> contact > the TV licensing people and explain that you either > > a) don't have a TV or > b) have a TV but don't watch live TV (e.g. only watch DVD's or Videos and > it isn't connected to a TV aerial) > > Then they accept it and leave you alone.
They don't seem so accepting of the "We've got a licence" explanation, though. I used to live in a flat with my other half. The TV licence was in her name. I bought a STB, and filled in the appropriate documentation - cue several threatening letters and phone calls. Even though they knew we were in a flat, they wouldn't accept that the flat hadn't been sub-divided into sub-flats, and thus need a licence each :-( Then we moved. A few weeks later, one of their blokes is on the doorstep insisting we were watching TV illegally, as we didn't have a licence. "Yes we do", was my simple reply. After a few minutes of back-and-forth, he rang his office - who confirmed that we did indeed have a licence... I wonder how many people with a less bellicose attitude than mine get brow-beaten into paying for a licence they don't need? Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
