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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: normal rules on November 12, 2021, 03:17:55 pm
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I’m seeing a lot of YouTube vids of people who are showing tv licence officers the door, quite literally.
Is non payment a gathering movement?
Been considering it for a while.
Anyone on here got any experience of this ?
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If I was on my own, I would try and get away with not paying tbh !.
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I would tell them to do one, but the Mrs is the most law abiding person in Britain and pays it.
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There is a group called defund the bbc. I too am considering stopping paying my licence fee. I don't watch much on bbc now anyway. Even Match of the Day makes me bilious.
Too woke now and biased as hell. Full of pussies.
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I used to do enforcement for TV Licence. It was just a numbers game. Any hassle you move on to someone who puts up less defence. Glad to be out of it to be honest.
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Well as long as those who don’t pay a TV license don’t then pay monthly to Sky,Amazon Prime, Netflix etc. then OK.
Despite it’s shortcomings the BBC channels are good value for me.
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I hope none of the people who don't pay a tv licence ever listen to Radio Sheffield or any other BBC local or national radio station.
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Can you still buy just a radio license?
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You don’t need a lic to listen to bbc radio.
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You don’t need a lic to listen to bbc radio.
Can you still buy just a radio license?
Only colour ones.
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You don’t need a lic to listen to bbc radio.
Can you still buy just a radio license?
Only colour ones.
Did you need licences for the Home and Light pre-war wireless stations that you and Wolfie listened to, BB?
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You don’t need a lic to listen to bbc radio.
Can you still buy just a radio license?
Only colour ones.
Did you need licences for the Home and Light pre-war wireless stations that you and Wolfie listened to, BB?
Yes mate, but the reception was a bit crap coming all the way from the Falklands.
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Well as long as those who don’t pay a TV license don’t then pay monthly to Sky,Amazon Prime, Netflix etc. then OK.
Despite it’s shortcomings the BBC channels are good value for me.
They are by choice though. I can't watch ITV or Channel 4 on my tv for example if i don't pay for my TV licence. If there was a way of having all BBC programming blocked and not paying the licence but being able to watch anything else then that is fair and what should happen IMO.
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You can watch ITV catch up without a licence.
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You don’t need a lic to listen to bbc radio.
Correct. But the licence PAYS for those radio stations and every other local radio station to exist.
People really want to have a think about what life would be like without the whole BBC before they start giving British tv programming to international billionaires and American tv moguls because they don't like the guests on Question Time.
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Thought about it, still want rid of it
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I’ve thought about it . See below for recent pay cuts these over paid oiks have had to “endure”. Way way over paid.
Gary Lineker – £1,360,000 to £1,364,999 – previously £1,750,000 to £1,754,999
Zoe Ball – £1,130,000 to £1,134,999 – previously £1,360,000-1,364,999 (actual pay is £980k)
Steve Wright – £465,000 to £469,999 – previously £475,000-£479,999
Huw Edwards – £425,000 to £429,000 – previously £465,000-£469,999
Fiona Bruce – £405,000 to £409,999 – previously £450,000 to £454,999
Stephen Nolan – £405,000 to £409,999 – previously £390,000 to £394,999
Vanessa Feltz – £390,000 to £394,999 – previously £405,000 to £409,999
Lauren Laverne – £395,000 to £399,999 – no change
Scott Mills – £375,000 to £379,999 – previously £345,000 to £349,999
Greg James – £310,000 to £314,999 – previously £275,000 to £279,999
Alan Shearer – £390,000 to £394,999 – no change
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How much would ITV pay them?
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How much would ITV pay them?
Who cares? itv get revenue from elsewhere. Not you and I. Mainly advertising.
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You don’t need a lic to listen to bbc radio.
Can you still buy just a radio license?
Only colour ones.
My old man was that tight he got a black and white dog because he thought the licence would be cheaper.
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How much would ITV pay them?
Who cares? itv get revenue from elsewhere. Not you and I. Mainly advertising.
If you're getting something for free, you're the commodity.
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How much would ITV pay them?
Who cares? itv get revenue from elsewhere. Not you and I. Mainly advertising.
Stop and have a think who ultimately pays for the advertising...
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How much would ITV pay them?
Who cares? itv get revenue from elsewhere. Not you and I. Mainly advertising.
If you're getting something for free, you're the commodity.
Far more pithily put than my contribution.
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Cynics, the lot of you.
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Not at all. ITV sell your attention to advertisers. Advertisers increase the price of the product that you buy to pay for the advertising. So you do pay Robert Peston and Susannah Reid's salaries.
In fact it's worse than that of course because REALLY clever advertising gets you to buy shit that you neither need nor really want.
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Still a choice, unlike the bbc tax
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I watched the England game tonight and paid attention to the adverts.
Dominoes pizza. Don’t buy them. Never have.
