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Old 23-02-2017, 09:54 AM #151
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The licence isn't just for the BBC though. It's a broadcast licence, you have to have one if you're receiving TV and radio.
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My father in law has a 'smart TV' that won't receive any of the bbc channels Not by choice, as he loves Eastenders, just the damn thing gets a snowy mess on all BBC content. Its purely accidental and its annoying him but surely this could be done for the general public? Where you actually could not receive BBC without a license?
How much he wanna sell it for?
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How much he wanna sell it for?
He just bought the thing last week. He is raging and I think its hilarious. he is refusing to get rid though despite having a perfectly normal TV also...
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The licence isn't just for the BBC though. It's a broadcast licence, you have to have one if you're receiving TV and radio.
I know, but it is predominately for the BBC. This is why people who dont watch BBC think its crap.

Its a bit like being forced to pay for sports channels if you don't watch sport. Yes 20p per week goers to normal channels, but a fiver goes to the sports channels.
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I know, but it is predominately for the BBC. This is why people who dont watch BBC think its crap.

Its a bit like being forced to pay for sports channels if you don't watch sport. Yes 20p per week goers to normal channels, but a fiver goes to the sports channels.
LOL... we've had this conversation before, you little 'ol law breaker you...
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...as others observe it's not about VFM but choice? we're sold on the idea that

we have freedom of choice......................but not with TV

..........license is archaic with such complexity of supply how can anyone ever again be

prosecuted?

it's surely up to the BBC to encode..............a simple task however i'm sure that it's not

an option to the BBC as they know there would not be enough subscribers to maintain

their premium service.................

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LOL... we've had this conversation before, you little 'ol law breaker you...
I'm not a law breaker at the moment. We actually don't watch any live TV. Kids are obsessed with paw patrol and peppa pig, which are youtubed. Gavs into a bunch of series' that he streams online (not live) and the only TV I ever watch is BB and XF, neither of which are currently on. I need to decide when the come back on, if I can deal with watching them the next day, or if I need to get a license to watch them on the same night they are on.

We even got rid of Sky
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I'm not a law breaker at the moment. We actually don't watch any live TV. Kids are obsessed with paw patrol and peppa pig, which are youtubed. Gavs into a bunch of series' that he streams online (not live) and the only TV I ever watch is BB and XF, neither of which are currently on. I need to decide when the come back on, if I can deal with watching them the next day, or if I need to get a license to watch them on the same night they are on.

We even got rid of Sky
I was joking about the lawbreaking... I wasn't going to dob you in or anything.

Sky is such a con... Like I said, my Dad's monthly bill is HUGE and he still have to pay extra to watch West Ham lose.
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Yeah but this is about the TV licence, not your history of embezzlement, fraud and demanding money with menaces.
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I was joking about the lawbreaking... I wasn't going to dob you in or anything.

Sky is such a con... Like I said, my Dad's monthly bill is HUGE and he still have to pay extra to watch West Ham lose.
Yes, I may be a lawbreaker in that aspect in a few months. There are boxes on ebay that you can buy and if you buy a descrambler service off someone(also available on ebay), you get all sky channels for a tenner a YEAR.
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Yeah but this is about the TV licence, not your history of embezzlement, fraud and demanding money with menaces.
Oh yes, i pay my TV licence
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Yes, I may be a lawbreaker in that aspect in a few months. There are boxes on ebay that you can buy and if you buy a descrambler service off someone(also available on ebay), you get all sky channels for a tenner a YEAR.
Wow... I'd be willing to break the law for one of those. Ł10 a year for Sky seems fair to me.

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Is this why you're thinking about womens rights in prison...? It's alllll coming together.
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Wow... I'd be willing to break the law for one of those. Ł10 a year for Sky seems fair to me.



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Openbox its called livia. And you need to look for a '12 month gift' as they obviously arent allowed to advertise descrambler services
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Openbox its called livia. And you need to look for a '12 month gift' as they obviously arent allowed to advertise descrambler services
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Are there any examples of this happening though? Nearly everyone I know has them and one person..they had the police in their house and the police dude said he had one too
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Are there any examples of this happening though? Nearly everyone I know has them and one person..they had the police in their house and the police dude said he had one too
It is classed as fraud and if Sky were to find out they have the rights to press charges

but if you tell them that they are floating about they give you discounts
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I doubt they would discount to 10/20 quid a year though. This includes all sport, movie channels, everything

Sky wouldn't find out anyway UNLESS you are daft enough to have sky as your ISP whilst using these boxes
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My husbands cousin was offered a discount from 70 quid per month to 50. He now pays like a quid a month. Much better
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The BBC TAX
needs to get away from us
and get it from the Government direct.


Then the Public is free from this WRONG
BBC TAX
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A local pub has just got fined 6000 for illegal broadcasting of sky sports, they have done a lot of pubs.
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I pay my licence, not happy about it but its the law.
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