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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
I've just had a look at their site - the bit where you state you don't need a licence - and they want details I'd rather they didn't have, viz. email and phone number. Since I'm probably going to be moving in a month or so and I have no intention of telling them that, I rather suspect my best option is to do nothing. Once I've moved, the issue of licensing at that address becomes a problem for the next tenant, the poor sap - and they should totally lose track of me.
And I'm still not going to get a TV even when I do move! They've ticked me off so much over the last 15 years that it's now gone beyond whether or not I actually want to watch TV - it's a matter of principle now, and on one of those I will not give in!
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I found their site impossible to navigate, when I tried to inform them I didn't need a licence it kept sending me around in circles. When I tried to tell them I didn't need one it kept sending me arount the 'Do I need a licence' questions. In the end I just cancelled the direct debit and didn't bother claiming any refund. I think the refund bit is only to get you to contact them so they can try the hard sell again, I did email them and tell them that I didn't need one and stated the reasons but to no avail.
I would not provide them a telephone number and I have heard stories of TVL salemen phoning up in these instances doing a market study about favourite TV progs!
I should have canceled the TV licence when I cancelled my Sky about 5 years ago, I only kept paying to stop the hassle from them. In the past 5 years I have spent very little time at my house, so earlier last year I took the satellite receivers boxed them up and put them away in the attic, took down the TV aerial and cut the cable from the dish. I suppose they could claim I'm watching it live online, but if that's the case surely they just need to apply to the courts to obtain the information from my ISP. Strangely I had an email shortly after cancelling for me to 're-register' for iplayer, which I found strange because I don't think I had ever registered!
It's also principle with me now, I don't like the hassling letters implying that I'm breaking the law and a liar.
Here is the contents of the email about my 'Channel 4 account', as far as I'm aware I have never had one and failed to find any other emails relating to one. I received it 29th September 2014 which was not lon after my licence finally ran out!
We just wanted to let you know that we're planning to close your Channel 4 account very soon.
We're doing this because our Viewer Promise commits us to removing accounts that haven't been used for a long time.
You can still keep your account active if you sign in. It only takes a few seconds, and if you've forgotten your password we can send you a reminder. Remaining one of our registered viewers means you can watch free online box sets of some of our most popular titles and download 4oD shows to iOS and Android devices, to watch whenever – and wherever – you like.
If you don't sign in we'll close your account. But we hope you stay with us!