Any court aperiences or hefty fines?

ScumLord · 20-11-2008 05:53PM #1

Has anyone ever actually been stung by the Tv license man?

It must be 4 years ago at least since he called to the home house asking did we have a tv license, I said I hadn't a clue. He said "you don't, court aperience and a hefty fine" Sound says I, I'll pay it tomorrow. "Sound so" he says. Never bought one, no court aperience or a hefty fine.

mikemac · 20-11-2008 05:56PM

Yep, 5 years ago in Galway district court.
200 euro fine it was. I think it's 1000 euro now

Never bought one again though, I didn't learn my lesson :P
In fact, don't have one now and I was praising RTE in another thread today, must get one so

Kold · 20-11-2008 06:03PM

I love how their idea of an advert is a threat. That way there's no "Hey, wait a second, Irish terrestrial TV isn't worth f*ck all. I don't give a sh*t about the diddly-aye on TG4, the pastey faced 'celebrities' on TV3 or the constant mind numbing raging of Ireland's elderly on RTE! All I want my TV is for the odd Super Sunday football and to watch a few DVDs I burned from some torrents. In fact, GTFO Mr TV License Inspector."

Dave! · 20-11-2008 06:10PM

What rights does he have when it comes to ascertaining whether you need a license or not? ie. if you refuse him entry to the house, do you get a fine? What if you, say, delay him at the door while you're hiding your tvs?

Also, am I right in thinking that you have to have a license for anything capable of picking up RTÉ, etc. ? So even if you only use it for DVDs...

thelordofcheese · 20-11-2008 06:22PM

Dave! wrote: »

Also, am I right in thinking that you have to have a license for anything capable of picking up RTÉ, etc. ? So even if you only use it for DVDs...

Yeah, that's how the law is worded. Pretty shitty.

Interestingly enough the BBC have an opt-out system, if you use your set for consoles/dvd's. Which is decent of them.

tech77 · 20-11-2008 06:41PM

Domo230 wrote: »

Well ill just tell em im dont speak english cause im from barbados.

LOL.

Apparently that doesn't work.
What with them all being impossibly smug, multilingual smart-ar$es.

emeraldstar · 20-11-2008 06:53PM

What's an aperience?

AlmightyCushion · 20-11-2008 06:54PM

The OP disgusts me. He worse then all the muderers, rapists, murdering rapist, raping muderists and paedos combined.

dr.bollocko · 20-11-2008 06:56PM

emeraldstar wrote: »

What's an aperience?

An aperience is the word for when you poop during an orgasm.
It's such a pretty word.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 20-11-2008 06:56PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Has anyone ever actually been stung by the Tv license man?

It must be 4 years ago at least since he called to the home house asking did we have a tv license, I said I hadn't a clue. He said "you don't, court aperience and a hefty fine" Sound says I, I'll pay it tomorrow. "Sound so" he says. Never bought one, no court aperience or a hefty fine.

Did he actually use the words "hefty fine?"

Tigger · 20-11-2008 06:58PM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

The OP disgusts me. He worse then all the muderers, rapists, murdering rapist, raping muderists and paedos combined.

finaly someone talking sense

also i was overtaken yesterday and i was doing 100kmph verified by my gota gota gota gota geta garmin

gota gota gota gota geta garmin

gota gota gota gota geta garmin

gota gota gota gota geta garmin

so he should be shot as he was oviously speedificating

Sherifu · 20-11-2008 07:00PM

I was talking to someone today about tv licences and they said in France the licence covers the house. Here it's one for each tv afair, isn't it?

admiralofthefleet · 20-11-2008 07:03PM

i cant afford to pay my tv license because i have to buy medicine for sick puppies

vorbis · 20-11-2008 07:04PM

No its the same, one license per premises.

Tigger · 20-11-2008 07:09PM

vorbis wrote: »

No its the same, one license per premises.

its thye tv dectectot man run

Shacklebolt · 20-11-2008 07:13PM

tech77 wrote: »

LOL.
Apparently that doesn't work.
What with them all being impossibly smug, multilingual smart-ar$es.

They must go to a special training camp where they learn several languages and methods of surveillance.

Either that or the ads are total bull****....

Mr. CooL ICE · 20-11-2008 07:23PM

Sherifu wrote: »

I was talking to someone today about tv licences and they said in France the licence covers the house. Here it's one for each tv afair, isn't it?

One per household with any number of TVs. Only difference is if the building is subdivided into multiple premises (i.e. an apartment block), then you'll need one per premises. Also, if you own two houses and both have TVs, you need a license for each house

The law is that anything capable of receiving a TV signal needs a license, so unused and/or broken TVs need a license too. Strange how coat hangers can receive a signal but nobody needs a license for them...

themadchef · 20-11-2008 07:42PM

Actually got the poxy "death threat" from them this week. First letter in 5 years telling me to buy licence etc so i had a good run.

