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"I just pay by direct debit. No big deal, it's fantastic value." I don't share your taste in entertainment, and I have other demands on my limited resources. But bully for you. | |||
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"No, the other kind of TV... Crapita, who run the television licensing scam on behalf of an increasingly desperate Bonkers Broadcasting Corporation, have increased their frequency of nagging the unlicensed. They now want your declaration of televisual innocence annually, rather than two-yearly. I made the declaration, along with a complaint, last week. I've just been told (not asked, obvs) by the Crapita jobsworth named in the email.to make the same declaration again. Here is my reply: "Dear (jobsworth) For your enormous records: No device, TV or not, is being used at my address to watch or record any live TV or BBC iplayer. Or even to make the toast.... As I have already told you in the course of making this complaint, by means of your (expanded) online form. Why did you have to ask me again? Do you get a performance bonus for enhanced harassment? I am well aware that increasing the frequency of your checks is less to do with "fairness to others" than with increasing Capita's already obscene profits. But I bet your wages haven't changed much! Is it worth being universally detested, I wonder? Hope this Christmas's TV programming consists of old Soviet propaganda, and that you have to justify the expense of your license by watching it. Over and out, hopefully. (initials)" Feel free to copy and use this. " Not clever, not funny, sad really. You don’t reach the person who makes the decisions or decides policy you just essentially harass some poor soul who has to sift through the abuse. They probably aren’t paid much but they have to suffer your vitriol. I hope you are proud of yourself. | |||
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" Not clever, not funny, sad really. You don’t reach the person who makes the decisions or decides policy you just essentially harass some poor soul who has to sift through the abuse. They probably aren’t paid much but they have to suffer your vitriol. I hope you are proud of yourself. " Do please let me know who makes the decisions and suggest a way of getting them to take the slightest notice of my concerns, and I'll be glad to try it your way. Meanwhile, I'll continue attacking the only part of the structure I can reach, through the only route that I am given. Thank you for your input. Are you a BBC exec, perhaps? | |||
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"Can you still watch live sports on other tv channels?" Without paying protection money to the BBC you can't watch anything live on any channel on anything. | |||
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" Not clever, not funny, sad really. You don’t reach the person who makes the decisions or decides policy you just essentially harass some poor soul who has to sift through the abuse. They probably aren’t paid much but they have to suffer your vitriol. I hope you are proud of yourself. Do please let me know who makes the decisions and suggest a way of getting them to take the slightest notice of my concerns, and I'll be glad to try it your way. Meanwhile, I'll continue attacking the only part of the structure I can reach, through the only route that I am given. Thank you for your input. Are you a BBC exec, perhaps?" I am nothing to do with the BBC or Capita. It’s ironic that you are essentially imitating one of the BBCs most successful characters Victor Meldrew. | |||
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"I just pay by direct debit. No big deal, it's fantastic value. I don't share your taste in entertainment, and I have other demands on my limited resources. But bully for you." Not that many demands if you have the time to compose a rant like this that will no doubt be ignored, and serve no useful purpose. | |||
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"Pay for TV licence? 😂😂 Not in this lifetime" Edgy, and a little like vegans in that you always feel it necessary to share your smugness. | |||
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"Pay for TV licence? 😂😂 Not in this lifetime Edgy, and a little like vegans in that you always feel it necessary to share your smugness." Ouch burn! | |||
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"They're going to need every penny they can get now Trump is sueing them for $10 Billion." It's "only" 5 billion - but they should tell the orange fascist to eff off (in nice legal jargon of course) | |||
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"No, the other kind of TV... Crapita, who run the television licensing scam on behalf of an increasingly desperate Bonkers Broadcasting Corporation, have increased their frequency of nagging the unlicensed. They now want your declaration of televisual innocence annually, rather than two-yearly. I made the declaration, along with a complaint, last week. I've just been told (not asked, obvs) by the Crapita jobsworth named in the email.to make the same declaration again. Here is my reply: "Dear (jobsworth) For your enormous records: No device, TV or not, is being used at my address to watch or record any live TV or BBC iplayer. Or even to make the toast.... As I have already told you in the course of making this complaint, by means of your (expanded) online form. Why did you have to ask me again? Do you get a performance bonus for enhanced harassment? I am well aware that increasing the frequency of your checks is less to do with "fairness to others" than with increasing Capita's already obscene profits. But I bet your wages haven't changed much! Is it worth being universally detested, I wonder? Hope this Christmas's TV programming consists of old Soviet propaganda, and that you have to justify the expense of your license by watching it. Over and out, hopefully. (initials)" Feel free to copy and use this. Wow I wouldn't like to meet meet you Inn a pub. " | |||
