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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on Mar 18, 2024 21:33:36 GMT
A topical thread no less, and nowt to do with bikes, so what has incurred thy wrath 🤔
The telly licence, that pays for the great institution known as the BBC.
Increasingly I have found that programs I once enjoyed have disappeared, fine science programs such as Horizon, gone, The Sky at Night ( your monthly guide to the Stars) reduced to every now and again when we can be arsed, good comedy, gone, cheap terrible entertainment programs consisting of dancing and other shite I'm just not interested in, oh yes plenty of that. Programs and news preaching at me constantly, plenty of that as well.
So enough, today I cancelled my licence, and you can do it online, oh no you can't, get to the end and guess what, you have to phone them, which I did.
You want to do what? yes I do, oh well just a few questions, do you blah blah blah, threat threat threat, yes cancel please, ok but just so you know, threat threat threat etc, yes whatever goodbye.
It's a shame, but the BBC is now not fit for purpose and threatening people into paying for a licence they don't want borders on criminal, fook em, they can get the bus home.
In other news, it didn't rain today, rejoice 😄
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Post by buster on Mar 18, 2024 23:28:18 GMT
hers an interesting one, trust me on this they are eventually going to send halfwits to your door, they will try to state that you must tell 'them' every six months that you dont need a TV licence.
ask them under what section of the law must you do this.
if that doesnt get rid of the ars*h*les tell them your not supporting an organisation thats been sheltering known peadophiles
I now have a TV thats used purely as a screen for my DVD player and see no reason why I would pay a TV licence, theres sod all on it
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Post by BritPete on Mar 19, 2024 7:50:56 GMT
TV licence is a tax - If you have a TV capable of receiving TV and you switch it on then technically you need a licence even if playing space invaders
Saturday night BBC1 in my youth - Dr Who - 1/2 hour comedy - an hour game show - Variety show/serial followed by a film
This Saturday coming Game Show followed by a Quiz Show followed by a Quiz show followed by soap (casualty) followed by another episode of casualty
They did a show “An audience with that never was” which end featured a hologram of Les Dawson
A lot could be learned - a new Mike Yarwood Show, bring back entertainment
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Post by The Great High Lord Beer on Mar 19, 2024 21:35:26 GMT
I do indeed own TV's and other gizmos that can receive TV broadcast's but I now don't use that feature. Every motorist drives a vehicle that can break a speed limit, do the authorities fine and hand out points to everyone because if they own it they must do it, no of course not, the telly tax is a cash cow for the BBC and for some reason they are permitted to threaten the public into paying.
I do hope they sent the TV Wally's round, popcorn at the ready 😄
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Post by BritPete on Mar 20, 2024 7:30:39 GMT
I do indeed own TV's and other gizmos that can receive TV broadcast's but I now don't use that feature. Every motorist drives a vehicle that can break a speed limit, do the authorities fine and hand out points to everyone because if they own it they must do it, no of course not, the telly tax is a cash cow for the BBC and for some reason they are permitted to threaten the public into paying. I do hope they sent the TV Wally's round, popcorn at the ready 😄 I can’t fault the logic  |
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Post by johnfcbn44dx on Mar 21, 2024 20:58:28 GMT
They tried to rip Dad off for a second payment a couple of the years ago, denied the payment was made, had to to get all the transaction codes from the bank etc phone calls emails, eventually got a letter saying they had updated their records, no apology! (Trying to make up for the free years he got perhaps) I ask one of their folk what would have happened if he had made the second payment, Q. would you have refunded A. No he would just have bought a second licence. (Makings of another short drama maybe) We now have two working CRT TVs that can't receive their broadcasts, if you know anyone that is in the market  , and can collect from Fife! (Digi boxes packed in). They still have some programs that are quality Sunday morning political and UK news, that helps show how the combination of super poor project management and their focus on things that generally only important for other politicians are not been implemented or completed as planned, and parrot so called information. Just so much material for political comedy, but I suppose it's getting past being funny now. Drama on other channels does seem to put a better little dent in things. Otherwise I now have a slight allergy to BBC because of the above. Excepting FM Radio 4, National anthem just before 00:59 ,and a bit of FM Radio 2 and their international TV news (small new flat screen in the corner of the Dining Room now, also used for YT). |
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, and can collect from Fife! (Digi boxes packed in).