Feels like around 45 million of those have arrived at my house. The salesperson with their silly little clipboard has still yet to pay a visit though, despite hundreds of promises.
IrrelevantPiglet on
That’s about two letters for every single household in the country. Bonkers.
MonorailPurple on
Careful. They come next Tuesday….OR ANY OTHER TIME!
Such a pathetic set of letters. An official investigation gets opened at my place every other week and has done for the last 20 years. None of the slimy gits have ever showed up at the door though.
Born_Hurry7133 on
Got one the other day, along with a visit from a license fee enforcer. Seriously how much do they spend on all this?!
PomeloTraditional971 on
I really hope that some people with the means to do so, start protection from harassment civil lawsuits against tvlicensing. Their behaviour is absolutely despicable.
Beautiful_Bad333 on
I think with the cost of living, the broad range of available streaming services and the on demand services that make it possible to watch all shows when you want instead of when it’s live has driven a huge amount of people away from the BBC and live streaming of TV. I can’t see why you would choose to have a license at £11 a month or whatever it now is when that’s around the same cost as one of the streaming services which generally are better.
I haven’t had a license for a few years now and never intend to have one again. The BBC probably needs to modernise its funding methods and accept that it’s past its peak and save the hassle of harassing people in their homes by sending out these mass warning letters.
bobbos2020 on
It baffles me how we still have a TV license fee. Plus the fact they send goons to try and enforce it. My life would be very minimally impacted if the bbc had to turn to an advertising model like other channels.
SCWeak on
I got one last week after not having any for a few years. Filed it straight in the bin.
Ill_Refrigerator_593 on
The worst was one I got with-
**”WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE”**
Printed on the front.
I did have a tv licence as the time.
Negative-Prompt-6312 on
How is this cost effective? Sending threatening letters pretending they’re hand written to tell people they need a TV license to watch live streams on YouTube is insanity. What are we doing?
kore_nametooshort on
They spent 137million in 2023 just collecting the license fee.
Seems like the system needs to change.
plangant on
I don’t have a tv, I’ve told them I don’t watch tv (when I last looked at TV it was all programs about how to get a bigger house, make a cleaner house, annoy people that had a different house, or documentaries headed by light weight entertainers with no depth) – and I think, despite that, that they’ve sent me a not inconsiderable percentage of those letters.
CleetusVanDamage on
I use them to line the cat litter tray. Highly recommended. Please send more.
BurlyJoesBudgetEnema on
I haven’t paid tv licence in years. I used to report that I dont need one but that didnt stop the letters, it just changed the wording from “investigation opened” to “we will visit to make sure”
So I stopped reporting. They can send their letters and if they ever actually turn up I’ll tell them to fuck off
kC_77 on
Write Return to sender and stick it back in the postbox
Defund the scummy propaganda tax
AdonisCarbonado on
I wonder how much of a discount could they have offered everyone vs the cost of sending out all that paperwork?
NewPower_Soul on
About £20m in postage. To gain what? A few hundred grand?
FornyHucker22 on
Brought a tv for the kitchen from Asda a year or two back and after paying they wanted me to fill in some form about my tv license..
probably should do that before charging me I just wandered of with my tv a bit confused 🤨
Dark_Akarin on
I’ve not watched tv in years, I quit when I went to uni. Everything I want to watch I can get online quicker.
Chosty55 on
The moment you realise the bbc license fee is being used to fund Royal Mail
CaptH3inzB3anz on
I get one of their junk mail letters about once a month, straight in the recycling!
SinisterPixel on
I say this as someone who pays the licence, but I genuinely wonder how much the BBC spends on licence enforcement. It feels excessive and that money could almost certainly be better spent elsewhere.
