It is conveniently forgotten about. I can vouch that this is the case as my partner died suddenly two years ago, and when I cancelled her license that was in her name, I had to open a new one at the same address in my name and opted for the monthly payment system.
Alarm bells rang. Big ones. Her license had been cancelled for over 6 months, and the family had never received any refund payment nor any letter stating a payment would be made. The TVL knew she had died, as I had informed them.
They simply kept the money. I was disgusted, and phoned them making them aware of this, and demanded an immediate refund. A few days later I got one, but only after a pretty fiery complaint, as I was recently bereaved so not in the mood for bureaucratic BS.
I hope others that have had family members die and not been refunded read this, and call TVL and get their money back. I have NEVER had an arrangement of this amount to them but I was in arrears on my last licence which I paid up to the collection agency they put in charge.
As far as I was concerned I am fully paid up. I rang the collection agency and they confirmed this. My licence is valid till February next year. Rang that. Thanks, mods. Just how many poor people are they suckering in to this illegal payment system?
I moved home and cancelled my TV licence in August having already forcibly paid for a years worth in advance in March the same year. Now it is November and still no sign of my refund cheque. Complained to them and heard absolutely nothing. Typical government body. I am also to retire a year later costing me a years pension and years bus pass.
What a big con. While your expected date of retirement was postponed were you not receiving an incomed from your continued employment?
Given that people really are living longer, and therefore drawing a state retirement pension for more years than originally contemplated, either the starting point had to be moved forward or the value of the pension reduced. The government chose the former method with considerable justification in my view. In recent years the state pension has risen at a higher rate than inflation or wage levels each year. Taking away a benefit like the free TV licences for households including someone over 75 was always going to be controversial, and the BBC could have handled it better, but in withdrawing the subsidy the government left the BBC with little choice if it was going to maintain the wide spread of broadcast services.
Whether that is beneficial is also debatable. After I decided to pay by tv card monthly I found out I was paying double for the first six months unbelievable!! I pay my licence on a monthly plan. After I make a payment,within a day of the payment being made,I receive a text message,telling me I havent paid. I contacted the Tv Licencing,and they said it is a scam. Its a bad thing when both themselves,and the money wasting BBC cant sort this out between themselves.
Its about time it was scrapped altogether. Sharon — How would you like to pay for radio and TV reception if the licence fee was scrapped? The obvious alternatives are commercial advertising on the BBC [which depends on the appeal of the programmes] and a subscription system for the BBC channels you wish to watch. Compared with other services like mobile phones and decent newspapers and magazines the licence seems incredibly cheap to me.
Every year been referred to debt collectors and every year they had to back off as they knew I was right. This is nothing short of overt embezzlement. How many people actually claim this refund. Apart from keeping money and making interest from it I would like to know just how many people actually claim this refund. I am going to have this stopped supposing I have to go to court to do it. Facebook Twitter Reddit Email.
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Add a comment. Jane is absolutely right. I wish no one would pay for the License!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has always been thus, since time immemorial. I set payment up as a monthly direct debit, so I only pay a month in advance. That's because you are used to paying monthly, so it feels like you are paying one month at a time.
In reality you have probably already paid for this year's and are now paying ahead for next year's. TV licensing said:. Monthly Direct Debit is our most popular option, giving you the control of smaller monthly instalments with the convenience of automatic payment and renewal. Click to expand Last edited: Nov 19, Deleted member Guest. Whats the best way of paying for a TV Licence?
Im getting my 1st flat soon and need to get all this kind of stuff going. Is it cheaper to pay for a year up front? Hitby Well-known Member. We just pay 12quid a month. You never have to remember to go and get it then Don't get me started though. I want a full season of F1 for my money. BenchyUK said:. IronGiant said:. Member Distinguished Member. Because people forget to cancel their DD 6 months before they die.
Sartios Banned. I don't pay them full stop, they are a legal scam to be honest, I don't have a TV license, and never will, all your paying for is BBC1 and BBC2, because they have no adverts like the other channels. I don't watch any programs anyway, if I do they on the iPlayer which is you don't need a license for, and I don't have an arial running from the port on my wall.
You only need a TV License if you watching television that is feeding live from a signal, pre-recorded shows you don't need one for, such as BBC iPlayer.
Tempest Member. I can still see, in time an Internet Licence coming along you know. Perhaps not for another decade, but at some point in the future, I think it will be just too sweet a fat cherry for them to ignore for a annual tax.
Thats sort of correct and not. You need a licence if you watch live streaming from iplayer, but not if it is an on demand show. The law applies to all viewing and recording devices TV, computer, laptop, mobile phone or any other , regardless of how you receive the television programmes terrestrial, satellite, cable, via the internet on BBC iPlayer or any other way.
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When you choose to spread the cost of paying for your TV Licence by monthly Direct Debit monthly DD , you usually pay part of it up front. This means your payments will be higher in the first six months. Ask us about changing your current payment method.
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