Cutting back and cancelling stuff to save money?
 

What if anything, are you going to cut back on or cancel to save money. now that the prices of everything are going through the roof?

TV Licence?
Virgin/Sky?
What?

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Heating.I'll just wear extra layers.

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cut out VM tv due to getting Sky for a tenner without HD

Will also wear more layers rather than putting heating on

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I should mention that I have this summer also had CH installed and re-insulated the loft and had cavity wall insulation done.Just got to get a few windows replaced or repaired and hopefully that should help reduce costs.

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Champagne.

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Typical socialist! :D ;)

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Already downgraded to Virginmedia's 'free' M TV from XL, because it's just not worth what they're asking anymore

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im fortunate that my pay has gone up twice this year so i'm not hurting as bad as some ,so i don't have to cut down on my spend yet.

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Cutting back on buying lunch each day. It quickly adds up.
Packed lunch from home is cheaper.

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Could well be a lot healthier too. :tu:

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As my wife is in consultation for redundancy we'll be giving up sky @ 36.50, one pay monthly phone @ 21, subsidising step sons drinking nights out while at uni and start shopping at aldi/lidl.

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Thats on my list, they can sod off

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How does someone get away not paying the TV licence as I thought if you had something that was capable of receiving a signal like a TV or video recorder you legally had to get it?

I guess not having an aerial sky or virgin box it maybe legally possible?

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I is you don't watch live TV signals as they're being broadcasted.

2 is you tell them you don't have a TV, or you do have a TV but you don't watch live TV signals as they're being broadcasted.

Virgin tell TVLA that you have cable TV with them.

A few tips with TV licencing.

don't enter into any correspondence with them.
don't tell them your name or anything personal at the door.
don't sign anything.
you don't have to prove that you don't need a licence.

just the same as you don't need to prove that you don't go fishing when the fishing licence people knock on your door saying why haven't you got a fishing licence.

they work on commission.
they get paid for you to sign your name, they get paid for getting any correspondence from you at the door.
if they can't make money out of you, they won't bother you.

if you don't have a TV then you don't have to prove it.
if you do have a TV but you only use it to watch DVDs, play XBOX, CCTV, then you don't need a licence, and don't need to prove that you don't.

they are not official in any way shape or form.
you are under no obligation to let them into your home.

The TV licencing thing is an act, not a law.
but I'm not gonna get into that.

:)

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and don't forget to take your cheque book along with you to the magistrates court -and remember once in a magistrates court your opinion counts for nothing your just guilty.:)

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If l am not wrong, didn't some guy go to court over the Tv licence problem and proved that he didn't get BBC tv and he won the case.

Its the BBC who demand the licence fee, they should advertise like everyone else does.

And this is a good thread to start, things are starting to hit me, and l didn't think it would.

My wife is now making a pot of tea instead of tea bags to save on power, we have a key meter and wait for the £5.00 secure deposit to go down and then put money on the key from the computer.

It feels like that we are going back to the 50/60s when we were all skint and desperate for money - it shouldn't be happening in todays world.

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Have you thought that perhaps not having Sky Sports and Movies may save some money?

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i get my electricity from n power if you are one of their customers who has gone out of your way to cut your energy consumption theres a sting in the tale
they are increasing the standing charge ,this will only affect those who's annual bill is less than £599 per year ,so they still manage to shaft you even if you have cut down :td: