Avoiding the TV Licensing Authority
Friends of mine bought a new property recently and were plagued by the TV Licensing Authority, who sent constant reminders that ‘you do not have a TV licence’ and ‘our agents will be visiting you’. The annoyed recipients actually don’t have a TV, having decided there’s nothing much they want to watch. There’s a point here. If you rarely watch TV, but love films and DVDs, then give the habit up for good.
Dump the telly, don’t renew your TV licence, and watch films on the laptop instead. Remember that your TV licence fee is probably drawn from your account by direct debit. This is a default payment, so you’ll need to cancel it.
Tags: Avoiding the TV Licensing Authority, TV licence, direct debit, avoid the TV licence
March 17th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Refuse right of access otherwise they’ll just harass you.
http://www.tvlicenceresistance.info
March 17th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Indeed. Britons may just about be able to swallow the rights of Revenue and Customs, which in many areas exceed those of the police, but the attitude that ‘you will pay to have access to Eastenders’ just beggars belief. My friends who said they didn’t watch TV were treated with enormous suspicion. One point people may be able to clarify though. How DO you prove you DON’T have a TV? It’s impossible to prove a negative of course … do they assume you are hiding it! And what’s the legal position on refusing entry to the TV Licence Authority officials?
March 17th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
You do not need to dump the telly - you can use it to watch the DVDs perfectly legally; see here:
http://www.bbctvlicence.com/Questions%20and%20answers.htm