[Kate!]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

How've you got away with that? I forgot to transfer mine when I moved (I was still paying monthly) and I got a visit pretty sharpish

Had tons of requests and final notice letters. I just bin them. Not once has anyone ever knocked. Which takes me to Vicky's post.......

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Just refuse to sign the paper when they knock. The contract you sign when they come round to intimidate you is what can get you done, not actually not having a license

Bob on, they have no powers unless they manage to intimidate people, they've never called in person but if they did I just wouldn't answer the door. I very often ignore anyone at the door who isn't friend or family or pre-arranged.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Tom!

Surely if channels like can handle the amount, surely the BBC can?

It's not the amount, it's the ratings.

The BBC can make a lot of shows/content because they have a fixed amount of money. Their funding is not at the mercy of demographics and viewing figures for popular shows with advertisers.

BBC 4 holds a lot of great programming/documentaries that wouldn't be made without the license fee. We'd end up with something more akin to itv 2's schedule.

[T*]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

It's not the amount, it's the ratings.

The BBC can make a lot of shows/content because they have a fixed amount of money. Their funding is at the mercy of demographics and viewing figures for popular shows with advertisers.

BBC 4 holds a lot of great programming/documentaries that wouldn't be made without the license fee. We'd end up with something more akin to itv 2's schedule.

That's actually a really good point.

[Vicky.]

If people are so concerned about bbc4 and the likes, why not make paying it an opt in service, and increase it. That way the people who want it are happy and keep their channel, and the people who have never watched anything on it arent pissed off

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

If people are so concerned about bbc4 and the likes, why not make paying it an opt in service, and increase it. That way the people who want it are happy and keep their channel, and the people who have never watched anything on it arent pissed off

Well, it's an option but I don't know about its chances of working.

That's probably the sort of "compromise" they'll move into in the future.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

How've you got away with that? I forgot to transfer mine when I moved (I was still paying monthly) and I got a visit pretty sharpish

Like this annie....

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Like this annie....

[Kate!]

[King Gizzard]

It's a necessary annoyance I think, nearly everyone will pull out if they hear about it lets face it, then BBC won't get their funding then we'll have gigantic ads everywhere

[joeysteele]

The BBC used to be great leaders in most news and entertainment areas, the licence likely made sense when it held at least 50% of the viewing channels available.
Now with so many commercial channels available it is ridiculous that people have to pay a licence for the BBC, to watch TV generally in their own homes on a TV they have had to buy too.

The really great and 'exclusive' days of the BBC are well gone.
It is time, and in fact massively overdue, that this daft licence fee is done away with completely and the other great things is that would get rid of totally the rotten sarcastic staff at TV Licensing too.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I actually think it should be increased if anything, the BBC is criminally undervalued in this country IMO

No its Frozen for good reason.


No way will it go up in price
they can cut wages at the top of the Bloated BBC

[Kizzy]

Then they can privatise it....

[Livia]

If you disabled all the BBC channels on your TV and radio, you'd still be required to pay the licence fee. And when you work out the licence fee week by week, it's not very much at all. Compared, say, to the money people pay for Sky every month. I do feel a bit aggrieved that some people seem quite proud of breaking the law and not paying it, so that those who don't pay end up getting a free ride of the backs of those of us who do. You're welcome. I hope they take your telly away.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Livia

If you disabled all the BBC channels on your TV and radio, you'd still be required to pay the licence fee. And when you work out the licence fee week by week, it's not very much at all. Compared, say, to the money people pay for Sky every month. I do feel a bit aggrieved that some people seem quite proud of breaking the law and not paying it, so that those who don't pay end up getting a free ride of the backs of those of us who do. You're welcome. I hope they take your telly away.

true.

Just read an article on this, what the people lobbying for this want the Beeb to do is collect payment via subscription so if you don't pay then it would be turned off, fair enough I think.

[Vicky.]

Its quite a lot to those who dont have much. If you dont pay it in one go, it works out something like £7 per week(as they make you pay 2 years or something I think, its definitely around 7 per week as my sis used to have problems with it)..which doesnt sound like much but when you figure to some people thats like..1/10 of their income or more

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

true.

Just read an article on this, what the people lobbying for this want the Beeb to do is collect payment via subscription so if you don't pay then it would be turned off, fair enough I think.

Sounds perfect to me tbh

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Its quite a lot to those who dont have much. If you dont pay it in one go, it works out something like £7 per week(as they make you pay 2 years or something I think, its definitely around 7 per week as my sis used to have problems with it)..which doesnt sound like much but when you figure to some people thats like..1/10 of their income or more

I pay by DD its 12.00 a month! with one payment being a bit more! and no they don't make you pay for two years.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I pay by DD its 12.00 a month! with one payment being a bit more! and no they don't make you pay for two years.

When my sister did it weekly, she got a payment card and was told it was £7 ish per week because you pay this years and the next years too

[Vicky.]

£5.60 per week it is for a colour license to pay weekly sorry..was sure it was 7 quid but cose enough

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

£5.60 per week it is for a colour license to pay weekly sorry..was sure it was 7 quid but cose enough

She must have been in arrears? as it works out about 12.00 a month

TV Licence types and costs

It costs £145.50 for a colour and £49.00 for a black and white TV Licence. In some cases, you may be entitled to a reduced fee TV Licence (see table below).

[Nedusa]

It's only about £2.80 a week so I don't know what the fuss is about. I would pay that just not to have to suffer constant adverts every 5 mins..........

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

She must have been in arrears? as it works out about 12.00 a month

TV Licence types and costs

It costs £145.50 for a colour and £49.00 for a black and white TV Licence. In some cases, you may be entitled to a reduced fee TV Licence (see table below).

http://cashplans.tvlicensing.co.uk/

Weekly its 5.60...as they get you to pay this years in 6 months and the next years the following 6 months

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

It's only about £2.80 a week so I don't know what the fuss is about. I would pay that just not to have to suffer constant adverts every 5 mins..........

I would gladly pay it if I didnt have to suffer adverts. Unfortunately the channels I actually watch are still full of adverts.

I pay it anyway, but am a little bitter about it despite it being so low an amount.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

http://cashplans.tvlicensing.co.uk/

Weekly its 5.60...as they get you to pay this years in 6 months and the next years the following 6 months

Oh! I don't understand how that is a easy way to pay given you are paying double the normal rate

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Oh! I don't understand how that is a easy way to pay given you are paying double the normal rate

Well as usual it seems a way to take the piss out of the poorest IMO

I find it much easier to just pay the lump sum every year, she does that now too.