> On Wednesday 25 March 2009 13:45:52 Stephen Rowles wrote: >> As I posted before, but I will post again just to add some balance. My >> previous experience is that if you open the and read the letters, >> contact >> the TV licensing people and explain that you either >> >> a) don't have a TV or >> b) have a TV but don't watch live TV (e.g. only watch DVD's or Videos >> and >> it isn't connected to a TV aerial) >> >> Then they accept it and leave you alone. No more wasted trees on >> threatening letters and no investigation officers coming to your door. > > Neither my experience nor my husband's (when we lived separately before we > were married). We got endless threatening letters, to all of which we > replied explaining that we didn't have a TV. Finally I wrote and said > that > that was the last time I would reply to one of their nasty letters, the > rest > would be binned. I binned everything else they sent me. But no > enforcement > officer turned up - at least, not when I was in. Admittedly, this was a > while ago. >
We must have been lucky, I was surprised it worked but I thought I should mention that at least some times it does :). I wonder what other legal options you could take, seems to me that the constant letters when you have explained could be harassment. I wonder if you could take out a restraining order or similar? Possibly it might even now be an offence under the data protection act as they are incorrectly processing your details. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
