TV Licence if out of UK for 10 weeks (37 Viewers)

[Motörhead Fun]

Hi All

I really don't want this to go off on a tangent about rights and wrongs of the TV Licence. Just wondering if anyone cancels when they are out of the country and renews when they get back? Thanks

 

[Nigel Crompton]

Oh, this is going to be good ...

 

[Langtoftlad]

Do TV Licencing refund unused months?

Edit:
Yes they apparently do

 

[meanders]

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check...You can apply for a,time left on your licence. will help.

 

[Motörhead Fun]

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/refunds-and-cancellations/apply-for-a-refund#:~:text=You can apply for a,time left on your licence. will help.

Thanks. I will cancel just before we go and renew when we get back.

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[dna]

your welcome home will be a very large pile of letters from the licencing authority asking why you haven't got a current licence. Their systems can't cope with the idea of a temporary period of a house being unoccupied. My soon to be ex partner has been experiencing this with really run down house she bought and is gradually making habitable. She doesnt live there but gets a regular stream of letters about the water supply and the TV licence. Even calling them on the phone and explaining it's unoccupied does not stop them printing and posting more letters for long.

 

[Spriddler]

your welcome home will be a very large pile of letters from the licencing authority asking why you haven't got a current licence.

I had exactly that. It took months to stop the letters even though I notified them on their own website in advance that the house was going to be unoccupied..........

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/easy-read/what-to-do-if-you-dont-need-a-TV-Licence#:~:text=You%20also%20don%27t%20need,tell%20us%20on%20this%20website

 

[Motörhead Fun]

your welcome home will be a very large pile of letters from the licencing authority asking why you haven't got a current licence. Their systems can't cope with the idea of a temporary period of a house being unoccupied. My soon to be ex partner has been experiencing this with really run down house she bought and is gradually making habitable. She doesnt live there but gets a regular stream of letters about the water supply and the TV licence. Even calling them on the phone and explaining it's unoccupied does not stop them printing and posting more letters for long.

They can send as many letters as they please

 

[Just smiffy]

Haven’t had a license for over a year now…..

 

[Widge]

Hi All

I really don't want this to go off on a tangent about rights and wrongs of the TV Licence. Just wondering if anyone cancels when they are out of the country and renews when they get back? Thanks

And of course you will not be watching any uk tv, streaming, downloaded or via satellite during that time?

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[Otter Spotter]

I am seriously considering cancelling ours as since we moved to our new house the TV hasn’t been set up and we haven’t missed watching it. It surprising how much we can get on with when we are not watching crap on the box

 

[gus-lopez]

Bit like sorning a

Oh, this is going to be good ...

vehicle.If it isn't being used sell it.

 

[Northernraider]

I can't believe anyone still buys a TV license lol . I haven't had one since 2010

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

They can send as many letters as they please

They even send uniformed enforcement officers to your door and question you under caution. They have the authority to issue you a court summons if you don't answer correctly . You don't have to say anything to them but can't be a pleasant experience.

 

[Northernraider]

They even send uniformed enforcement officers to your door and question you under caution. They have the authority to issue you a court summons if you don't answer correctly . You don't have to say anything to them but can't be a pleasant experience.

I had 2 alleged enforcement officers at my door once many years ago , asked if I had a licence I simply stated I had no interest in what they were selling and no interest in answering their questions , closed the door and never saw them again. Every so often I'd get a letter which I just binned . I was in my last house nearly 6 years and never had a licence.

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[dunnah01]

I'd drive into the nearest hedge if I had no option but to listen to all the adverts on commercial radio whilst driving...