Not ANOTHER Misleading TVL Letter 🤦‍♂️ 

That's brilliant !!

A total inspiration! Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for that one.

Brilliant! Nicked!!

Very well played! :-)

💯!its disgusting how they get away with it all 😢

Use it as a reminder of how much you are saving by not having a TV licence

Can a civilian read you your rights, l thought only the police can do that when you are arrested?

Aided and abetted by the corrupt establishment !

@@thomasmyers4089 They have special magic powers. 🤣

😂 that would be a good line for an enforcement officer 😂

Starmer s buddy I believe, never get rid of the TVL if he gets in 😊😊

Yep, he protected him for years.

BBC the crystal ball org that announced live on tv that building 7 had collapsed 30 minutes before it actually collapsed. clever eh

You should see the foot high stack of them in the student accommodation accommodation I moved some stuff out of this week 😅

Just had the very same letter. Seriously threatening. Definitely written to intimidate. That's why it's in the Bin 👍

It should be.

Yep, it is a scam.

trying to get money from someone using blackmail, veiled threats and coercion is a crime in and of itself. BBC needs to be prosecuted for these letters.

Sneaky gits. Don't engage with anyone who turns up at your door uninvited seems to be a wise choice all round.

That would be entrapment. You could easily have seen any of that asked content by going to someone else's place or the pub for the football.

aren't they legally required to identify themselves as being from TVL? ISTR ChileJonCarne saying this was the case.

@@RocketSteve Entrapment is tricking people into committing crimes, not admitting to having already done it.

Request your Alsation to say hello

They'll put it on your council tax....🤣

@@DM-ur8vc living dangerously there! Fully expecting to see you on the most wanted list!

@@DM-ur8vc have you walked in any fields recently? 🤣

@@DM-ur8vc criminals like you should be in jail....

No, just thugs. Most of them don't wear a suit and tie.

The first little nob interviewed this year had been one.

If they wore a non clip on tie it could be a tad tempting to adjust it.

Owning a TV, and even viewing it is not illegal. It is none of their business if you own one, or more!!

I have been waiting 6 years now for a Visit... NEVER had one...

Have doors on a chain and demand court document to make you open the door for you first for more entertainment? Given, they figure out your name :-D

While your property is still uninhabitable during the ongoing renovation work, maybe actually let them send one of their sales people (because they are NOT enforcement officers at all) round. Let them see that it is simply impossible to watch any type of broadcast TV, live or recorded, with any capable device at this property. When he (or she) is ready to leave, inform them that future implied right of access is withdrawn and that any further visits from TVL will be considered trespassing on private property, and legal action will be taken.

@@DJGM1974 alas, it would remove my entertainment! It's a wonderful feeling knowing I'm bang on correct and they're desperate to believe otherwise without any evidence. In fact, I think I'd get pretty lonely if they stopped writing to me 😄 🤣

We need to check your bins 😅

We should film checking your bins and get iPlayer to broadcast it..!

That is the only way.

Not necessarily as the licence fee could be added to council tax or a 'social media' tax. God forbid!

​@@mikehippersoneasily dealt with. You deduct it from the council tax bill.

They would just Add it to VAT or something else that everyone has to pay.

They would pick out who they considered to be the ring leaders fine them the maximum and put them in jail as a deterrent.

That's really sad and you should try the press just in case they would cover the story. There might be the odd descent journalist. Did you tell the Goon Office you didn't need one at any point?

They have no special powers, it's all made up. Anybody can prosecute, but is doesn't mean an automatic win: They have to prove your guilt beyond ALL reasonable doubt, you don't have to prove your innocence, ever. This is why most TVL fines are against the vulnerable who admit it and sign. They'd never fine me (because I told them to get thee hence, and they did).

They only need the unlicensed address before they knock on your door.

Also, if my details are passed then they know I don't need TV license so why are they still wasting my time and their paper with nonsense?

