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TV licence question

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  • #32
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,103 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    gurramok wrote: »
    I'd have no choice there with you been a boxer :D

    Well, the remote would be **** all use to me with a pair of boxing gloves on....;)


  • #33
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    walshb wrote: »
    Well, the remote would be **** all use to me with a pair of boxing gloves on....;)

    You would come in handy for when Mr. Inspector comes around to the door :)


  • #34
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,103 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    gurramok wrote: »
    You would come in handy for when Mr. Inspector comes around to the door :)

    Yeah, but you know, "They've heard all the excuses before."


  • #35
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    Ms.Moxy wrote: »
    I see what your saying and I have always paid my tv licence but I genuinely can not afford it this year so I thought this would be a way of avoiding it for a few months till I can afford to pay it.

    Just don't pay it then. And don't answer the door unless you're expecting someone, hence avoiding tv license man. I have never had a tv license and have no intention of getting one any time soon either.


  • #36
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    dvpower wrote: »
    Are you asking her out?

    Sure, why not.


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  • #37
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,103 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    aidan24326 wrote: »
    Just don't pay it then. And don't answer the door unless you're expecting someone, hence avoiding tv license man. I have never had a tv license and have no intention of getting one any time soon either.

    The part I agree with is the NOT answering the door unless you (know/expect/want to let in) exactly who it is.


  • #38
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    aidan24326 wrote: »
    Just don't pay it then. And don't answer the door unless you're expecting someone, hence avoiding tv license man. I have never had a tv license and have no intention of getting one any time soon either.

    Same here, they send reminders all the time followed by registered letters, but i live in an apartment, no one to accept registered post during the day, so they leave a note to collect it at the post office. if i'm not expecting anything i just leave it there, no good news ever comes by unsolicited registered letter!
    €160 for joe duffy, gerry ryan, ryan tubridy etc.....No, just No


  • #39
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61,103 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    Same here, they send reminders all the time followed by registered letters, but i live in an apartment, no one to accept registered post during the day, so they leave a note to collect it at the post office. if i'm not expecting anything i just leave it there, no good news ever comes by unsolicited registered letter!
    €160 for joe duffy, gerry ryan, ryan tubridy etc.....No, just No

    Exactly, I never accept registered letters because of why you say. If the people really want to get you, they will. Why make it easy for them and receive and open a letter that may well harm you....


  • #40
    General Zod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭General Zod


    Elevator wrote: »
    But if you have a sky box your name and address has already been passed on to an post so they know who you ate and where you are


    No it's not, Data protection act prevents them doing that without your consent.


  • #41
    dvpower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,182 ✭✭✭dvpower


    Originally Posted by Ms.Moxy
    I genuinely can not afford it this year
    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    Can you afford to go drinking?
    dvpower wrote: »
    Are you asking her out?
    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    Sure, why not.

    @Ms.Moxy. Looks like you won't be needing that TV after all.:D


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  • #42
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,691 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    Dear AH,

    I dont want to pay my tv license anymore cos I, er, *cough*, cant afford it. So i would like to say to all of you fellow AH's who do pay your license, "Up yours!".

    Now Im off to the pub now buy pints of beer. No wait, I mean, my ma is going to buy me pints cos i have no money.

    Yours lovingly etc.


  • #43
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,924 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    walshb wrote: »
    I am not going to make this any more complicated than it should be. Has the poster got a tv on her premises? And, if so, does she have a current licence for this tv. This is fairly simple I would imagine. If she does not have a licence, then she runs the risk.

    Seems you missed my attempt at making a funny. ;)
    walshb wrote: »
    For the freaking sake of 160 Euro, I'd give her the money myself. Really, is it worth all that hassle?

    I'd rather the 160 tbh.

    To come into contact with a TV license inspector you have to answer the door. They're not going to beat it down with a battering ram.

    Simple solution - Don't answer the door unless you're expecting someone.

    It's actually LESS hassle as you don't have to get off the couch as much.

