I have not had a TV Licence for many years now. I follow the rules, and don't need one. Three previous letters to confirm that. They write to me every two years.
The last letter I received states that this confirmation takes me to March 2025. It says, we won't write to you again until just before this declaration runs out.
Today this letter arrived in the post, six months early.
Toodle pip. ilona
I have just renewed my No Licence Needed declaration too. They used to write to me every 2 years, but the latest confirmation email says that my declaration expires in Sept 2025! I object to having to confirm that I don't do something, and now it looks like I have to do this twice as often! If I didn't have a car, I'm sure the DVLA wouldn't write to me to check that I hadn't bought one and needed to pay road tax. Grrr! Pam
ReplyDeleteYes, it's annoying, Pam. It's like they don't believe us. They must be desperate to bring in some money. It's easy for them to press a few buttons and their printers will spew out thousands of begging letters.
DeleteBlack belt barrister talks about this issue on his channel. I have a TV but would definitely get rid of it if I was on my own. We rarely watch it but my husband insists on keeping it. In my opinion the licence money saved would pay for a few trips out.
ReplyDeleteI must have saved a fortune over the years. I did have a TV set when I moved to this house 24 years ago. It stayed in it's box and I cut the plug off, just in case they came snooping. They never did. I kept the set because I could play videos and cd's on it. It was a great big hulking thing. Eventually I dumped it at the recycling centre.
DeleteI have finally decided to ditch the "mouthpiece of the Government" and infantile BBC. We haven't had a television for twenty years but I used to watch Wimbledon on iplayer and occasional programmes on iplayer. My licence has just expired. Should I write and tell them I'm not renewing?
ReplyDeleteIt might be a good idea to tell them you no longer need a licence. They will still hound you though. I used to use iplayer but stopped when I declared myself exempt. The letters still came and I ignored them. Now it is every two years. They say they will come and check, but they have no authority to demand access to your house. Check with Black Belt Barrister for that. Just declare that you understand the rules, and no, you don't watch live TV and don't use iplayer.
DeleteThanks, Ilona, I'll get to it. I did see the BBBarrister video.
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