Why Bother Buying A Tv License

[nailit]

when its full of repeats?
Havnt had a license for years, when the license people come knocking I tell them to get lost.
TV is now full of rubbish anyway.

[SirOracle]

Because by not buying one you are breaking the law.

[Mamyalynne]

If one is prepared to risk it, then by all means do so.

[Prudie]

You might tell them to get lost but I'm sure they don't just say OK and go away.

[nailit]

//Because by not buying one you are breaking the law.//
Then why have I never been prosecuted?

[nailit]

//You might tell them to get lost but I'm sure they don't just say OK and go away.//
They do actually

[Buenchico]

The TV licence doesn't only fund television services.

It also funds BBC Radio 1, 1 Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, Radio 4 Extra, 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra, 6 Music, BBC Asian Service, BBC World Service, Radio Scotland, Radio Nan Gaidheal, Radio Ulster, Radio Foyle, Radio Wales, Radio Berkshire, Radio Bristol, Radio Cambridgeshire, Radio Cornwall, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, Radio Cumbria, Radio Derby, Radio Devon, BBC Essex, Radio Gloucestershire, Radio Guernsey, BBC Hereford & Worcester, Radio Humberside, Radio Jersey, Radio Kent, Radio Lancashire, Radio Leeds, Radio Leicester, Radio Lincolnshire, BBC London 94.9, Radio Manchester, Radio Merseyside, BBC Newcastle, Radio Norfolk, Radio Northampton, Radio Nottingham, Radio Oxford, Radio Sheffield, Radio Shropshire, Radio Solent, BBC Somerset, Radio Stoke, Radio Suffolk, BBC Surrey, BBC Sussex, BBC Tees, Three Counties Radio, BBC Wiltshire, BBC WM 95.6 and Radio York.

I'll happily pay my licence fee just to receive Radio 2, Radio 4, 5 Live Sports Extra and 6 Music.

[tonyav]

Heres the legal way, nailit.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/money-saving-tips/10925912/The-legal-way-to-avoid-paying-the-TV-licence-fee.html

[Prudie]

Why? Do you have a cast iron excuse or are you just scary :-)

[Old_Geezer]

But do you actually have a TV that you receive over the air programmes on ?

[Mamyalynne]

If there has never been a TV License at that address you may manage for a long time, I knew someone who did just that.

[Psybbo]

Nail it, I pay it but looking at the crap that is on, I do wonder why!

[nailit]

I' ll have a look at link, but havnt had a license fore over 5 yrs now and wont buy one. Have had licensing people trying to get money out of me but wont bite..

[Buenchico]

" . . . almost 200,000 people were prosecuted in 2012-13 for failing to buy a TV licence":
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/24/in-court-non-payment-tv-licence-television-desperate-cases

They'll get you eventually, Nailit!

[tonyav]

Wonder why the fine is cheaper in Jersey.
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/detection-and-penalties-top5

[nailit]

//But do you actually have a TV that you receive over the air programmes on ?//
Yes.

[woofgang]

so why should the rest of us fund you? If you think that TV is rubbish get rid of your TV but don’t steal.

[nailit]

//They'll get you eventually, Nailit! //
No they wont Buen, They have no right of way in to my home.

[stuey]

Is the BBC funded by UK tax-payers? If so, I think it's ridiculous that if you're a tax-payer you also have to buy a license.

[Buenchico]

^^^ Tony:
The Government has announced that the licensing legislation is to be changed to require a licence for viewing BBC iPlayer content on a computer or mobile device. (It's currently unclear as to whether other catch-up services will be brought under the new rules as well).

[nailit]

//so why should the rest of us fund you//
Then dont,