    Plus you also save yourself the risk of opening the door to other annoyances such as -

    salespeople/charity collectors/beggars/religious fantatics


  • #44
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    I like the cut of your jib, walshb.
    Outlaws like us don't need no stinking licences!

    You too OP, join our gang!


  • #45
    Bill-e
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 986 ✭✭✭Bill-e


    I'm renting a gaff. and It came with a huge 42" TV wall mounted in the front room.

    Personally I'm never there to watch TV (too much work ;) )
    Is it the landlord who is to pay the licence or what?


  • #46
    Dublin_Gunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    Bill-e wrote: »
    I'm renting a gaff. and It came with a huge 42" TV wall mounted in the front room.

    Personally I'm never there to watch TV (too much work ;) )
    Is it the landlord who is to pay the licence or what?


    That could be a tricky one.

    IMO if its the landlords TV, then they should pay the licence.


  • #47
    General Zod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭General Zod


    It's the residents responsibility actually, you're renting the TV as well. If you don't use it, either come to an agreement with your landlord about sharing the cost of the licence or ask for it to be removed.


  • #48
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    Is it not a license for Radio too ? How do they get around the car radio problem.

    As said just don't open the door. Or, open the door. And run out screaming, he has a gun.


  • #49
    Dublin_Gunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,692 ✭✭✭Dublin_Gunner


    msg11 wrote: »
    Is it not a license for Radio too ? How do they get around the car radio problem.

    As said just don't open the door. Or, open the door. And run out screaming, he has a gun.


    This was touched upon in this thread already - you don't need a licence for radio (i.e a standard, consumer radio for listening to AM/FM etc radio broadcasts).


  • #50
    patwicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭patwicklow


    stovelid wrote: »
    Just stare at the wall and invent interesting TV programmes in your head.
    WELL THAT WOULD BE ALOT MORE INTERESTING THEN WATCHING THE CRAP RTE DISHES OUT.. I THINK THEY HAVE A BIG SKIP SOME WERE, LIKE WHO THE FECK WANTS TO WATCH MURDER SHE WROTE OR ALL THE OTHER CRAP REPEATS THEY SHOW AND THEY HAVE A BARE FACED CHEEK TO GET €160 OFF US?? AND THE BEST OF IT THE LATE LATE THAT TALENT SHOW, JUST MAKES ME LAUGH, THE SET UP. OVER PAID TWITS ON EM ALL......


  • #51
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    General Zod wrote: »
    It's the residents responsibility actually, you're renting the TV as well. If you don't use it, either come to an agreement with your landlord about sharing the cost of the licence or ask for it to be removed.

    That's correct, it is the tenant's responsibility, not the landlord's.

    I got a letter recently from them but it was addressed to 'The Occupier'. Hence why it's important not to answer the door and get collared by big bad* license inspector, as they can't send a court summons to Mr.Occupier. They need your name.

    *In saying 'big bad', to be fair I have spoken to tv license guys a couple of times in the past and found them to be sound enough. Still didn't get one though.


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  • #52
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    patwicklow wrote: »
    WELL THAT WOULD BE ALOT MORE INTERESTING THEN WATCHING THE CRAP RTE DISHES OUT.. I THINK THEY HAVE A BIG SKIP SOME WERE, LIKE WHO THE FECK WANTS TO WATCH MURDER SHE WROTE OR ALL THE OTHER CRAP REPEATS THEY SHOW AND THEY HAVE A BARE FACED CHEEK TO GET €160 OFF US?? AND THE BEST OF IT THE LATE LATE THAT TALENT SHOW, JUST MAKES ME LAUGH, THE SET UP. OVER PAID TWITS ON EM ALL......

    When RTE are challenged as to their brutal programe lineup, and their rubbish homegrown stuff, they claim they're skint. No money I tells ya. Yet they can afford to pay their staff enormous wages. Does Pat Kenny really have to get paid close to a million a year? Did they really have to double Tubridarse's wages when he got the Late Late gig? (250k increased to 500K).


  • #53
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    Can you afford to go drinking?