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"Pay for TV licence? 😂😂 Not in this lifetime Edgy, and a little like vegans in that you always feel it necessary to share your smugness." Perhaps he pays by direct debit too😂 | |||
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"A good way to wind king trump, given that you need a license to watch any live TV station - point out to trump that an American citizen in the UK watching a live broadcast from the USA needs to pay a license fee but the US broadcaster receives nothing Then stand well back 😅" He's going to donate his $10billion winnings to them 😂😂😂😂😂 | |||
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"I don't watch tv and I don't subscribe to any streaming services either; I'm simply not interested. I do resent the regular demands for a 'no licence needed' declaration (and the Capita bastards who try and enforce it). It's the strangest of systems; if you don't have a driving licence, they don't try and visit your house to see if you've got a car hidden under the stairs, do they? " Exactly. I don't get threatening letters demanding I buy a licence to run a nonexistent whisky still. The CAA sees no reason to remind me annually that I need a private pilot's licence, because I don't. And it's a lousy way to fund the BBC in any case. If its TV programming were subscription-only, we'd soon see some improvements all round. | |||
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"I just pay by direct debit. No big deal, it's fantastic value. I don't share your taste in entertainment, and I have other demands on my limited resources. But bully for you." Do you not listen to any of the BBC national or local radio. Use the BBC web site or have children or grand children who watch or have watched the children's programmes? The BBC was set up to inform educate and entertain for all in the UK. They are good value for money. Unfortunately they occasionally make some stupid mistakes. Never the less for all theire faults they provide a valuable contribution to our society in the UK and beyond. We all make mistakes from time to time, including you. What did you gain by your actions in a somewhat childish response to capita. Why berate a person, in a third party company for just doing their job. Your correspondence will only reinforce the younger generation opinions that all old people probably have dementia and are senile. | |||
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"I just pay by direct debit. No big deal, it's fantastic value. I don't share your taste in entertainment, and I have other demands on my limited resources. But bully for you. Do you not listen to any of the BBC national or local radio. Use the BBC web site or have children or grand children who watch or have watched the children's programmes? The BBC was set up to inform educate and entertain for all in the UK. They are good value for money. Unfortunately they occasionally make some stupid mistakes. Never the less for all theire faults they provide a valuable contribution to our society in the UK and beyond. We all make mistakes from time to time, including you. What did you gain by your actions in a somewhat childish response to capita. Why berate a person, in a third party company for just doing their job. Your correspondence will only reinforce the younger generation opinions that all old people probably have dementia and are senile. " Become a poor educator with all channels endlessly displaying idioms, colloquialisms and generally bad grammar. | |||
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"If I watch ANY live TV, I must BY LAW, pay the BBC!! So for example.. to watch live broadcasts on YOU TUBE I have to pay the BBC! (not YOU TUBE) To watch live broadcasts on itv, I have to pay the BBC! (Not ITV) The list goes on…. Where’s the logic? " Quite clearly, there is simply no logic in being compulsorily forced to pay for a substandard, often biased service that many of us never use! We're now approaching the second quarter of the 21st century, and Aunty Beeb is a dinosaur and very much a very tired old lady from over a century ago and no longer fits in with the requirements of today's world, she's had her day and her time is well and truly over! BBC ~ 1922-2025. Requiescat in Pace. 🌿 | |||
