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Tv Licence Inspectors going house to house

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    #182
    Mr Whirly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 689 ✭✭✭Mr Whirly


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    #183
    clonadlad
    Registered Users Posts: 394 ✭✭clonadlad


    Got a letter addressed to the "occupants of" saying to pay the license last week. Is there anything they can do if they don't have name? Should I just ignore the letters?


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    #184
    Wils110
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭Wils110


    allthedoyles wrote: »
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    Got this flyer in the post today ... Is it for real ?

    Surely they don't have to go around checking the actual piece of paper

    Where were you for them terrible adds on television of inspectors speaking Chinese and polish making out they were smarter then everyone........

    Here's a tip for everyone when they knock say you just moved in an your renting temporarily it works on them
    As soon as my girlfriend signed my house up to sky tv they knocked 3 weeks later told em she just moved in getting stuff sorted they said ok ain't being back in a few months they come back il answer blah blah it's worked the 4 years I've lived here


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    #185
    Fuh Q
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Fuh Q


    Inspector called to my house last Saturday,left a notice to say he would be back within 7 days to inspect the licence, I had to go out and spend my dole on a licence. I wont be out of the bed till the afternoon, I guess if I miss him Ill get a summons or fine or something sent out ?


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    #186
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,312 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    You will most likely not hear from them again if you have bought your licence


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    #187
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    Fuh Q wrote: »
    Inspector called to my house last Saturday,left a notice to say he would be back within 7 days to inspect the licence, I had to go out and spend my dole on a licence. I wont be out of the bed till the afternoon, I guess if I miss him Ill get a summons or fine or something sent out ?

    Why don't you buy a couple of stamps every other week? That's what we have to do. You'll have the licence fee in six months and won't have to spend the day in bed avoiding the inspector! Stamps cost E4 each, and you can buy them as you draw your money.


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    #188
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    I pay the TV licence and I always have. I don't watch RTE and wouldn't notice if they stopped broadcasting. However, what I do expect in return for my €160 is to be left alone. I do not want RTE, the Gardai, An Post or TV Licence Inspectors turning up at my door.


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    #189
    clonadlad
    Registered Users Posts: 394 ✭✭clonadlad


    Got a call from the TV license man 2 weeks ago. Answered the door but when he said who it was, just closed the door. He gave us a letter saying that TV equipment was observed.

    Now we got a letter saying that we have a week to pay. The letter was addressed to the "residents of the household" so surely they cant send a fine or a courts summons to a group of people. We're students living in rented accommodation btw.

    Should I just stay ignoring the letters or what else can I do?


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    #190
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    clonadlad wrote: »
    Got a call from the TV license man 2 weeks ago. Answered the door but when he said who it was, just closed the door. He gave us a letter saying that TV equipment was observed.

    Now we got a letter saying that we have a week to pay. The letter was addressed to the "residents of the household" so surely they cant send a fine or a courts summons to a group of people. We're students living in rented accommodation btw.

    Should I just stay ignoring the letters or what else can I do?

    Here's a radical suggestion for ye: Pay the bloody licence!!


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    #191
    Jack breen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Jack breen


    He has called to our house several times but we have large electric gates and boundry walls so its impossible for them to enter the house.


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    #192
    clonadlad
    Registered Users Posts: 394 ✭✭clonadlad


    ABajaninCork wrote: »
    Here's a radical suggestion for ye: Pay the bloody licence!!
    I never said we hadn't paid the license did I? But you're right we haven't.. :o
    Anyway, I'm just wondering can they press any legal charges or fines if they haven't got a name? It just seems a bit excessive to be paying for a full year of a license when we're leaving in a few months.


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    #193
    cookie1977
    Registered Users Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    clonadlad wrote: »
    I never said we hadn't paid the license did I? But you're right we haven't.. :o
    Anyway, I'm just wondering can they press any legal charges or fines if they haven't got a name? It just seems a bit excessive to be paying for a full year of a license when we're leaving in a few months.

    You can move the licence to the new address you live in when you do leave


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    #194
    gman2k
    Registered Users Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    clonadlad wrote: »
    I never said we hadn't paid the license did I? But you're right we haven't.. :o
    Anyway, I'm just wondering can they press any legal charges or fines if they haven't got a name? It just seems a bit excessive to be paying for a full year of a license when we're leaving in a few months.

    To be taken to court they need a valid name and address on the summons.
    Can be a difficult thing to get hold of....


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