WhiteHawk Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Or leave it, theres nothing they can do unless you're not licensed anyway I have considered it when we've had them through but for the sake of a phone call, you might aswell just ring them and tell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkatraz Posted October 10, 2007 Author Share Posted October 10, 2007 Indeed. How are the Licensing people supposed to know that you share that address with your fiancee, unless you've told them? Because they have a record of a license at this adderess. The problem is the fact that they're usibg information they should not be allowed to gather to harass me into doing their job for them. Regardless of the fact that one cross check would have saved my tax money on the admin needed to send out the letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueDragon Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 Indeed. How are the Licensing people supposed to know that you share that address with your fiancee, unless you've told them? Maybe they could search for an address instead, that will then show if the house/flat etc has a licence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyesey Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 The problem is the fact that they're usibg information they should not be allowed to gather to harass me into doing their job for them. It's not their job to apply for licences. It's their job to check up on people who may not have one, which - hey, guess what? - is exactly what they're doing here. Any what possible reason could anyone have for objecting to the TV Licence people knowing who owns a TV? That's kind of the whole point of their existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrence Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 The license is for the address not the individual. Their advertising makes it look like they know who you are and what you are watching with their omnipotent computer you cannot evade, so it's pretty poor that they're sending demands to addresses that they know already has a license. Perhaps it's they are trying their luck - mybe a lot of people buy a new TV when moving in, so they think your fiancee may have just moved out taking her license with her. If that's right one in twenty times or something then its financially worth them trying it. By the way, retailers have been obliged to inform TV licensing of TV etc purchases for many years now. I'd file that law under "strange but harmless". I'd be a lot more concerned if they were storing details of what you watch (as is necessary to send out bills for pay-per-view) and linking that back up to your National Identity Register record because that would just be creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyesey Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 The license is for the address not the individual. Even that is not always the case. If you were living as two distinct households under the same address (legally separated but neither moved out yet?), I think that technically you'd need a licence each, since neither of you would be part of the other's household. I doubt they've ever managed to collar anyone for this, though; but it would explain why they don't just assume that, because someone else has a licence at that address, the OP won't need one. It's just possible he might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex C. Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Student houses with seperate tenancy contracts (or indeed any flat/house with seperate tenancy agreements) would need a license for each student/person who had a TV in their room. Shared houses with a joint tenancy agreement are covered by a single license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozy Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Which part of this is supposed to be bad? In my opinion, it's the OP's mangling of the English language: "I cannot believe how bad this has gotten." Damned Americanisms are getting in everywhere, these days. Let's hope the OP doesn't have the TV stolen if the house gets "burglarised". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heyesey Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 In my opinion, it's the OP's mangling of the English language: "I cannot believe how bad this has gotten." Damned Americanisms are getting in everywhere, these days.. That's not an Americanism, it's an archaism. We used to say "gotten" and have abbreviated it over time. You could actually argue that the Americans are right on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 If you already have a license for a TV, and decide to buy a second one for another room, do you have to get a second license? How much are the licenses? Do you need one for a radio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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