@@lavdejeva9079 How do they know you don't have a TV licence, you previously said you don't tell them. They don't feel like they are wasting their time, because so many people lie and/or do not understand whether or not they need a TV Licence. They have 1000s of convictions every week.

@@gmo4250 i dont believe they have 1000's of convictions.. i think that number is part of the scare tactics

They are now sending them to my other half in name! I was the one that used to pay the direct debit, not her. So they seem to be digging deeper to get results. It's always been "the occupier".

I'm glad that I haven't told them then! 😲🤔🤪 🤣🤣🤣

To be fair, I did the NLR in March 2022 and heard nothing until May 2024. Only had a couple of letters so far but I do expect the number of letters to increase. Although any letters with lies will be totally ignored. Just occurred to me to have 2 piles of letters, one with lies and ones without although the ones without will be sparse if any at all. When a goon visits I will have to discuss these letters and ask if that's truthful or not.

1985 for me

Report them online to the police every time they send a letter. Don't let the police of the handle

my 'TV' is used as a PC monitor only and is a large one for immersion purposes.. my elderly mother told me that because i dont have a license, i have to get rid of it (but then.. she thinks the size of the TV is too excessive anyway) she also 100% believes that detector vans are a real thing too

Okay okay I'll say it...... and I know I'm not the only one wondering...... what happened in 1975 that made your mum launch the TV down the stairs??? 😂😂😂. You can't leave us all hanging 😂😂😂

@@sandman4198 😂 Well, me and my 2 sisters were arguing about what to watch and my mother (who was a ver angry person at times) came stomping up the stairs and ripped the TV out it’s the socket. She then threw it down 6 stairs onto the half-landing. (taking lumps out of the plaster) She then ran after it and threw it down another 6 steps onto the tiles at the bottom. It was in a thousand pieces as you can imagine. She then shouted up the stairs “AND THAT’S YOUR TELLY!!” Of course we shivered a bit and blamed each other but we never had a TV again. I grew up without one and have never had one so TV licensing goons and threatening letters have been the bane of my life. Apparently I haven’t missed much over the years… and I’m grateful to my mum for not being brainwashed. I hope this helps 😂

@@pierstillotson1462 😂😂😂 that was exactly what I was after, the 'half landing' bit painted the picture perfectly 😂😂😂 absolute classic. Cheers Piers, have a great evening.

@@sandman4198 😂 Thank you sir, you too 👍🏻

Start bullying them back by telling them to get round because you want to use their vists on RU-vid.

Pure Krays Twins business philosophy

Bet after all that intense 'investigation' they still don't even know your name..... all fake

Is it directed to you personally?

Ahh, the old eat the tv trick. Don't forget to tell them it's a toaster.😂

Keep an eye on your Hamster, sneaky little bastards!🤪

@@mark4d148 "squeaky little bastards" more like

Don't forget to unplug it.

....and have Dexys Midnight Runners jamming in your bedroom...!

TVL is just a brand name. It is actually the BBC and their subcontractor. What makes the BBC so special? It is the Communications Act that does as it grants the BBC specifically the power of enforcement.

@@ditch3827 the letters and visits are not part of the legislation. It's something the BBC made up

You don't need to licence a car on your drive but you do need to do a SORN of it is changing status from licensed.

@@robburrows2737 I owned a car when I was 15. No licence, no fuel tax, no SORN

​@@robburrows2737I never mentioned Road tax, I don't need a driving licence to own a car or have one on my drive

@@krpkrp3033 Absolutely YES!

If they do not harass him he has no reason to take them to court, maybe?

@@lavdejeva9079 Barristers act on behalf of their clients.

krpkrp3033 : If you were a bricklayer would you build my wall FOC ???

Call the police immediately in front of them and without speaking to them. Say how scared you are.

What about a pointy stick?

ask if they like baseball cos you have a bat behind the door ;)

They refuse to accept them.