I really do feel like we’re at a point where the BBC should be primarily funded through general taxation. I know the argument about them needing to remain independent of government control, but let’s be real, the Tories showed us that they can absolutely influence the BBC if they need to, by having donors take key positions within the network
IainMCool on
Another anti BBC story from the Telegraph? Colour me surprised.
whoisrich on
I still pay the license because I don’t want all our media being US controller, but it annoys me how shit the mobile apps are, so I’m not surprised more people refusing to pay.
Basic stuff like iPlayer on Android still doesn’t support PiP like every other media app and Sounds app not having notifications for subcribed content.
I think the lack of commercial pressure has made them lazy.
MrMakarov on
I got a letter with the date they were coming round last year, it was very exciting. I even set an extra plate on the table for christmas because apparently they were coming on December 25th. Bunch of clowns can do one.
Bert_Cobain on
My mum died, I called them, they were nice and I got a refund of the time left on the license. Since then…endless threatening letters!
Missy246 on
I moved house and transferred my licence to my new property online. My old property is now empty while I prepare it for sale. No-one living there, no TV. Despite me explaining this and following all the correct processes for transfer and communication, I still find new licensing letters every time I visit my old property. They are basically littering my property with these things.
Several_Show937 on
Waste of money and resources. They should be fined.
One_Menu1900 on
How much has that cost the ones who are terrified to get a criminal record ?? 46 million pounds ?
bobbypuk on
We’ve got an annex as part of the main house. This means one license covers both. Tried t tell them but the form asks when somebody is going to move in. They’re not. So we can’t fill the form in. So we get the letters even though we’ve got a license. Good to see they’re spending my money wisely.
tb5841 on
The whole system no longer works.
The TV license should be linked specifically to the BBC, it needs to lose the ‘live tv’ link. Live TV is pretty much undetectable, you can’t prove or disprove it easily. Make the tv license specifically pay for watching the BBC. That way you can require a login to use iplayer or link any device to live BBC channels, and make that login tied to a license.
KoffieCreamer on
How people can these days justify paying for an ever increasing licensing fee, with worse shows and quality whilst also being told that likely 3-5% of the money they spend on their fee is being used to hassle millions of people boggles my mind.
rothersidelife on
I work for the BBC, yeah don’t hate me, they sent one to the office I work out of…
ToffeeAppleCider on
Do they get free postage? Or are they spending millions on it? I imagine they must calculate that they bring more in by threatening people than the cost of sending them out.
RiceeeChrispies on
still waiting for them to come round, hate being blue balled constantly by their enforcement agents 😔
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Feels like around 45 million of those have arrived at my house. The salesperson with their silly little clipboard has still yet to pay a visit though, despite hundreds of promises.
That’s about two letters for every single household in the country. Bonkers.
Careful. They come next Tuesday….OR ANY OTHER TIME!
Such a pathetic set of letters. An official investigation gets opened at my place every other week and has done for the last 20 years. None of the slimy gits have ever showed up at the door though.
Got one the other day, along with a visit from a license fee enforcer. Seriously how much do they spend on all this?!
I really hope that some people with the means to do so, start protection from harassment civil lawsuits against tvlicensing. Their behaviour is absolutely despicable.
I think with the cost of living, the broad range of available streaming services and the on demand services that make it possible to watch all shows when you want instead of when it’s live has driven a huge amount of people away from the BBC and live streaming of TV. I can’t see why you would choose to have a license at £11 a month or whatever it now is when that’s around the same cost as one of the streaming services which generally are better.
I haven’t had a license for a few years now and never intend to have one again. The BBC probably needs to modernise its funding methods and accept that it’s past its peak and save the hassle of harassing people in their homes by sending out these mass warning letters.
It baffles me how we still have a TV license fee. Plus the fact they send goons to try and enforce it. My life would be very minimally impacted if the bbc had to turn to an advertising model like other channels.
I got one last week after not having any for a few years. Filed it straight in the bin.
The worst was one I got with-
**”WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE”**
Printed on the front.
I did have a tv licence as the time.
