Tv Licence Letter.

Micky8728

Hi. Received a letter this morning in post from Tv Licence crowd. Pretty much saying an inspector visted recently and we werent there. Then says "further action will be taken unless a Licence is purchased immediately".Should I be worried? Really cant afford it atm. And dont have abank account to do it by direct debit.

mansize

Sell the tv

ZeroThreat

mansize wrote: »

Sell the tv

Also cancel your broadband & sell any PC/laptops you have, or any devices capable of playing TV programmes.

Flee to North Korea, Irish tv licence inspectors have no jurisdiction there.

Cupcake_Crisis

How does he know if you've no licence if you weren't there?

cursai

Is your name on the letter?

ZeroThreat

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

How does he know if you've no licence if you weren't there?

Isn't it assumed that every premises has a tv and they issue fines/court summonses from there?

ben.schlomo

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

How does he know if you've no licence if you weren't there?

Because theres none registered at the address, pretty simple really.

buried

"Further Action"?? Sounds good. Can't beat a bit of action, tell them you want the action and order them to present the action immediately. Meanwhile smash the TV set to bits and throw the residue in the bin. You'll get more entertainment out of doing that than half the $hite whats on the television

BeepBeep67

Why no bank account?

Makes no difference to your predicament, I'm just nosey

Joe_ Public

Its cos he don't have a tv licence that the inspector guy was paying a visit in the first place. They have a psychic department and they are paid fortunes.

mansize

ZeroThreat wrote: »

Also cancel your broadband & sell any PC/laptops you have, or any devices capable of playing TV programmes.

Not necessary in Ireland

Koscielny

Step 1: Light the fire with the letter.

Step 2: Repeat step 1 with all other letters and don't answer the door unless you're expecting someone.

Job done.

percy212

If it's addressed to "occupant" burn it. If it has your name on it, you will eventually have to pay, or get rid of the TV.

ZeroThreat

mansize wrote: »

Not necessary in Ireland

Surprised that they haven't just introduced an annual media charge per person if you're found to be in ownership of any device with internet connection.

Del2005

Micky8728 wrote: »

Hi. Received a letter this morning in post from Tv Licence crowd. Pretty much saying an inspector visted recently and we werent there. Then says "further action will be taken unless a Licence is purchased immediately".Should I be worried? Really cant afford it atm. And dont have abank account to do it by direct debit.

Until you answer the door to the inspector don't worry about it. They are talking about changing the law, again, but nothing has been done yet.

Del2005

ZeroThreat wrote: »

Surprised that they haven't just introduced an annual media charge per person if you're found to be in ownership of any device with internet connection.

They tried a few years ago but gave up.

mansize

Del2005 wrote: »

Until you answer the door to the inspector don't worry about it. They are talking about changing the law, again, but nothing has been done yet.

You can receive a court summons

super_furry

How do you not have a bank account?

rgace

mansize wrote: »

You can receive a court summons

If they have his name.

Fr_Dougal

Micky8728 wrote: »

Hi. Received a letter this morning in post from Tv Licence crowd. Pretty much saying an inspector visted recently and we werent there. Then says "further action will be taken unless a Licence is purchased immediately".Should I be worried? Really cant afford it atm. And dont have abank account to do it by direct debit.

Is that you, Bertie?

Joe_ Public

I presume they have got the name from subscription records.

mansize

rgace wrote: »

If they have his name.

Yes, if its not written to the occupier.

nice_guy80

We got a few letters to our deceased granny

One angry phonecall and they stopped

Atari Jaguar

God I love how we operate here.

This charlatan can't afford a license!?

GUS. PRINT OUT THE FECKIN FINE LETTER.

which one?

THE BIGGEST BASTARD FINE LETTER WE CAN PRINT. AND STICK SOME FECKIN BELLS ON IT.

Barry Badrinath

Ask Santy for the licence for Christmas.

Joshua J

Bin.

Atari Jaguar

Honestly though if someone can't afford 160 euro for a TV license what hope have they of paying a 1,000 euro fine.

mansize

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

Honestly though if someone can't afford 160 euro for a TV license what hope have they of paying a 1,000 euro fine.

Not everyone who doesn't have a tv licence can't afford it

user2011

ZeroThreat wrote: »

Surprised that they haven't just introduced an annual media charge per person if you're found to be in ownership of any device with internet connection.

Probably because that is retarded, you've an Internet connection so presumably you watch the horse sh!!t that is rte. Yep okay!!!!

CarrickMcJoe

nice_guy80 wrote: »

We got a few letters to our deceased granny

One angry phonecall and they stopped

OK, let's kill Mickey, problem solved!

diomed

Micky8728 wrote: »

And don't have a bank account to do it by direct debit.

Go to the bank with cash, fill out a credit transfer form, and pay it. You could probably also pay at the An Post post office.

the dark phantom

diomed wrote: »

Go to the bank with cash, fill out a credit transfer form, and pay it. You could probably also pay at the An Post post office.

