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TV licence and RTE

lufties

Hi all, i've noticed a lot of boardies on here whinge and complain about RTE in some way or another(and rightly so)..I just wonder why people just dont stick it to the establishment and boycott our national broadcaster..personally i watch gaa on setanta and have switched to newstalk or today fm.

any opinions?

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irishfeen

Don't Setanta cover only like 10 GAA league games? ... must be a short GAA year for you missing out on the championship.

Optimalprimerib

lufties wrote: »

Hi all, i've noticed a lot of boardies on here whinge and complain about RTE in some way or another(and rightly so)..I just wonder why people just dont stick it to the establishment and boycott our national broadcaster..personally i watch gaa on setanta and have switched to newstalk or today fm.

any opinions?

I paid my tv license this year, as it is the law. I would rather be out of pocket 160 euro than 500. Besides their sports coverage is very good.

lufties

irishfeen wrote: »

Don't Setanta cover only like 10 GAA league games? ... must be a short GAA year for you missing out on the championship.

they show 2 or 3 championship games every sunday which is a bit of a shame but its better than none.

uncle_sam_ie

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I paid my tv license this year, as it is the law. I would rather be out of pocket 160 euro than 500. Besides their sports coverage is very good.

Being forced to pay for a state entertainment channel that I don't even watch is a stupid law. It needs to be done away with.

The Backwards Man

I hate Nestlé that much I buy their chocolate by the case, and then don't eat it.

lufties

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

Being forced to pay for a state entertainment channel that I don't even watch is a stupid law. It needs to be done away with.

and they only why that will happen is if people take action.

irishfeen

lufties wrote: »

they show 2 or 3 championship games every sunday which is a bit of a shame but its better than none.

Are you living in the UK?? because RTE/TV3 have the rights for championship games in Ireland... not Setanta.

Mimikyu

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PlainP

Got my 2nd red letter asking me to pay mine.

I have always paid it but I'm considering not paying this time. I don't have an aerial or sky. I watch my telly through the internet and if I put on Aertv there is never anything on so I don't watch it.

How many red letters do you get before they come baying for your blood?

irishfeen

PlainP wrote: »

Got my 2nd red letter asking me to pay mine.

I have always paid it but I'm considering not paying this time. I don't have an aerial or sky. I watch my telly through the internet and if I put on Aertv there is never anything on so I don't watch it.

How many red letters do you get before they come baying for your blood?

I wonder is it actually worth the hassle of not paying it in your case, could be expensive if they brought you to court in terms of a fine and legal costs... Do you really want that hassle for something you have no hope of winning?.

PlainP

irishfeen wrote: »

I wonder is it actually worth the hassle of not paying it in your case, could be expensive if they brought you to court in terms of a fine and legal costs... Do you really want that hassle for something you have no hope of winning?.

This is very true and why I'm in two minds about paying or not.

Is it worth the hassle, I don't think so, but I actually can't afford it at the moment so they may have to wait a little bit longer.

which brings me back to my other question, how long do I have before they come looking for me?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Pay it, don't lets us down. Don't be a sneaky fcuker. It's our national station and it provides an invaluable service to many.

It's like how all these guys with Planter surname's join the IRA.

Mint Sauce

lufties wrote: »

Hi all, i've noticed a lot of boardies on here whinge and complain about RTE in some way or another(and rightly so)..I just wonder why people just dont stick it to the establishment and boycott our national broadcaster..personally i watch gaa on setanta and have switched to newstalk or today fm.

any opinions?

I have probably only watched about a couple of hours of Irish Broadcast in the last few months since getting a Satalite Dish and a cheap receiver from Aldi/Lidl, and only listen the radio in the car, even then its local radio, Todayfm, or BBC radio.

Still pay the TV Licence. Just wait till they replace it with the Broadcast Charge, and Revenue probably look after the payments.

Lifes to short to avoid answering the front door incase its an inspector. Doesn't have to be in your name, any place I have lived in its been 'The Occupier'.

El Gato

It's a total disgrace and a scam.

Almost every program is sponsored by one company or another. With multiple advertising breaks per show - all revenue.

We are paying for what exactly? To pay Ryan Tubrity €½million for what - to watch skeletor 'interview' hapless self serving 'celebrities'.....To pay Joe Duffy €378,000 for feign empathy with the poor unfortunates who think he will actually do anything.....To pay Brendan O'Connor €230,000 for an idiotic show, Derek Mooney – €220,000.....the list goes on.

The simple fact of the matter is that the Irish (yet again) are apathetic when it comes to standing up for themselves.

It's just another way of taxing the public....Wait until they bring in the communication tax not that we don't already pay VAT on our phones, broadband and everything else we buy.