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"If I watch ANY live TV, I must BY LAW, pay the BBC!! So for example.. to watch live broadcasts on YOU TUBE I have to pay the BBC! (not YOU TUBE) To watch live broadcasts on itv, I have to pay the BBC! (Not ITV) The list goes on…. Where’s the logic? Quite clearly, there is simply no logic in being compulsorily forced to pay for a substandard, often biased service that many of us never use! We're now approaching the second quarter of the 21st century, and Aunty Beeb is a dinosaur and very much a very tired old lady from over a century ago and no longer fits in with the requirements of today's world, she's had her day and her time is well and truly over! BBC ~ 1922-2025. Requiescat in Pace. 🌿 " Here here ! Amen to the beeb Since covid alone they've lost more than 3 million license payers The younger generation in particular refuse to pay for their content in favour of better platforms Paying the tv license fee is a bit like going into a chinese restaurant paying for everything on the menu but only eating a portion of prawn crackers By paying the license fee you are funding the whole out of date organisation incl dozens of local radio stations etc that you'll never use Their days are well and truly numbered ! | |||
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"The beeb is a desperate sinking ship People are ditching them in favour of other superior and cheaper providers Yes there are people who will watch their stuff illegally without paying But its so easy now to chose a better alternative I havent had a tv license for 7 years now Money well saved ! I would love to stop paying for the licence but scared to. I don't want to get in trouble though However, 95% of my viewing time is Netflix, Utube or U. Just wish I knew how to stop paying. " | |||
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"The beeb is a desperate sinking ship People are ditching them in favour of other superior and cheaper providers Yes there are people who will watch their stuff illegally without paying But its so easy now to chose a better alternative I havent had a tv license for 7 years now Money well saved ! I would love to stop paying for the licence but scared to. I don't want to get in trouble though However, 95% of my viewing time is Netflix, Utube or U. Just wish I knew how to stop paying. " Just cancel your direct debit if you pay your TV licence fee that way or just don't renew next time it's due. | |||
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"The logic is it’s a Universal Service like the NHS. You may never use it or only use occasionally chose to, but it there to use it should you chose. Personally I use it every day …..mostly Radio & Website for Sports coverage so I get tremendous value for money. I hardly ever watch any kind of TV these days other than Sport. I don’t begrudge paying a relatively small amount for this - just like I don’t begrudge paying a lot more to educate other peoples kids or save other peoples lives or keep them safe. It’s called civilisation & supporting others, rather than the “I’m alright Jack” culture that unfortunately is fast pervading our once proud country, where the financially fortunate used to be happy to contribute to the welfare of the whole. How much is a Sky / Netflix subscription again ???" I think you are missing the main point, it’s about CHOICE I use the NHS unfortunately and all my treatment was free but I can’t get a NHS Dentist so have to pay, that is a choice, I can’t watch ITV or any live sport unless I pay to something I don’t want….would you pay Tesco to shop at Aldi | |||
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"The logic is it’s a Universal Service like the NHS. You may never use it or only use occasionally chose to, but it there to use it should you chose. Personally I use it every day …..mostly Radio & Website for Sports coverage so I get tremendous value for money. I hardly ever watch any kind of TV these days other than Sport. I don’t begrudge paying a relatively small amount for this - just like I don’t begrudge paying a lot more to educate other peoples kids or save other peoples lives or keep them safe. It’s called civilisation & supporting others, rather than the “I’m alright Jack” culture that unfortunately is fast pervading our once proud country, where the financially fortunate used to be happy to contribute to the welfare of the whole. How much is a Sky / Netflix subscription again ??? I think you are missing the main point, it’s about CHOICE I use the NHS unfortunately and all my treatment was free but I can’t get a NHS Dentist so have to pay, that is a choice, I can’t watch ITV or any live sport unless I pay to something I don’t want….would you pay Tesco to shop at Aldi " Hear! Hear! 😊👍👍👍 | |||
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"The logic is it’s a Universal Service like the NHS. You may never use it or only use occasionally chose to, but it there to use it should you chose. Personally I use it every day …..mostly Radio & Website for Sports coverage so I get tremendous value for money. I hardly ever watch any kind of TV these days other than Sport. I don’t begrudge paying a relatively small amount for this - just like I don’t begrudge paying a lot more to educate other peoples kids or save other peoples lives or keep them safe. It’s called civilisation & supporting others, rather than the “I’m alright Jack” culture that unfortunately is fast pervading our once proud country, where the financially fortunate used to be happy to contribute to the welfare of the whole. How much is a Sky / Netflix subscription again ??? I think you are missing the main point, it’s about CHOICE I use the NHS unfortunately and all my treatment was free but I can’t get a NHS Dentist so have to pay, that is a choice, I can’t watch ITV or any live sport unless I pay to something I don’t want….would you pay Tesco to shop at Aldi " I assume you pay Council Tax, but do you benefit from everything they provide? Likewise National Insurance, some things are for the greater good. | |||