Thats the worst thing he could do, Then they will have his name and hound him every year to pay for the stupid thing.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Our licence inspector has changed the letters a bit. Used to be the occupant. Now it's the tenant from two tenancies ago. Dunno where they got her name from but she's gone 3 years.

Micky8728

Letter was addressed to myself. Closed my bank account months back because i never used it and I kept getting charged fees. Thr bills are piling up this month. This is the last thing i needed:-(

eet fuk

Micky8728 wrote: »

Letter was addressed to myself. Closed my bank account months back because i never used it and I kept getting charged fees. Thr bills are piling up this month. This is the last thing i needed:-(

Are you a drug dealer?

Oodoov

We got several threatening letters from them some years back which we completely ignored and that was that. Have not heard from them in years now. I'm sure at some stage the licence fee will be done away with it's laughable the service that is provided.

Del2005

mansize wrote: »

You can receive a court summons

Who do they summon?

Micky8728

Never wstch the TV myself. My son watchs rte junior sometimes.. Just dont want to recieve a summons and then 1000 fine

Micky8728

Never wstch the TV myself. My son watchs rte junior sometimes.. Just dont want to recieve a summons and then 1000 fine

mansize

Del2005 wrote: »

Who do they summon?

The OP to Court. C&F €160 plus costs

mansize

Micky8728 wrote: »

Never wstch the TV myself. My son watchs rte junior sometimes.. Just dont want to recieve a summons and then 1000 fine

The fine is unlikely to be that high. Why cant you get a licence? They are not that expensive tbf

Atari Jaguar

mansize wrote: »

The fine is unlikely to be that high. Why cant you get a licence? They are not that expensive tbf

They cost a 160 quid like.

With a months worth of bills and Christmas expenses that is a hard few pound to come by. And the fine is that high, first offence is 1000, second offence is 2k. Non payment of fine means prison term.

mansize

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

They cost a 160 quid like.

With a months worth of bills and Christmas expenses that is a hard few pound to come by. And the fine is that high, first offence is 1000, second offence is 2k. Non payment of fine means prison term.

I've not seen a €1,000 fine for a first offence

get a CU account and pay by DD, its about €13 a month

Nobody has said it yet so just for the record: your "tv license inspector" is also your local fear an phoist so he'd have a very good idea of the occupier's name after a very short period of delivering your post.

I moved into a new place a few years ago and a couple of months into it I got a knock on the door from my postman asking for the license. I showed it to him with my old address on it and he updated our address on An Post's records.

Old Bill

Micky8728 wrote: »

Hi. Received a letter this morning in post from Tv Licence crowd. Pretty much saying an inspector visted recently and we werent there. Then says "further action will be taken unless a Licence is purchased immediately".Should I be worried? Really cant afford it atm. And dont have abank account to do it by direct debit.

I wounld not engage with them.

if you have TV get them to prove it.

mansize

Deleted User wrote: »

Nobody has said it yet so just for the record: your "tv license inspector" is also your local fear an phoist so he'd have a very good idea of the occupier's name after a very short period of delivering your post.

I moved into a new place a few years ago and a couple of months into it I got a knock on the door from my postman asking for the license. I showed it to him with my old address on it and he updated our address on An Post's records.

thats not true.

The TV licence inspector works for An Post, but is not a post man

mansize

mansize wrote: »

thats not true.

The TV licence inspector works for An Post, but is not a post man

In my case he definitely was. No better person for having intelligence on the comings and goings of an address either.

mansize

Deleted User wrote: »

In my case he definitely was. No better person for having intelligence on the comings and goings of an address either.

An Post do manage the TV Licence so no doubt they cross share information

kyote00

At this stage, they (RTE) should just make their service a subscription service (like Sky, Amazon etc...)

If you want to watch RTE, pay the subscription - otherwise don't...

Obviously this will never happen as RTE would be bankrupt the week after...

Funny how people took to the streets over Water charges but not this BS....

Atari Jaguar

kyote00 wrote: »

At this stage, they (RTE) should just make their service a subscription service (like Sky, Amazon etc...)

If you want to watch RTE, pay the subscription - otherwise don't...

Obviously this will never happen as RTE would be bankrupt the week after...

Funny how people took to the streets over Water charges but not this BS....

Like with the water charges even if they stopped charging you a 160 for the license, they'd just take it from tax money. One way or another it's being paid. RTÉ is our national broadcaster whether we like it or not.

If we get rid of them we lose out on a lot of Radio stations and TV programmes. Saeorview is also owned and ran by RTÉ so that goes too.

Also it's easy to say "ah sure who even watches it anymore"... a lot of people do. Like if Rté stopped where would you watch Irish news and weather? Just an example. There's a lot of decent programming on RTÉ but jaysus like you're not going to like everything they produce. It's all a give and take.

Also a separate discussion but we should be paying for our water, it isn't free to maintain water supplies there's a hell of a lot of work that goes into making it drinkable and Irish water since inception have done a lot of work helping take people off boil water notices. The councils can't be trusted to fill a hole in the road, I wouldn't trust them with my fcuking drinking water either.