Nottseagull
Well-known member
A couple of years ago I was spending so much time on the internet and watching TV that I really had to choose between the two. I chose the internet, and was quite surprised how little I missed TV after a while. Anyway, I was soon plagued with letters from TV Licensing which provided no prepaid envelopes and gave a profiteering 08something number as the only means of reply. So I ignored these, and after several months of letters telling me about their 'investigations' an officer finally turned up yesterday. I was happy to let him in and see that my three dusty old sets were disconnected and stored upstairs. However he said that as it would only take a couple of minutes for me to reconnect them then they would be considered as in use. After some argument, he said he would not proceed with prosecution if I bought a licence, and there would be no backdating required. This I declined and he left.
Is he correct, or was he lying in order to maybe earn commission on the new licence?
Is he correct, or was he lying in order to maybe earn commission on the new licence?