Jd sports. Don’t go in there. Never have .
Tech, such as mobile phones (3) yep I have a mobile, but I keep it as long as poss on pay as u go sim and I still have an iPhone 5.
Asda, yep, I shop in there, but do they charge me an extra 100 odd quid a year to advertise on itv?
I am not part of the buy everything you see advertised on telly. I’m ok with advertisement paying for tv. I don’t believe I am a commodity to this.
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You can watch ITV catch up without a licence.
Yes - I noticed people didnt seem to mention that you can simply choose not to pay the Licence fee - there are pages of documents setting out what you can and cant watch if you opt not to pay inluding this "summary"
The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to:
watch or record programmes as they’re being shown on TV, on any channel
watch or stream programmes live on an online TV service (such as ITV Hub, All 4, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV, Sky Go, etc.)
download or watch any BBC programmes on BBC iPlayer.
This applies to any device you use, including a TV, desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, games console, digital box or DVD/VHS recorder
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/telling-us-you-dont-need-a-tv-licence
plus this the regulations
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/ss/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=content-type&blobheadervalue1=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1370006620212&ssbinary=true
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this 'what does your licence pay for' is quite helpful
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/what-does-your-licence-fee-pay-for-top13
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Still a tax and a waste
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sell your telly?
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And why would I do that? To avoid an unfair tax? If the bbc is as good as some say then it can stand on its own feet and have ppl pay for it by choice rather than coercion
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I've cracked it for you Ldr, if you do a deal with your neighbour and they get a second telly you can watch it through a hole in the fence, tada.
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So your going to deflect from my point with attempted humour? Come on Syd that’s beneath you mate. The BBCs funding is an outdated concept and ppl should have a choice
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If we used a model where we only paid for the bits we want it would probably cost more. I have sky sports, I don't watch netball but I pay for it.
No mention of the other publicly funded items such as channel 4 either.
I find the publishing of salaries very unfair personally. These guys aren't a charity and if you want it to be good pay the going rate.
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That’s how the market works BYFP, pay for what you want
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So your going to deflect from my point with attempted humour? Come on Syd that’s beneath you mate. The BBCs funding is an outdated concept and ppl should have a choice
My main concern is that commercial actors always want to downgrade or get rid of state tv so they can fill the space. Those on the right always want to control the media as they don't want pesky ch 4 and panorama doing their investigative work. If the licence goes the government will be in a better position to control the bbc by the budget.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom
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Where as I don’t want to be forced to pay for something I don’t use
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I watched the England game tonight and paid attention to the adverts.
Dominoes pizza. Don’t buy them. Never have.
Jd sports. Don’t go in there. Never have .
Tech, such as mobile phones (3) yep I have a mobile, but I keep it as long as poss on pay as u go sim and I still have an iPhone 5.
Asda, yep, I shop in there, but do they charge me an extra 100 odd quid a year to advertise on itv?
I am not part of the buy everything you see advertised on telly. I’m ok with advertisement paying for tv. I don’t believe I am a commodity to this.
We always turn the sound off for adverts, it helps to keep your concentration on the programme you are watching.
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as do we, as well as for the longer and longer and longer intro's to programs telling you all about what you're just about to watch
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Where as I don’t want to be forced to pay for something I don’t use
Do you have kids in school?
Plenty don't but still pay taxes that pay teachers' wages. Because it's better than the alternative.
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Education is an essential service, the BBC is not
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Just record the programme then fast forward the adverts, we hardly ever watch "live" tv except for sport
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Where as I don’t want to be forced to pay for something I don’t use
Do you have kids in school?
Plenty don't but still pay taxes that pay teachers' wages. Because it's better than the alternative.
Good point. I don't see why i should pay for other people to have kids.
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as do we, as well as for the longer and longer and longer intro's to programs telling you all about what you're just about to watch
I don't pay attention to any adverts ever. They're just people trying to convince you that you need this, that or the other piece of tat or unhealthy food.
If i decide i need to buy anything i will do my own research before purchasing. I don't look for the cheapest, i look for what will work best for me, how reliable is it, can it be repaired and how long will it last? As an example a rohan t shirt may cost 30-40 quid but i still have some which although almost twenty years old still look like brand new.
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The whole point about stinging a mark is that the mark should never know they have been stung.
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The whole point about stinging a mark is that the mark should never know they have been stung.
How can you be stung if you ignore it and turn it off? To be honest i don't really buy much. I don't do phones, technology, gadgets or stuff like that, I buy stuff i need if it's worn out.
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
According to Buddhism, suffering arises from attachment to desires. The reason desiring causes suffering is because attachments are transient and loss is inevitable. Buddhism says that the only constant in the universe is change, and by desiring you are trying to control and make something fixed.
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Many things like company ads it's for brand recognition and reinforcement.