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Originally Posted by Chris
"Nah" is correct, for the reasons above. They get commission, so they want to sell you a licence. Add to that the fact that many - probably most - people who say they don't need one are lying, and the mail-bomb/doorstep strategy isn't so unreasonable. Highly annoying for all those honest people who don't watch any live TV at all and so don't need a licence, but hey, what can you do with all the lying chavs who say they don't need one when they do. They're ruining it for everyone else.
On their website they say you can write to them to declare you don't need a licence and they might make a quick visit "just to confirm" - I'd be curious to hear if anyone has gone down that route and got TVL to agree in writing that they don't need a licence.
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I did go through the steps earlier to see whats involved, but it looks like it ends up needing to give them authority to enter your premises. They state that after filling in the declaration they will leave you alone for 2 years, but I guess I am a little cynical.
I actually got rid of Sky TV about 3 years ago and don't miss it one bit. I intend taking down the TV antennas from the chimney and the dish from the wall, I will probably just cut the cables and push them outside for now until the weather gets better . On one hand I don't mind in principle anyone inspecting if it satisfies them and they leave me alone, on the other hand I don't see why I should give them the authority to enter my house.
Back around 2005 when I had no TV and no licence for a few years I received loads of threatening letters about what they were going to do to me, all of which they had no power to do. I never once received a visit, perhaps that was due to working during the week, and that my gates were locked with only a postbox available to them.