(No, I haven't paid in years)

Tar.Aldarion

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I paid my tv license this year, as it is the law. I would rather be out of pocket 160 euro than 500. Besides their sports coverage is very good.

0 is better than 160 or 500, every single year. Can't wait for the 'broadcasting' fee to replace it. Load of bollocks.

irishfeen

PlainP wrote: »

This is very true and why I'm in two minds about paying or not.

Is it worth the hassle, I don't think so, but I actually can't afford it at the moment so they may have to wait a little bit longer.

which brings me back to my other question, how long do I have before they come looking for me?

I honestly don't know mate, I would be thinking though they would give you every chance to pay it before taking any legal action.

El Gato

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

0 is better than 160 or 500, every single year. Can't wait for the 'broadcasting' fee to replace it. Load of bollocks.

I agree 0 is better than paying for a poor service with overpaid employees.

I believe the fee will be a 'communications tax' as a 'broadcasting' fee would be too narrow a description to screw us all

shruikan2553

PlainP wrote: »

Got my 2nd red letter asking me to pay mine.

I have always paid it but I'm considering not paying this time. I don't have an aerial or sky. I watch my telly through the internet and if I put on Aertv there is never anything on so I don't watch it.

How many red letters do you get before they come baying for your blood?

We had 6 months before a summons after last letter (although there was only 1 letter) so quite awhile. I have heard of people buying one after getting the summons and then calling them to sort it out.

Mimikyu

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lufties

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

Being forced to pay for a state entertainment channel that I don't even watch is a stupid law. It needs to be done away with.

i used to stream late late online by by jeebus its absolute cack altogether, especially if you compare to graham norton, its incredibly outdated. best thing about the late late is it's thread on this website

RustyNut

shruikan2553 wrote: »

We had 6 months before a summons after last letter (although there was only 1 letter) so quite awhile. I have heard of people buying one after getting the summons and then calling them to sort it out.

Just curious,
Did you have a telly, if so how did the licence people know this?

PlainP

shruikan2553 wrote: »

We had 6 months before a summons after last letter (although there was only 1 letter) so quite awhile. I have heard of people buying one after getting the summons and then calling them to sort it out.

Grand. I might try and hold out as long as I can but I know its only delaying the inevitable.

Trying to squirrel away a few quid even for this is gonna be a stretch but it has to be done I suppose.

My arse is getting sore at this stage having to bend over for this corrupt joke of a country. Maybe I should just invest in more lube.......

shruikan2553

RustyNut wrote: »

Just curious,
Did you have a telly, if so how did the licence people know this?

We did. Someone opened the door and answered their questions. They werent allowed to answer the door anymore

rat catcher

i pay my licence as i dont want to end up in court. Dont watch rte or tv3. last year we were a few months late paying and the female inspector who stopped me getting out of the car and walking to the front door, said she knew we had a tv as we were with sky! She said the next time she called we would have to have the licence or we would find ourselves in court. I canceled sky shortly after that as I found it was a rip off too. I got a freesat box and now only watch uk channels, and dont miss sky at all!!!

RustyNut

shruikan2553 wrote: »

We did. Someone opened the door and answered their questions. They werent allowed to answer the door anymore

Bummer. I got riped off by tv licence people a few years ago, when I became liable for licence I done my duty, went to the post office and reluctantly coughed up what I owed.
After a few weeks I got a letter telling me that altho I payed up for a full year I was only getting 3 months because there was no licence for the address for the time before I payed.
I made the call to see what the story was and how to sort the missing 9 months and was more or less told to suck it up.
Haven't bought a licence since, get a letter about every 3 months or so,they go straight into the recycle and we have never seen the inspector who will be getting the same PFO I got from them.

Mimikyu

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annascott

I avoid RTE wherever possible. I listen to BBC radio and do not have a Saorview box for any RTE channels. If someone I know is on a programme, I will catch it on RTE player.

PlainP

Captain Morgan wrote: »

You can pay by direct debit or stamps bought from An Post.

The DD can be monthly if the cost of it all in one go is too much for you.

Link

Thanks for this will go down this route, grudgingly I might add.

Dostoevsky

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Pay it, don't lets us down. Don't be a sneaky fcuker. It's our national station and it provides an invaluable service to many.

It's like how all these guys with Planter surname's join the IRA.

Wtf.

markfinn

Genuinely don't have a TV here, and have never even attempted to use the RTE player. Now folks are telling me that as long as I have any device which could be used with other devices to watch TV (That is computer monitor, if I added a tuner box of some sort, could be used to watch TV) I'm supposed to pay.

Feck that. I'll see 'em in court and teach them the meaning of contempt first.