[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

You don't currently have to pay yourself though. In effect, you are complaining about something that does not affect you, that has no impact upon you.

You are complaining of behalf of others that are affected?

Care homes do not have to pay for every single room. That may be down to the person to whom owns the TV set - it depends on the size of carehome, how many tvs are there etc... whether it is considered a business or not.

I'm not entirely sure Joey that this is one that you perhaps are aware of the ins and outs of.

Students, lodgers, tenents, owners of 2nd homes, etc: don't pay the same rates: if at all.

Pyramid. with respect, I know about the TV Licence,I and a group of students have over the last 6 months taken up helping people who have problems with TV LIcensing, I am fully aware the licence is for an address not every room, hence my point that multi millionaires can have a TV in every room in their massive places still for the same fee as someone who is 65 on a state pension with a TV in one room.
I am aware of that.
I also stated if you read carefully, that I said I paid as part of a group of us who share a house while at UNi, I may not pay the full fee myslef but I do pay it and when I am on my own after leaving Uni and home, I will have to pay the full fee too and will begrudge every single penny of it too.
What though does it matter whether even if I had to pay it yet or not, I would still be entitiled to having a view on it and help others who have concerns as to it.

I assure you I know the ins and out of this issue, I have battled as to the Licence fee from aged 15,I think it is ridiculous.

I do have to say I am surprised at your personal comment as to my lack of knowledge of this issue,I rarely get so deeply involved in issues I know little about, I never said care homes had to pay for every TV, I said they would still have to pay a Licence fee, I know they do because on of my Aunts is in a care home and they said they had to, not obviously for every residents room but for an address.
Tenants renting a room from a landlord will live at addresses where the landlord has paid the licence fee so TVs can be watched on the premises, I do research things you know.
All addresses that have a TV have to have a TV licence, that is the law.there is not much else to know as to having a TV licence than that.

A licence fee for an adrdress doesn't have to be in anyones name that even lives there as long as there is a licence for the address, regardless of how many TVs are there.
I think I know far more than you give me credit for as to this issue and I am massively surprised at that too.