No use sending them back, they have an arrangement with RM that returned letters just go into a gigantic bin somewhere.

I reuse all my inward mail envelopes by sending my paper recycling to the spread of 55 BBC solicitors, the Capita HR wallahs and directors and they can pay the penalty postage. TVL Darlington have returns factored into the bulk mail agreement with the P.O..so the extra cost is minimal and they are binned.. However, no post room will refuse a letter addressed to an individual staff member. marked private and confidential or legal documents enclosed because the possible consequences if it is legitimate far outweigh the minimal cost and that decision is 'more than my job's worth'. The postage has to be paid before the letter is opened and the P.O are not allowed to open it.

Phone them it's easy and quick. I did receive a couple of letters for the first 2 weeks or so but nothing then for over 2 years when i failed to inform them again. To me cancelling once should be enough.

I live in flats and only answer my intercom when I am expecting postie, Tesco, or a delivery. If it rings at any other time, I ignore it.

Just ignore them.

Why not stop paying them and ignore the letters??

Don't fight them, just ignore them. There's at least a 99% chance that nothing will happen, and if they DO send someone round, they'll have egg on their face as soon as they see the concessionary licence. . I am pushing 80, receive pension credit and am thus entitled to a free tv licence. However, I don't have a tv, and don't watch either broadcast TV or i-player so there's no point in my having a licence at all. Everyone else in my sheltered housing scheme assiduously buys a TV licence and I've made sure they all know my views on the matter. The manager knows, too, AND knows full well what to do if the TVL goons come round after me during office hours! I am careful to tell other residents that it's only if you watch broadcast TV and/or i-player, that you need a licence, and a couple of them are coming round to my way of thinking that maybe it's not worth it ... I get ENDLESS letters. They are printed on good quality paper and are colourful, so I thought that, as my bathroom needs redecorating, I might use them for that ... The postie delivers about a thousand a week, almost all of them to people he knows live totally blameless lives, so he's not going to think any the worse of you for getting them if that's what's worrying you.

I had exactly the same thing happen to me 2 years ago,' something changed at this address please act now letter'' I never did act and they still send me the letters.

The bbc have a government exemption to behave in this way... this is why no case is taken against them.... just cancel your direct debits....

No they don't scrutinize anything.One magistrate can rubber stamp 300 cases in a morning under the single justice procedure. Chili Jon carni goes into this numbers game in his channel. The magistrate did not even know that the girl they convicted had downs syndrome and did not manage her affairs.

Should of sent it back, not known at this address.

😂

So do I, about time all TV services stood on their own two feet. 😊

The BBC are already Labour's mouthpiece. Unfortunately, it seems we are heading for a Labour 'government', so Starmageddon won't be ditching his propaganda machine anytime soon.

Not too keen on Truss on Steroids being PM and end up costing me more than a TV license.

​@@JustAlex848 Hey Alex discussing is a form of debating...I'm all for loads of people having a discussion...we'd be mass debating in fact 👉🤔👈❗❗❗

I used to get a lot of unsolicited mail. I got fed up with all the clutter and the stress they caused, so I cut them up and put them posted them back.

@patcopeland5116 good idea. I thought about reverse psychology and sending the BBC letters that if they keep sending me threatening letters then I'll send my Enforcement Team 🤔🤣

It can only be harrassment if a named person is identified. 'Legal occupier' slyly circumvents the law. 'Return to sender' unopened if you wish, since you did not request a contract with the BBC. I've been toying with the idea of returning them addressed to the BBC, Broadcasting House, then they can redirect them. I have a collection of ~250 unopened envelopes which they will be receiving, when not needed for evidence, in the future.

@@jonwyatt3694 Thank you Jon for your wisdom, I appreciate it 🙂 I like your thoughts and plans afoot.

Unless one part hits you as it falls to the ground, ask me how I know lol

Ignore them, they don't have any power

They can't. They are impotent, hence the meaningless letters