    Oh no, not the auld reliable "if you can afford one thing, then surely you can afford this other thing" arguement. It's weak, very weak.
    Bill-e wrote: »
    I'm renting a gaff. and It came with a huge 42" TV wall mounted in the front room.

    Personally I'm never there to watch TV (too much work ;) )
    Is it the landlord who is to pay the licence or what?

    I think it's down to who owns the TV. If you are renting a house and there is one guy that owns the TV then it is up to him to pay for it, even if you use it. Not 100% about the landlord owning the TV though.


  • #54
    Elevator
    Closed Accounts Posts: 844 ✭✭✭Elevator


    General Zod wrote: »
    No it's not, Data protection act prevents them doing that without your consent.

    Ya but is there not legislation to make the providers hand over details??

    If the freedom of info went so far then why didn't everyone that eircom handed over details of downloading not freak out?


  • #55
    Ms.Moxy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Ms.Moxy


    Well DvPower looks like I won't be at home to answer the door to the TV licence guy ! If Minstrel27 has his way I will be out on the town :):)

    The update is that I rang the Post Office to tell them I no longer have a TV and they sent me out a Statutary Declaration to be sent back to them saying I no longer have a TV. The guy on the phone sais " but you know the inspector can still call right?" I felt like saying " well where the hell has he been the last 3 yrs when I have had a licence then, sitting in the office watching Fair City" :p

    I reckon I will just sign the form send it back and devise a secret knock with my friends and family so I know its them at the door ;)
    If I do get an inspector at the door I just won't let him in. If he comes back with a warrant (having wasted more tax payers money ) Hey presto I just got the TV that evening and the Post office was closed so I had not had a chance to get the licence....


    I reckon that should tied me over for a few months till I can afford to get the licence...
    BTW does anyone know if these superdupper techo gadgets that the inspectors supposedly have that can detect if you have a Tv in the house actually exist or is it a scare tactic... oooohhhh big brother is watching :eek:


  • #56
    Tail Wagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Tail Wagger


    Ms.Moxy wrote: »
    Hi all , so I got a renewal notice today, rang the number on it and told them I got rid of the TV back in December. They are going to send out a statutary declaration form for me to sign saying I got rid of the TV ( Oh the bureacracy of it all :rolleyes:) I was also told that even if I send that back legally stating that I have no TV the inspector can still call. So if he does call can I just say I got the TV literally that day from a relative and that I was intending getting the licence the next day??? :) or would I still be caught ??

    They have heard all the excuses! and none of them work
    So just buy your licence!... Sorry mate.


  • #57
    dvpower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,182 ✭✭✭dvpower


    Ms.Moxy wrote: »
    BTW does anyone know if these superdupper techo gadgets that the inspectors supposedly have that can detect if you have a Tv in the house actually exist or is it a scare tactic... oooohhhh big brother is watching :eek:

    I think those were just an urban legend (perpetrated by the TV license people).


  • #58
    Ms.Moxy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Ms.Moxy


    Don't tell me you believe their ads :D It is not possible for them to have heard all the excuses sure there are new ones every 20 seconds ;) if what I am reading on Boards is anything to go by .


  • #59
    Ms.Moxy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Ms.Moxy


    Thats what I thought alright. Lord knows the TV licence would have to be higher if they wanted to afford those fancy toys to play with :-)


  • #60
    Coriolanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    General Zod wrote: »
    No it's not, Data protection act prevents them doing that without your consent.
    I'm trying to track down which amending Act it was in, but I'm pretty sure there's something in there obliging providers of services to pass on the names and addresses. Could be wrong, but I could have sworn.


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  • #61
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,017 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Ms.Moxy wrote: »
    BTW does anyone know if these superdupper techo gadgets that the inspectors supposedly have that can detect if you have a Tv in the house actually exist or is it a scare tactic

    Irish TV licence inspectors definitely dont have them.

    UK licence inspectors may do (technically its quite feasable) but its doubtful given that they apparently cant even master satnav


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