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Reporting someone about having no TV LIcence?

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WhiteDragon66 · 06/04/2024 21:39

At the moment I am living in an HMO. I have lived here for coming up to three years now.
I have a licence. However I have noticed that two of the residents within the household have been receiving letters from TV LIcensing for quite a long time now.
There are six of us all together living here. I think that I am the only one who is licensed though?
Would I be right in reporting just these two individuals, do you think, or should I just simply ignore this??
Any feedback would be really very helpful. Thank you.

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Loveyourselffirst · 07/04/2024 00:05

Ignore

Beezknees · 07/04/2024 00:02

This is one of the most pathetic things I've read on here.

MintGreenC · 07/04/2024 00:00

😝

DelphiniumBlue · 06/04/2024 23:49

You only need one licence for the household, if it is a household and not separate bedsits.
Why would you want to snitch on your housemates anyway?

Universalsnail · 06/04/2024 23:46

Dear lord I can't imagine willingly being this much of a nark sorry. You are unreasonable. Get on with your own life.
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SwordToFlamethrower · 06/04/2024 23:43

None of your business.

PuppyMonkey · 06/04/2024 23:25

Any feedback would be really very helpful. Grin

Topseyt123 · 06/04/2024 23:23

Ignore it. It's their problem, not yours. You'd be rather a busybody if you reported them.

Onabench · 06/04/2024 23:20

That seems spiteful.

VeniVidiWeeWee · 06/04/2024 23:18

Why shouldn't I work cash in hand to avoid paying for other people's education, NHS, benefits payments.

On most of the replies above, I should.

glittercunt · 06/04/2024 23:15

Jesus H. Christ.

You don't report anyone for this.

Also, loads of people get the letters despite having one. Has happened to me at more than one address, and it's happened to friends and I've read about it.

Hope you're not someone I know in real life. We have a license, I just really wouldn't want to know you.

Copperoliverbear · 06/04/2024 23:14

Mind your own business, you have yours don't worry about others

DahliaMacNamara · 06/04/2024 23:06

Last letter I had from BBC licensing was about my licence. Have you read the letters? If they're about the absence of a licence, then I guess they already know. It's not up to you to determine whether the licensing authorities are correct. They frequently aren't.

Emptyheadlock · 06/04/2024 23:05

Get a life you absolute saddo.

BobbyBiscuits · 06/04/2024 23:00

How do you know they own a television? If they are disabled or elderly they could be exempt, but it's their own affair.
Living in an HMO is shit enough, without harassing your flatmates for violations that do not affect you in any way, and they are already receiving letters about.
Would you like them to snoop your post then contemplate contacting your correspondents regarding your un-proven 'behaviour'?

Wagonwheelforme · 06/04/2024 22:58

DetOliviaBenson · 06/04/2024 22:50

The cheapest Netflix package is £4.99 per month.

Is there a reason people should be forced to support the BBC when they don't want to? I don't have a TV Licence, don't watch live TV (don't have the means to).

Even without paying for a streaming service, there is a wealth of programming for free on ITVX, All4 and 5 on demand, plus YouTube!

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I actually think the BBC should be funded wholly through taxpayers and the equivalent cash from license should just be added to tax.

that way people who genuinely can’t afford it, won’t pay.

I think a free and independent media is a cornerstone of a democratic society. Without the BBC, we struggle to maintain that.

you may as well say ‘why should I pay for a court system because I don’t use it or need it?’
or
‘why should I pay for NHS because I never get sick?’

or
’ why should I pay for education? I don’t have kids and never went to school myself’

Pantaloons99 · 06/04/2024 22:57

TheMuskratOfDestiny · 06/04/2024 21:44

Snitches get stitches

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SaltedCaramelIcedLatte · 06/04/2024 22:57

Seriously??? Mind your own business

MummaMummaJumma · 06/04/2024 22:56

PossumintheHouse · 06/04/2024 22:25

Pretty sure Netflix is around £10.99 a month now.

Anyway, warning letters about TV licenses are send to basically every household nowadays, if they haven't paid up. Some don't have a TV, some don't watch live TV, and others are evading the cost. How do you know which category your neighbours fall under? Why start shit stirring?

Nope, £4.99 with ads.

BobnLen · 06/04/2024 22:55

The cheaper streaming packages are practically unwatchable with the ads though, I paid the extra for ad removal as ITVx was particularly bad so they are not that cheap

DontGetYourTitsInATwist · 06/04/2024 22:53

Weatherdial · 06/04/2024 22:48

My name is Michael Payne, and I, am a nosey neighbour!!

Hahaha exactly!

Wagonwheelforme · 06/04/2024 22:52

Adelant · 06/04/2024 22:22

The best content is made in the US and they definitely don’t even think about the BBC let alone compete with it.

The benchmarking argument is old and tired in a world with multiple steaming apps.

Why should I pay for you to watch BBC TV?

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Because what the BBC provides goes beyond entertainment. The news is the most reliable and accurate source in a world where people make up random shit on the internet. ( that doesn’t mean BBC news isn’t fallible)

Just look at all the crap about princess of Wales.

look where multiple streaming apps/ news content/ social media has got us. The world is hugely divided because everyone just gets news in their own echo chamber. We need balanced and accurate news more than ever.

The content in US is excellent, but if you watch it on US TV, you’ll be interrupted every 5 minutes with adverts.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 06/04/2024 22:52

If you like BBC pay it. But leave everyone else alone. Report murders and stuff sure.

DetOliviaBenson · 06/04/2024 22:50

Wagonwheelforme · 06/04/2024 22:19

Am sure Netflix costs more than this.

Also can’t believe the vitriol against the BBC- there is a vast wealth of content across TV radio, and online. It’s an amazing resource, and sets a benchmark for quality.

it means all the other broadcasters have to compete at that level and so, all our channels and our news programmes are better as a result.

I often wonder if people have seen how shit foreign telly is?

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The cheapest Netflix package is £4.99 per month.

Is there a reason people should be forced to support the BBC when they don't want to? I don't have a TV Licence, don't watch live TV (don't have the means to).

Even without paying for a streaming service, there is a wealth of programming for free on ITVX, All4 and 5 on demand, plus YouTube!

Weatherdial · 06/04/2024 22:48

My name is Michael Payne, and I, am a nosey neighbour!!

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