[Escapee]

I finally cancelled my licence this week, well perhaps I should say attempted to cancel it!

Their site sends you around in circles, if you choose the option of cancelling your licence it opens up a form for you to ask them a question with pre-defined categories.

I cancelled the monthly direct debit with my bank and then used one of the generic headings about direct debit to inform them. I made it clear that I was not asking them a question but I was making a statement that I did not need a TV licence because I do not watch live or recorded TV.

Note:

I didn't elaborate but due to a number of reasons I don't watch live TV at home.

a) I'm hardly ever there due to work commitments and spending the majority of my time at my partners house. (I don't even watch TV when I'm there)

b) Any time I have at home is spent on my hobbies, study or achieving something else productive.

c) The majority of programming appears to be soaps, game shows, talk shows and reality TV, which I would never watch anyway. The only sport I would watch is boxing, and the vast majority of this is on subscription TV anyway. (I cancelled my Sky subscription about 4 year ago and have not missed it one bit)


I have received an email reply acknowledging that my direct debit has been cancelled on their system, and that it is paid in advance and I can follow another link supplied to apply for a refund. To be honest I'm not bothered about applying for a 1 month refund, but I'm keeping the email from them safe as I expect the threats of action to start soon.

This is long overdue, I should have done it 4 years ago when I cancelled the Sky subscription. The only reason I kept paying is the hassle factor and the thought that they may gain entry by force because I'm hardly ever there. (As the police did last year when they were so sure without any evidence that I was running a large scale drugs operation. They had a lot of egg on their faces but are still refusing to pay for their incompetence on that one)