On my to do list ... honest

antodeco · 20-11-2008 07:43PM

Interesting. If I leave my tv in the garden, they cant do anything
If mr inspector came along, id ensure to have porn on the tv and invite him in. Lock the door behind him and everything. Id say he'll just want to leave any say nothing about it.

*wanders off to download more porn and buy a chubb lock*

Berty · 20-11-2008 08:40PM

I moved in around this time last year and by around Feb I got the knock on the door. I went down to the post office and I was one of 5 people paying their tv license in a small village.

The postmistress said the guy decided to do a blitz on the villages around the place with the 100's of new houses.

Im not getting another one though. One in a lifetime is enough. Im not here during the day EVER and I dont give my name to strangers unless he shows me id and then I definately will not give him my name.

My company was renting a house full furnished including tv for us in Cork. My colleague answered the door on Saturday and the guy asked him his name. He stupidly gave him his name and suggested its either our boss or the landlords responsibility because none of us own it. They summonsed him to court and the judge threw it out saying because its not his property nor the tv then its not down to him.

javaboy · 20-11-2008 08:40PM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

The OP disgusts me. He worse then all the muderers, rapists, murdering rapist, raping muderists and paedos combined.

+1. Now in the finest AH tradition, can we all please come up with suitable punishments? I'll get the ball rolling with giving him a scalpel and threatening to kill his family unless he cuts off his own manhood and eats it. Then just as he finally chokes down the last of his giblets, we boil his family in oil anyway. If this doesn't kill him, he should be hung drawn and quartered..... while boiling in oil.

With a projector or very large PC monitor, you should be able to get away without paying. As long as you don't have anything that can actually receive RTE.

Kold · 20-11-2008 08:57PM

javaboy wrote: »

+1. Now in the finest AH tradition, can we all please come up with suitable punishments? I'll get the ball rolling with giving him a scalpel and threatening to kill his family unless he cuts off his own manhood and eats it. Then just as he finally chokes down the last of his giblets, we boil his family in oil anyway. If this doesn't kill him, he should be hung drawn and quartered..... while boiling in oil.

With a projector or very large PC monitor, you should be able to get away without paying. As long as you don't have anything that can actually receive RTE.

I think we should get him to pleasure a thousand children.

tony1kenobi · 20-11-2008 09:35PM

The TV license inspector failed his application for the position of traffic warden because he just hadn't enough personality. That is why he does what he does.

dSTAR · 20-11-2008 09:53PM

WTF is the idea behind a TV license? I can (half) understand cars, dogs and guns having to be licensed to keep check on them. What if you decide to view your favorite shows online which is becoming more and more common. Do you still need a license even if you chucked your TV out the window?

Chris_533976 · 20-11-2008 10:37PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1Y7nhB16U

SV · 20-11-2008 10:46PM

we've heard all of the excuses and none of them work :rolleyes:

AntiRip · 20-11-2008 11:00PM

dSTAR wrote: »

WTF is the idea behind a TV license? I can (half) understand cars, dogs and guns having to be licensed to keep check on them. What if you decide to view your favorite shows online which is becoming more and more common. Do you still need a license even if you chucked your TV out the window?

Was on the radio last year that they were going to make changes to the law on tv licences to reflect the growing popularity of ppl now watching tv on computers and in the future phones etc. that licences will also cover other electronics like computers etc. So if there's a computer in the house you will have to pay for a licence. Total bullcrap imo and never happen...hopefully!

xOxSinéadxOx · 20-11-2008 11:06PM

I didn't realise that a little tv licence man ACTUALLY goes around to people's houses. What does he do anyway? Does he just ask you if you have one?

axel rose · 20-11-2008 11:42PM

Yea, they do call. It happened to me a few years ago. The bell rang at about 8 in the evening, as I opened the door, this old guys head appeared around the door. (think of a giraffe looking around a corner without looking). He showed me his ID and mumbled something about my license.
Lucky me-I bought it that morning!

He kept saying stuff like- Are you sure? For this house? Is it colour? Then he checked a list and crossed me off. That kept me smug for the week! (It was a quiet week)

dSTAR · 21-11-2008 12:16AM

AntiRip wrote: »

Total bullcrap imo and never happen...hopefully!

We don't have TV licenses in Australia but we do have a government that are trying to censor the internet. This is even worse imo.

I wonder if there was a way to block or filter the national channels in Eire would you still have to pay for a license?

passive · 21-11-2008 12:32AM

dSTAR wrote: »

I wonder if there was a way to block or filter the national channels in Eire would you still have to pay for a license?

in wheire?

Any court aperiences or hefty fines?

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