TV Licence

PostRe: TV License by **JiggerJay** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:59 pm

I am going to go the next 30 odd years without paying for one, so I have no say in what russel brand and wossy say!

PostRe: TV License by **jambot** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:01 pm

Licence

PostRe: TV License by **Peter Crisp** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:04 pm

I support the fee as a good way to raise funds for public service broadcasting. Planet Earth alone was worth the fee for a few years if you ask me.

PostRe: TV License by **Oh Teh Noes** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:05 pm

I don't really care, to be honest. It's not like they're taking 50% of our salary away from us or anything.

PostRe: TV Licence by **Madness** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:11 pm

It's a good idea and I wish they wouldn't enforce it in such a heavy handed manner.

PostRe: TV License by **Oh Teh Noes** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:13 pm

Lucien wrote:Oh Teh Noes you say you don't care because it isn't 50% of your salary. That's a slightly apathetic attitude no? By that logic you might as well give Jambot that money each year for correcting spelling.

Annually it's not much to pay. About £140/year, yes? Works out as about £11/month. Not bad for the stuff that the BBC puts out.

PostRe: TV Licence by **JiggerJay** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:16 pm

Madness wrote:It's a good idea and I wish they wouldn't enforce it in such a heavy handed manner.

with their vans and the people that will break into my homes if I am not that apparent approach?

PostRe: TV Licence by **Oh Teh Noes** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:16 pm

No you don't, you can get BBC blocked. You don't have to pay it.

PostRe: TV Licence by **JiggerJay** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:17 pm

Lucien wrote:I should probably put my 'points of view' down.

I think it's an out of date tax, and I won't be paying it in future.

If you think about it and get right down into the details, why does it exist? It came around when we had no choice and it was to our national benefit. Now it is not. If I buy a TV and don't want to watch BBC, I still have to pay. Can you imagine that with anything else?

'Microwaves now have Microwave tax enforced on them. The new tax system is to maintain upkeep of Rustlers Burgers'

It'd be absurd. Even if it wasn't, they get 3 billion pounds each year from us. Overkill?

I think it's unfair to pay £130 or whatever it is a year, even if we do not watch bbc!

Oh teh noes, if you have an arial plugged in apparently you need to be paying!

PostRe: TV Licence by **Memento Mori** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:18 pm

Substantially less fair now it appears the Daily Mail is in control of the BBC.

PostRe: TV Licence by **JiggerJay** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:20 pm

Lucien wrote:
Oh Teh Noes wrote:No you don't, you can get BBC blocked. You don't have to pay it.

Are you sure? As far as I know the TV licence is for ownership of a TV that can recieve transmissions, it just happens that the money goes to the BBC.

that is the law, if it is plugged in you have to pay, irrelevent of if you have bbc or not!

PostRe: TV Licence by **SEP** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:21 pm

Beats having adverts ever 15 minutes.

PostRe: TV Licence by **JiggerJay** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:25 pm

Lucien wrote:
JiggerJay wrote:
Madness wrote:It's a good idea and I wish they wouldn't enforce it in such a heavy handed manner.

with their vans and the people that will break into my homes if I am not that apparent approach?

I have heard stories from people who worked for the TV licensing board and well, it appears these stories are more fabricated than it would seem. Nobody can enter your house without your permission, UNLESS they have solid evidence that you own a television set.

Even then, they visit you first without a warrant. And you don't have to let them in, talk to them, or sign anything. They get commission on how well they do, taking you to court to pay fines and finding time to search you with a warrant costs the TVLA a lot of money. The system would collapse if we stopped paying. Kind of like the poll tax.

I was trying to be sarcastic about the old adverts they use to run, where they would say they got the vans that can detect exactly who is watching tv, and those other "funny" ones where the guy pretended not to be there.

When i move out of here, i will take my tv, but i will only be using it for gaming and films that i buy on dvd/the next format! the only way i would get shows is my current route... ala the torrent route, and they can strawberry float off if they think i will pay a tv license to see a show they will never boradcast!

PostRe: TV Licence by **Cuttooth** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:27 pm

MCN wrote:Beats having adverts ever 15 minutes.

Not really, no.

PostRe: TV Licence by **SEP** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:27 pm

Cuttooth wrote:
MCN wrote:Beats having adverts ever 15 minutes.

Not really, no.

It really does.

PostRe: TV Licence by **JiggerJay** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:29 pm

MCN wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:
MCN wrote:Beats having adverts ever 15 minutes.

Not really, no.

It really does.

No it doesn't when most of the stuff on the bbc is shite anyway!

PostRe: TV Licence by **SEP** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:30 pm

JiggerJay wrote:
MCN wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:
MCN wrote:Beats having adverts ever 15 minutes.

Not really, no.

It really does.

No it doesn't when most of the stuff on the bbc is shite anyway!

That's an opinion, not a fact.

PostRe: TV Licence by **Oh Teh Noes** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:30 pm

JiggerJay wrote:
Lucien wrote:
Oh Teh Noes wrote:No you don't, you can get BBC blocked. You don't have to pay it.

Are you sure? As far as I know the TV licence is for ownership of a TV that can recieve transmissions, it just happens that the money goes to the BBC.

that is the law, if it is plugged in you have to pay, irrelevent of if you have bbc or not!

You can get the BBC channels blocked. Then you can let the licencing people know and you don't have to pay. Then again, we live in a capitalist society, so hell. BBC's fly anyway, so it's a small price to pay.

PostRe: TV Licence by **JiggerJay** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:32 pm

MCN wrote:
JiggerJay wrote:
MCN wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:
MCN wrote:Beats having adverts ever 15 minutes.

Not really, no.

It really does.

No it doesn't when most of the stuff on the bbc is shite anyway!

That's an opinion, not a fact.

Watches Eastenders.... no mate it's a fact!

PostRe: TV Licence by **SEP** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:35 pm

JiggerJay wrote:
MCN wrote:
JiggerJay wrote:
MCN wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:
MCN wrote:Beats having adverts ever 15 minutes.

Not really, no.

It really does.

No it doesn't when most of the stuff on the bbc is shite anyway!

That's an opinion, not a fact.

Watches Eastenders.... no mate it's a fact!

So your basing your opinion of the entire BBC roster on a single program that's not aimed at you, and is one of the most watched programmes on TV?

That's like me saying the entire Xbox 360 catalogue is gooseberry fool because it has those Burger King games on it.

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