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Title: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: mistybear on October 28, 2008, 07:36

                                                      Letters from BBC Television Licensing.

                                                                         LINK (http://www.bbctvlicence.com/)

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: sam on October 28, 2008, 07:41

good on that man, I really do think the BBC expects that they can get money off everyone... I don't mind paying it as I do use their online and radio facilities but I do use little of their television (cause its mostly s**t). I just don't think it is right that they expect everyone to pay for it.

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: Clive on October 28, 2008, 09:12

Every month or so  our local newspaper prints a list people who have been fined for not paying their TV license.  Name, address and what they have had to pay.  I wouldn't like to take a chance on not paying! 

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: sam on October 28, 2008, 10:05

but I guess the difference is, he is not using it...

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: mistybear on October 28, 2008, 12:35

We have free to air channels here, four networks plus SBS (special broadcast service, or commonly known as the "wog channel") and before someone says that I'm racist.
 

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The Queensland senator, who admitted enjoying Wogs out of Work-style comedy, said, "There is nothing more unself-conscious and confident than the capacity to laugh at ourselves." He said Australians were remarkably comfortable about race compared with other countries. He doubted "the use of the word 'wog' in any way would be regarded as offensive or racist".

Aussie wogs are a good mob. (http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/aussie-wogs-are-a-good-mob/2007/08/17/1186857771583.html)

I can't get SBS as the signal is very weak up here, but I do have a Satellite subscription which includes SBS, they have some brilliant documentaries.

I don't watch much free to air television and I'd be seriously annoyed if I had to pay for it. So I can sort of understand not wanting to pay for something that is rubbish and you don't watch.
Is it that the BBC just expect people to pay anyway, because everyone now days has a TV?

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: Rik on October 28, 2008, 12:45

Quote from: mistybear on October 28, 2008, 12:35

Is it that the BBC just expect people to pay anyway, because everyone now days has a TV?

Yes.  >:(

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: mistybear on October 28, 2008, 12:48

That's a little rough. How do they check?

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: Rik on October 28, 2008, 12:53

If you buy anything that can receive TV signals, eg tuner card, set top box or TV, your name and address is forwarded to the authorities.

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: chorleydave on October 28, 2008, 13:35

I have often wondered if the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation used to send Enforcement Officers into the council estates of Derry when the freedom fighters from the north of Ireland were active?  Could anyone imagine the scenario - an instrument of the British State standing on Martin McGuinness' sister's doorstep, demanding to check the property for signs of TV use?

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

Oh, it's just a Capita employee's kneecap flying across the street.   :devil:

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: Clive on October 28, 2008, 15:46

 ;D

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: Baz on October 28, 2008, 17:34

is it just me or is that site in the first post REALLY slow at loading and scrolling......and closing :dunno:

Title: Re: Letters from BBC Television Licensing.
Post by: sam on October 28, 2008, 17:36

Quote from: Baz on October 28, 2008, 17:34

is it just me or is that site in the first post REALLY slow at loading and scrolling......and closing :dunno:

well I guess its due to the fact that there is a ton of pictures on just the one page... must be killing the bandwidth of the site...