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The BBC Scraping The Free Over 75 License ???


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If they all refuse to pay ,  put them all in jail,   FREE FOOD ,HEATING, HEALTHCARE,  TELEVISION,(Including SKY),  COUNCIL TAX,   and still receive pension . someone looking after you 24 hr,s a day,     Get the RESPECT they deserve,  get a social life ,  they’d be  much better off .

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8 minutes ago, scouser said:

If they all refuse to pay ,  put them all in jail,   FREE FOOD ,HEATING, HEALTHCARE,  TELEVISION,(Including SKY),  COUNCIL TAX,   and still receive pension . someone looking after you 24 hr,s a day,     Get the RESPECT they deserve,  get a social life ,  they’d be  much better off .

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On 12/06/2019 at 11:02, Muddy Funker said:

I don't pay it, **** the BBC. 

Good man.

My sentiments exactly, and if one of their goons comes round asking why I don't have a licence I'll throw some battery acid in his face.

 

 

 

 

 

Nah, only joking. 😂

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On 12/06/2019 at 12:07, stuartyboy said:

And that is the answer. 

To all who moan about the BBC, stop paying for the license and funding all that's wrong with it. 

 

17 hours ago, poontang said:

Good man.

My sentiments exactly, and if one of their goons comes round asking why I don't have a licence I'll throw some battery acid in his face.

 

 

 

 

 

Nah, only joking. 😂

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I don't have a sky subscription, what I do have is Netflix, amazon prime and a 4k blu ray player, plus all the on demand channels. 

I'm never stuck for content to watch. I've no idea why anyone should pay a provider like sky or virgin for a TV subscription and then be forced to pay a fee to the BBC even if not watching their programs, how is that even allowed? 

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7 minutes ago, bostonmick said:

We have to pay a fee to own a receiver

No, you don't. Common misconception.

You are required to own a TV licence only if you watch and/or record live TV as it broadcast, or use if you use Iplayer.

Source: https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/telling-us-you-dont-need-a-tv-licence

The sooner we slay the "you need a licence to own a TV/receiver" urban myth, the better.

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18 minutes ago, udderlyoffroad said:

No, you don't. Common misconception.

You are required to own a TV licence only if you watch and/or record live TV as it broadcast, or use if you use Iplayer.

Source: https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/telling-us-you-dont-need-a-tv-licence

The sooner we slay the "you need a licence to own a TV/receiver" urban myth, the better.

If you do not have a receiver then you have no reason to purchase a license. If I had a monitor that could not accept live transmissions then I could watch TV programmes recorded onto tape or disc from someone else's TV. If I don't need to buy a license why is it called TV license. 

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53 minutes ago, bostonmick said:

If you do not have a receiver then you have no reason to purchase a license. 

Not quite.  Per the TV licencing website:

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This could be on any device, including a TV, desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, games console, digital box or DVD/VHS recorder.

It's the act of watching/recording live TV and/or using Iplayer that requires the licence, not what equipment you actually own.

The device you're reading this on is likely capable of using Iplayer, but that doesn't mean you will.

 

53 minutes ago, bostonmick said:

If I don't need to buy a license why is it called TV license. 

Historical hangover.

People still refer to taxing their car as paying their  'road fund licence' even though its official name is 'Vehicle Excise Duty'.  Road Fund Licence implies the money goes into a separate, ring-fenced pot for road upkeep, when it does no such thing.

If you were being cynical you could argue that it suits the BBC to leave that name alone as it gives rise to the "I need a licence to own a TV" urban myth.

 

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So after paying for a licence for circa fifty five years you now will have  to continue paying. 

 

Why send end reporters and crew around the globe to report on a situation that only needs to be reported not visual. 

On the points of view programmes the middle management condone all reports as " in our opinion "

 

the other Monday 10.30 ish an Afro Caribbean gentleman every other word was F.... And he used the N.......word twice, with freedom of speech I'm not allowed to say.

 

Rant Over. 

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6 hours ago, Muddy Funker said:

 

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I don't have a sky subscription, what I do have is Netflix, amazon prime and a 4k blu ray player, plus all the on demand channels. 

