djprocess wrote:
Also when you right off to the tv licensing company to say you dont have a tv, how do they check?
the tv licensing board gets all details (ie addresses) of all new tvs sold. any cable or satellite package details are also used to track people down. they check the address against the tv license records, if you’ve got a package but no license . . . bingo! (bastards)
there are also the detectors (unfortunately not a myth). They used to be big, were fitted into vans and years ago it didn’t matter coz there were only a few of them about, but times have moved on technology gets ever smaller and cheaper. they can also just knock on ur door.
Where you live affects the likelihood of them turning up. Large places with seperately rented rooms eg halls of accomodation for students can prove pretty profitable so they hit them quite hard.
it is allowed to own a tele as long as its not arielled in, not pickin up tv signals at all. All you hav to do is contact them and fill in a form saying your tv is only used for watchin dvd/video an sign it. They say they’ll check but if they turn up and your tv ain’t plugged into an ariel well . . . .
