Tv licence inspectors

voxpop · 13-03-2005 08:01PM

As i understand it , you need a tv license for each tv - whether it is recieves a signal or not.

You cant really compare rte to bbc - the bbc get a license fee from a few more million people than rte.

The fee is supposed to go into creating home grown programs - most are crap but every now and again a good one gets through i.e. the panel

As i see it the tv license should be something that is means tested - so for example students,low income familes,etc shouldnt have to pay the tv license,where as everyone who can afford it "should" pay - sounds a bit more fair

Chong · 13-03-2005 08:03PM

OLDYELLAR wrote:

yea i heard about that , whats the craic with it ?

Could you imagine if that actually happens, its bound to come here.

OLDYELLAR · 13-03-2005 08:08PM

Willem D wrote:

Could you imagine if that actually happens, its bound to come here.

hell yea if its coming in in England , dont ya know it`l be coming in over here.Bloody ridiculous , .

Prof. Nutbutter · 13-03-2005 08:19PM

shabbyroad wrote:

so basically what you're saying is that you don't want to pay the TV license fee and you're looking for help and advice on how to break the law ?

Yes, bang on. Like I said, I'm not going to get into the ethics of it. I just want some help from some fellow scumbag lawbreakers into acellerating the decline of society as we know it by not paying my TV licence. Its probably just all these teenage hormones, I'm sure I'll grow out of it in a few years and beg RTE for forgivness.

But in the mean time, if we could get back to the topic at hand. Can anyone else verify The Muppet's comments on the searches? Have any of the rest of ye criminals been subject to such facism?

leeroybrown · 13-03-2005 08:24PM

angelofdeath wrote:

edit:// and btw its 121 euro

152 Euro

Angry_Penguin wrote:

As i understand it , you need a tv license for each tv - whether it is recieves a signal or not.

No. You're required to have one television license for each house/flat/business you have that has a device capable of recieving a TV signal. Multiple TV's can be used under one license and a TV is only exempt from the fee if it is classified as being incapible of recieving a TV signal (broken TV's still count).

Legally it is also the responsibility of the tenant to have a TV license.

Milkman · 13-03-2005 09:18PM

I thought if the landlord supplies a tele with the premises then its thier responsibility to have a licence.
If its your tele then its up to you.

M.

Kingsize · 14-03-2005 11:25AM

i presume the computer tax will be a point of purchase affair.
which in my opinion is what should happen with the tv licence.
nowadays they dont need to drive around in a special van they just figure out which households havent got a licence.they also have access to ntl accounts too.
its a bit of a crapp system really because it really is down to whether you get caught or not , also you can avoid paying it for ages, in fact even if you eventually get taken to court you can turn up in court with the cash.
its best if they dont get your name though.
for our student friend who wants to avioid paying it, just dont answer the door to people you dont know, youre not breaking the law by not opening your hall door to complete strangers are you??get a tv licence stampbook & stick about 30 quids worth of stamps in it, then if you do get caught you can show the inspector & tell him youre making the effort etc etc
i shared a house with a few other blokes a couple of years ago,the inspector came around one day & my housemate answered the door in his boxers,told him that it was his girlfriends house & wouldnt give him any info.
the inspector said he'd be back but he never arrived during our time in the house.
btw most of RTE's "better" programs attract enough advertising interest to be
self sufficient,the licence fee needs to be better policed & FAIRLY PRICED, its a catch 22 i.e. really why should i pay it to subsidise those who dont pay it?
seriously though , why should the average tv licence holder subsidise the RTE CONCERT ORCHESTRA?

WhiteWashMan · 14-03-2005 12:13PM

Milkman wrote:

I thought if the landlord supplies a tele with the premises then its thier responsibility to have a licence.
If its your tele then its up to you.

M.

no.

the same way that its up to the tennent to pay for the electricity, the water and whatever else.

Tv licence inspectors

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