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| Billag guy came round today. I thought at first he was someone to fix the tv (which has pictures but no sound, well, it buzzes loudly). So I said yes we do have a tv, then realised the mistake. now I have a tv licence starting from december in my name for a tv that isn't mine and doesn't work. | |
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I am told that you don't have to let Billag into your home (or anyone else for that matter). Just say it's inconvenient. That would at least have given you chance to discuss the matter with your housemates.
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| I technically don't have internet and said we had no radios so I'm not paying for that but it is still going to be a bit and probably quite a struggle to make my housemates pay for it even though its their tv. I was also under the impression that they HAD a license. when asked about it when I arrived they told me how much it was. I assumed this meant they had one. | |
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So how did you get a licence in your name? Why didn't you give your housemates names, or better still refer the guy to them for clarification?
From my experience with such guys in the UK, they can be pretty aggressive, to the extent of charging someone who shouldn't really have to pay.
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| also he said it was CHF23 every 3 months when the bill arrived. but now I realise from the internet its CHF23 PER month, its just the bill arrives every 3 months...  | |
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That sounds like the old amount, and sounds as though the guy was "misrepresenting the truth", to put it politely.
The latest figures can be found at the
OFCOM site, where it shows the monthly TV fee as 24.40.
Folks interested in seeing where the money goes can scroll down to the bottom of that page.