TV Licence And Students
Guest Blogger – Stephie Dixon – Teesside Uni
In the SU bar we have been bombarded with adverts of bad excuses given to dodge out of paying the licence, done by the tv licencing. I just a few weeks ago was asked to record an excuse for them, which was not why i didn’t pay but when someone from the department came round asked why was my sheep wearing a tiara. I did this for free and hope it will never be aired. stupid thing for me to do i know but i’m going off track.
They are always harping on about excuses we give them of not paying well to be frank i’m tired of their excuses they give to make us pay.
“We realise that £139.50 is a lot of money on a student budget. So we’ve made sure there are lots of different ways you can pay.” …. oh how nice of them…how about if they introduce a discount scheme. i mean we get discount when we go to the cinema, in clothes shops, food outlets… we don’t pay council tax (thank god) so give us a discount at the very least. if they know that it is a lot of money then do something about it!!
then their next excuse is..
“The good news is you can apply for a refund if you find that you don’t need your TV Licence for any full three-month period of cover remaining on it” what if you haven’t got a full 3 months? why can’t they do a 9 month student package? saves so much hassel for the both parties, because whoever is wanting to cancel it has to write in and lord knows i’m terrible at getting down to the post office and im sure they know that many people are and it suits them fine. why can’t we call up and cancel? a simple student offer of a 9 month deal at a reduced price would make them more popular! i mean them stopping it would make them even more popular but lets get a reality check, they won’t so they should do a student offer. what do you think?
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