I'm never stuck for content to watch. I've no idea why anyone should pay a provider like sky or virgin for a TV subscription and then be forced to pay a fee to the BBC even if not watching their programs, how is that even allowed? 

I think the last time I watched a full BBC programme was when I sat up and watched the EU referendum results come rolling in.

I have Netflix, Amazon Prime and Freeview channels. I don't watch much Tv , and of what I do watch I would say about 1% is from the BBC or i-player.  I'll be damned if I'm paying £154 pa for that.

If the BBC are as good and as popular as they claim, they'd make a killing by switching to a subscription service. The fact that they haven't (and wouldn't) seems proof enough to me that they don't believe their own hype. As you said in your original post... **** the BBC.

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3 hours ago, pigeon controller said:

So after paying for a licence for circa fifty five years you now will have  to continue paying. 

 

Why send end reporters and crew around the globe to report on a situation that only needs to be reported not visual. 

On the points of view programmes the middle management condone all reports as " in our opinion "

 

the other Monday 10.30 ish an Afro Caribbean gentleman every other word was F.... And he used the N.......word twice, with freedom of speech I'm not allowed to say.

 

Rant Over. 

I've just counted SEVEN PUNDITS so far today on the Women's World Cup , at what cost plus expenses !!!!!!!!

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4 minutes ago, pigeon controller said:

I've just counted SEVEN PUNDITS so far today on the Women's World Cup , at what cost plus expenses !!!!!!!!

Steady on PC you will have a seizure.

Personally I would never pay for a licence on principle. My wife on the other hand has principles which ensure she does pay for one.

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i think to save money.....we should capture jo brand....and freeze dry her then grind her up ...bag it and sell the bags as low grade long release fertilizer...and the profit should go to pay for the over 65's licence fee................

 

yeah its a joke sorry ...get it....

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On 11/06/2019 at 11:07, oldypigeonpopper said:

hello, another nail in the coffin for those who have worked hard since the end off WW2 and not been able to get a full pension, i would get rid of all those over paid BBC presenters :good: then a few of the top brass who came up with this idea, :shoot:

Bloody hell another socialist on the forum ! hope you  have consistent principles and despise the Tories as much as you do the BBC. People not being able to get a pension together and for goods sake people with no talent screwing as much money as they can out of the system you must hate those boys (and the odd girl) wearing blue rosettes. 

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On 11/06/2019 at 16:33, Gordon R said:

Given the stupidly high salaries paid to the likes of Norton and Lineker etc, money does not seem in short supply. I would scrap the licence and let the BBC compete with the hundred or more other channels, who charge nothing. What do we get for the licence fee - the right to watch free channels? Once TV expanded to more than BBC, the reason for charging a fee went out of the window.

An outdated concept - just get rid.

Another fascinating comment Gordon, check out "Till Death Us Do Part" on  You Tube you're  the northern equivalent of Alf Garnett .

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2 hours ago, tandytommo said:

Bloody hell another socialist on the forum ! hope you  have consistent principles and despise the Tories as much as you do the BBC. People not being able to get a pension together and for goods sake people with no talent screwing as much money as they can out of the system you must hate those boys (and the odd girl) wearing blue rosettes. 

hello, i have never been a socialist in my adult life, and i do not despise anyone what ever their background or who they vote for, the people i have referred to are mostly widows that their husbands  helped build this country after the finish of WW2, into the late 1940s/1950s you know our soldiers/sailors and airmen when their wives stayed at home to look after the children like my own mother so in fact never paid into a pension but relied on the husbands contribution, those still alive would be in their 80s/90s and rightly deserve a free BBC licence,  

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20 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

hello, i have never been a socialist in my adult life, and i do not despise anyone what ever their background or who they vote for, the people i have referred to are mostly widows that their husbands  helped build this country after the finish of WW2, into the late 1940s/1950s you know our soldiers/sailors and airmen when their wives stayed at home to look after the children like my own mother so in fact never paid into a pension but relied on the husbands contribution, those still alive would be in their 80s/90s and rightly deserve a free BBC licence,  

100%  One wonders how much the Beeb is paying that bovine female Brand for spouting utter garbage AND there are people about who think she's funny, there again frighteningly there are people about who have voted for Corbyn who has sucked off the front gland of the public purse all his adult life.

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