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"What an absolute wet weekend. The fact you think this is some kind of gotya moment is hysterically funny. Firstly, whoever you sent that too had a great laugh at your expense. Secondly, they don't care about the ramblings of imbeciles. Lastly, you're misguided and uniformed nature of assuming the licence is only for the BBC is also hysterically funny. " No longer a member of the Forces, and not in uniform....but I take your minuscule point. In addition to funding all of the BBC, the fee also helps S4C. Nothing else. If you can't control your hysteria, check Wikipedia. | |||
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"What an absolute wet weekend. The fact you think this is some kind of gotya moment is hysterically funny. Firstly, whoever you sent that too had a great laugh at your expense. Secondly, they don't care about the ramblings of imbeciles. Lastly, you're misguided and uniformed nature of assuming the licence is only for the BBC is also hysterically funny. No longer a member of the Forces, and not in uniform....but I take your minuscule point. In addition to funding all of the BBC, the fee also helps S4C. Nothing else. If you can't control your hysteria, check Wikipedia. " S4c, channel 4, ITV and a proportion goes to other "free" channels. My point still stands, they had a great laugh at your expense because of the hysterical nature of your ramblings | |||
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" No longer a member of the Forces, and not in uniform....but I take your minuscule point. In addition to funding all of the BBC, the fee also helps S4C. Nothing else. If you can't control your hysteria, check Wikipedia. S4c, channel 4, ITV and a proportion goes to other "free" channels. My point still stands, they had a great laugh at your expense because of the hysterical nature of your ramblings" This obviously matters a great deal to you. How dare I criticise -even lightheartedly - the enormous government-subsidised private consortium Crapita's heavyhanded and authoritarian approach to mere peasants such as myself? Disgraceful. BBC exec, are you? | |||
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"The logic is it’s a Universal Service like the NHS. You may never use it or only use occasionally chose to, but it there to use it should you chose. Personally I use it every day …..mostly Radio & Website for Sports coverage so I get tremendous value for money. I hardly ever watch any kind of TV these days other than Sport. I don’t begrudge paying a relatively small amount for this - just like I don’t begrudge paying a lot more to educate other peoples kids or save other peoples lives or keep them safe. It’s called civilisation & supporting others, rather than the “I’m alright Jack” culture that unfortunately is fast pervading our once proud country, where the financially fortunate used to be happy to contribute to the welfare of the whole. How much is a Sky / Netflix subscription again ???" Couldn’t have put it better myself. Of courses the Beeb gets it wrong from time to time, what organisation doesn’t? My Mum loved Radio 4, I love Radio 3 and Strictly. I can’t bear the adverts on the other channels. | |||
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"Sadly I still pay for the BBC. I was a staunch supporters for many years but have little regard for it now It's constant bleating about "rights" , too many programmes with "Strictly" or "Celebrity", its role in supporting washed up "national treasures", blanket sports coverage etc etc etc And let's not mention its obsession with regional accents, non white bias and screeching women" Totally agree | |||
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"I just pay by direct debit. No big deal, it's fantastic value." You will have a national propaganda station. There is one in every country. BBC is respected because generally it's pretty reliable and it's world service tended to be factual. The alternative is something like faux or GB news entertainment channels. We pay a lot of the BBC bills. And as a result we get great content and govt propaganda in relatively small doses, unlike national channels in China or Hungary. This latest stitch up job by project 25 aligned plants, needs to be recognised as foreign and commercial interference it is and the BBC supported. | |||
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"Happy to pay the TV licence . " Its good that there are mainly older people willing to pay and dont mind the price hikes that will follow to compensate for the millions that are ditching the beeb and its awful license cost and biast content But as their toes curl up the beeb lises even more revenue Amen | |||
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"Happy to pay the TV licence . Its good that there are mainly older people willing to pay and dont mind the price hikes that will follow to compensate for the millions that are ditching the beeb and its awful license cost and biast content But as their toes curl up the beeb lises even more revenue Amen" The vast majprity of people who dont pay the licence fee, thinking it is some kind of rebellion, do watch the BBC content. We have to accept that no licence fee means that we put up with adverts on every channel. I dont mind that, but I also dont mind paying a small amount each year for a licence. I pay for Sky, Amazon, Netflix etc after all. Its the same thing. | |||
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