Why the F should I tell BBC every year that I don’t watch TV ?

I just had to do this for my business.... effectively they are suggesting I should have a licence if a customer watches the BBC in my business premises on their own device and does not have a TV licence at home. So Joe Bloggs, sitting in my shop waiting for his other half to try something on is watching the BBC on his mobile....they are telling me need a TV licence for this.....

I confirmed by a series of questions that I did not watch the BBC or any other TV on premises. I confirmed noone on premises with a plugged in device did this. I did not confirm that a random Joe Bloggs in my shop might be watching the BBC on his mobile without a TV licence at home, after all how could I know?. This was the result of the questionnaire;

"You need a TV Licence
Based on your answers, you need to be covered by a TV Licence."

Except by their own rules it is Joe Bloggs that would be prosecuted not me.

I definitely don't need a TV licence in my shop - I have one at home.

I dont tell anyone. I don't watch BBC, I don't need a license, I don't have one. I bin all letters and I just refuse entry into my house when they send this huge bald muscle bouncer types around to intimate and bully you into letting them in. They usually leave when you threaten to ring police. I haven't had one around in a while though. and I ignore all correspondence. The system is nuts that I need to evidence I don't need a licence. Imagine, we all had our houses searched to prove we don't need gun license for example.

Yep. It doesn’t mean people can’t opt out of all
that.

In your opinion,it's absolutely not worth the money if you don't enjoy the content it produces.

Very nice too. Would be no good, however, for my Mum, who is 92 and doesn't have dementia, but is very deaf, as she can't hear music and finds conversation very difficult. She has significant mobility issues so is housebound unless someone gives her a lift. The TV is an absolute godsend for her as she can follow what's happening with the subtitles.

There was a point when TV licences were free for all very old people, but they aren't now unless you're over 75 and get Pension Credit, or are registered blind or are in a care home.

It costs £174.50 a year. I've no idea what Netflix, Apple TV etc cost per month as we don't have any of them. You don't need a licence to listen to BBC radio but as I listen to a great deal of that I would pay the licence fee for that alone. As it is I think we get very good value out of it.

I would be very happy with a subscription service if, like Netflix et al, I was able to use iplayer and the radio website abroad.

I don't get your question. Nobody is stopping you from paying for the licence and watching the BBC or showing your grandson BBC programmes.

Sorry, that is Incorrect information. The licence is for watching LIVE TV on any channel,as it is being broadcast and their iPlayer, for catch up on any other channel and streaming you do not require a licence

What on earth are you on about, now I have a narrative? I didn't start this thread. I never said there was a need to discuss. This is a discussion forum, someone started a thread and I contributed my experience. No paranoia, do you want to see screenshots of the letter threatening to turn up on my son's birthday? Do you not believe one of their heavies jammed his foot in my door preventing me closing it when I was home alone with a baby?
Do you think all the other posters are lying?
We're not really talking about viewpoints here, we're talking about the tactics that the BBC DO employ. There's no dispute that they send threatening letters and men to peoples doors just because they have the audacity to not use their service.

The TV license is for BBC, C4, ITV, not just for BBC. So if you have a TV you can't watch any live TV without one. C4 and ITV don't enforce it as they get revenue from ads.

@SushiForMe its not the same scenario though is it ? The BBC just need to put up a paywall, they don’t even ask for the licence number on the iPlayer, they basically refuse to invest anything in updating their model and stubbornly are wasting millions on their stupid enforcement strategy.

Not everyone did !

@x2boys I would love a visit, it’s very disappointing of them to keep letting us down

It's not hard is it?

I wish I could tell Sky I don't want 95% of what they provide and pay £15 a month instead.

But capital a rude by simply turning up. Trying to scare people into buying an outdated item that is no longer needed.

Makes me laug how we all fell for the "Detector van," nonsense.

Even simpler to just not ring or email them though

And many hope bbc will disappear

its many years ago now but people did used to visit to check AND in vans with the whirly thing on the top. When we bought our first house it was still in the era of paper licences. We giot a visit from a bloke who asked did we have a licence and assumed it was because we had newly moved in and it was our first TV licence. I showed him the licence and he went away happy. Same thing happened a few weeks later and then a third time. Bloke very apologetic by then. The following year it happened again and this time on the second visit he came back triumphant. Did I or my husband work for the prisons service? Nope. Turns out for some reason the house was registered on ther lists as in the ownership of the prisons service used for temporary accommodation of prisons staff! No idea how or why. The previous owner so far as we knew, worked in a bank.

Must be in the hundreds!
They always promise to visit but I never get one.

Ive not had a tv in years if or when i get a letter in the post i just ring them all done within a few minutes then get on with my life.
Simple.

We would not accept this from any other service provider.

Just imagine if Netflix started sending everybody threatening letters and people at the door, and asking people to opt out every month. Also the opt put form is worded threateningly, and suggests that most people who opt out are fraudsters and are you sure you are not one of them? Because we will fine you 1000s of £ if that’s the case.

Would you be happy for Netflix to send this every year to everybody including elderly and vulnerable people?

Of course the system needs to be opt in, otherwise it is bullying.

@SumUp as I’ve said before they will not do a subs service they would lose BILLIONS in revenue, they just aren’t that popular