Not so true, but i see what you mean. Lets face it, purchase of a TV isn't a problem as you dont have to spend out every year on its purchase like a tax, and the any item bought due to adverts is helping the economy as struggling companies are selling more of there products. And at least you've got something to show for after that purchase, rather than a piece of paper with a number on it saying 'you can watch tV'. Its not a license its a TAX! P.S dude, use the quote and edit buttons.
How very open minded of you. I wasn't sure of any other way to express my disbelief in such a retarded statement, what does the BBC being British have anything to do with whether it's worth paying the license fee?
on what's on the front page my understanding was, the tv licensing people couldn't legally enter your premises without either your permission or a police warrant? I've cancelled my tv license and had them attempt to search my house, but i've just refused them entry citing the above they've not been back since!
enjoy your £1000 fine. Then again they have to prove it, had the same situation when i was in halls, they rung the buzzer outside (a good 10 minutes of lift and walking down to the front gate, they wanted letting into our building so they could inspect the properties, i told them knock knock. They replied who's there i said "**** off and speak to my landlord" he said "they won't speak to us" i said " I dont know english, please leave a message after the tone" I had frosties after that, they were great. I didnt have a tv license, or a tv so inherently i was breaking the law apparently, being as my flatmate had a tv and i didn't and they could "detect it was in my room" yah ok. My frosties were brilliant if you were wondering.
Nice to know your Frosties were good. Personally, I've found them lacking recently. They don't seem to taste the same as they used to..
Frosties are grrreat (you know it had to be done), but the temperature of the milk is crucial --and it has to be full-fat. Also, milk level and time elapsed from adding milk to eating them matters to preserve crunchiness.
I think everyone in the flat would be liable, strictly, as it's charged per property, not per person or anything as sensible as that. That said, I didn't pay when I was in student halls either... wasn't my telly Aside: frosties are for fat chicks. Real men eat weetabix doused in gin.
Depends how it works, in my halls we had 4 or so rooms with one common area. If you had a TV in your room you needed a license and no-one else did as that room is your private property, and no-one else has free access to it. If the TV was in a common area for some retarded reason, everyone who could freely view it had to have one.
I think the official line is: If you have a single joint contract on a property it's one TV License. If you have individual contracts it's individual TV Licenses. This isn't always true though. I know that halls/university houses had individual TV Licenses where I was.
According to the policy on their website if your room has a lock (yale autolocking thing which means when you go for a shower and it locks you out hoho awesome) you need a tv license for each room which has a tv if it isnt a house. I will only pay when i am liable for a tv in a lounge, as karma is a bitch. Its not like i don't want to contribute, its a case of scaremongering i refuse to bend to. Frosties are great, gin doesn't work on cereal.
Well I still stand by the weetabix. High sugar products are the cause of societies problems... maybe.
