paying it because I hardly ever watch it, MrAsk watches Skysport all the time.

[maggiebee]

Do you still need a license if you only watch programmes via computer?

[venator]

Sory, maggie, they've got you - what did you expect?

they should warn us they're about to hit our bank accounts, though...

[micmak]

Go to the USA or the Caribbean and watch their TV and you'll realise how good our TV is in comparison. Well worth the money in my opinion.

[factor-fiction]

Is it a genuine email? I wouldn't expect them to notify you in that way

[China Doll]

I don't pay it, we can't get a signal in my house :c)

[sandyRoe]

It is genuine. In part it read: 'This is the last day your home will be licensed.'