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posted by [personal profile] pm215 at 11:20pm on 13/02/2007

No, you're not unreasonable. TVL are a bunch of idiots with a semi-legal license to harass the populace.

My suggestion:

  • If you have a TV, buy a TV licence. Renew it every year.
  • If you don't have a TV, don't buy a licence.
  • Ignore all communications from TVL regardless of shape, size or colour.

Attempting to tell them that you don't have a TV doesn't seem to have much effect. It's much less hassle simply to bin the letters unread.

Incidentally, our building has just received a red letter from TVL addressed to flat J. There is no such flat...

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posted by [personal profile] emperor at 11:24pm on 13/02/2007
The chaplain at Selwyn has been in a big tussle with them because he moved into a house that was previously an HMO, and TVL refused to believe him when he said there was only one household there now, so they only wanted 1 TV licence...
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posted by [identity profile] rustica.livejournal.com at 11:51am on 14/02/2007
My aunt ended up with them getting very nasty with her - I think the police turned up on her doorstep with a warrent to search - because they had decided that her single property was actually two properties (it was on a corner of 2 streets so the TV people made up a second address for it) and tried to prosecute her for not having a licence for the fictitious property they had invented themselves!
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posted by [identity profile] enismirdal.livejournal.com at 11:41pm on 13/02/2007
Yes, we got one addressed to our flat's common room... *grins*
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posted by [identity profile] didiusjulianus.livejournal.com at 11:15am on 14/02/2007
I used to live in a student flat that had had several different names over the years...needless to say ALL of which got the red letters (although in fairness not with my name on). Binning these was the bet thing to do, after I'd *tried* to reason with them (nb. I *did* have a licence).

Funny thing was, once it expired on Fri and of course I wasn't organised enough to go down to the post office to get another one ahead of time - and come the very next Sunday (yes really) who should appear but 2 TV licensing men. Well, initially I thought "what have we here - JWs?" then realised it was the beginning of an academic year and they were making their annual "let's see how many we can catch out" patrol, needless to say I very quickly stopped tying my shoelaces in my open doorway, went in and locked it. As they walked past I heard them say "that one was quick". ;) (Nb. they didn't come back, although I did buy a new licence sharpish.

By the way, you don't have to let them in when they come by, and they very rarely come back with a warrant, unless they saw the thing/heard it blaring and can be bothered...and aren't they going to look silly if they DO come round with a warrant and you haven't got a TV? No, it's just scare tactics. Ignore. In fact, write them a letter spelling out the facts and saying that if they persist in harassing you, you will seek legal redress for that. (That sort of thing tends to work in my experience).
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