How is this cost effective? Sending threatening letters pretending they’re hand written to tell people they need a TV license to watch live streams on YouTube is insanity. What are we doing?
They spent 137million in 2023 just collecting the license fee.
Seems like the system needs to change.
I don’t have a tv, I’ve told them I don’t watch tv (when I last looked at TV it was all programs about how to get a bigger house, make a cleaner house, annoy people that had a different house, or documentaries headed by light weight entertainers with no depth) – and I think, despite that, that they’ve sent me a not inconsiderable percentage of those letters.
I use them to line the cat litter tray. Highly recommended. Please send more.
I haven’t paid tv licence in years. I used to report that I dont need one but that didnt stop the letters, it just changed the wording from “investigation opened” to “we will visit to make sure”
So I stopped reporting. They can send their letters and if they ever actually turn up I’ll tell them to fuck off
Write Return to sender and stick it back in the postbox
Defund the scummy propaganda tax
I wonder how much of a discount could they have offered everyone vs the cost of sending out all that paperwork?
About £20m in postage. To gain what? A few hundred grand?
Brought a tv for the kitchen from Asda a year or two back and after paying they wanted me to fill in some form about my tv license..
probably should do that before charging me I just wandered of with my tv a bit confused 🤨
I’ve not watched tv in years, I quit when I went to uni. Everything I want to watch I can get online quicker.
The moment you realise the bbc license fee is being used to fund Royal Mail
I get one of their junk mail letters about once a month, straight in the recycling!
I say this as someone who pays the licence, but I genuinely wonder how much the BBC spends on licence enforcement. It feels excessive and that money could almost certainly be better spent elsewhere.
I really do feel like we’re at a point where the BBC should be primarily funded through general taxation. I know the argument about them needing to remain independent of government control, but let’s be real, the Tories showed us that they can absolutely influence the BBC if they need to, by having donors take key positions within the network
Another anti BBC story from the Telegraph? Colour me surprised.
I still pay the license because I don’t want all our media being US controller, but it annoys me how shit the mobile apps are, so I’m not surprised more people refusing to pay.
Basic stuff like iPlayer on Android still doesn’t support PiP like every other media app and Sounds app not having notifications for subcribed content.
I think the lack of commercial pressure has made them lazy.
I got a letter with the date they were coming round last year, it was very exciting. I even set an extra plate on the table for christmas because apparently they were coming on December 25th. Bunch of clowns can do one.
My mum died, I called them, they were nice and I got a refund of the time left on the license. Since then…endless threatening letters!
I moved house and transferred my licence to my new property online. My old property is now empty while I prepare it for sale. No-one living there, no TV. Despite me explaining this and following all the correct processes for transfer and communication, I still find new licensing letters every time I visit my old property. They are basically littering my property with these things.
Waste of money and resources. They should be fined.
How much has that cost the ones who are terrified to get a criminal record ?? 46 million pounds ?
We’ve got an annex as part of the main house. This means one license covers both. Tried t tell them but the form asks when somebody is going to move in. They’re not. So we can’t fill the form in. So we get the letters even though we’ve got a license. Good to see they’re spending my money wisely.
The whole system no longer works.
The TV license should be linked specifically to the BBC, it needs to lose the ‘live tv’ link. Live TV is pretty much undetectable, you can’t prove or disprove it easily. Make the tv license specifically pay for watching the BBC. That way you can require a login to use iplayer or link any device to live BBC channels, and make that login tied to a license.
How people can these days justify paying for an ever increasing licensing fee, with worse shows and quality whilst also being told that likely 3-5% of the money they spend on their fee is being used to hassle millions of people boggles my mind.
I work for the BBC, yeah don’t hate me, they sent one to the office I work out of…
Do they get free postage? Or are they spending millions on it? I imagine they must calculate that they bring more in by threatening people than the cost of sending them out.
still waiting for them to come round, hate being blue balled constantly by their enforcement agents 😔