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Why do I have to let them in my home??????
Steve_Middlling
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In the last few years I have become really sick of paying for rubblsh TV I do not watch, so I went onto the TVL website to tell them I no longer need their services. All is good I think and carry on about my life.... BUT then I return home to find a red letter from a tv inspector person saying "you do not have a tv licence so I came to find out why"
So why do I have to let a stranger inside my house to check I am not lying?
Why can't they just detect my telly if they think I am watching it?
So why do I have to let a stranger inside my house to check I am not lying?
Why can't they just detect my telly if they think I am watching it?
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Good to see this old chestnut being raised again :rolleyes:
What are the inaccuracies in my reply, please?
Simple answer is - you don't.
These people do not have a right of entry despite what they'd like you to believe.
Just tell them to "Go away". Do not provide any information and, most importantly, do not sign anything
I advise you to have a camcorder at the ready so that, in the event of a 'visit', you have a record of what actually happened.
There are those here who will criticise me for advising that but I expect you can see the sense of it.
So what was this for then
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A mock-up to scare the public into thinking the technology existed.
Please don't be so gullible
I have seen on a website somewhere that someone who used to drive round in a "detector van" said afterwards that the back of the van was actually empty and had nothing in the back of it. I must find it...
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Jeez. It's an organisation just doing what it is legally empowered and obliged to do. Fair enough, if you're the sort of person that wants to live a life of embittered struggle against the common enemy, adopt that approach. If you want an easy life, do what I did when I didn't have either a TV or a licence. I had a pleasant conversation on my doorstep explaining that I don't have a tv, don't need a licence but will let them know when that changes, but I'm not prepared to allow all & sundry entry to my house for him to check if that's ok with you. And it wouldn't have mattered if it wasn't ok with him tbh. And that was it - man does job, no-one gets hurt or needs the police calling. A civilised conversation, of the sort that you'd have with a traffic warden, your boss, a policeman, someone on the tills in Tesco etc. No need to be their best friend or their biggest enemy, just provide the information and move on. Unless you're keen on The Struggle obviously.
:rolleyes:
''Our officers may visit the licensed place to verify our records and inspect the TV equipment at any time, you do not have to let them in''
I can understand why they would check it out, there are some dodgy folk about. But there must be a way of avoiding this without the inrusion in this day n age
I am new here so never been registered before
yes this is what I thought.
whys that relevant?
I'm sure they would do if you weren't paying....;)
Well that is it, they know I am paying and when not so do not have to hassle me.
If everybody was honest there wouldn't be a need for the TVL Inspectors, but a significant number aren't, judging by the number of people who are fined for failure to have the necessary. It's odd that approx 100% of people who complain about TVLI on here are good honest sound folk who wouldn't dream of not having a licence. There are a few too many elsewhere who are quite happy to bypass the law when it suits them, hence the need for a TVLI and the request to visit homes to verify that the householder is correct in claiming not to require aTVL.
How could switching between netflix and lovefilm be seen as lying
Fail on Mr Middling's part for the weak analogy. Similar fail on the BBC and govt departments for sticking with an outmoded payment model for too long, by the looks of things, although in reality it's the best we've got for now and is likely to stick with us for some time.
Well that is the point of my thread, I am not lying so why did that tv man visit me?