Black Friday & TV Lisences

TheRidDlerX

TheRidDlerX

Senior Member
Joined
Apr 30, 2008
Messages
948
Reaction score
102
Location
Jukskei Park, Randburg
So I've made up my mind that I'm gonna upgrade my TV come Black Friday if I can find a good enough deal and while I'm at it get a smallish one for my boy, in one go, so he can finally let me have my lounge back.

Initial thoughts were to just drop my father's TV lisence number like I did last time (mind you this was 2011)...
I don't have my own TV lisence and quite frankly I don't plan on getting one ever.

After today tho, I'm somewhat wondering if I should reconcider. Went into Dion Wired out of curiosity ask spoke to the salesman some. Apparently things have changed to such an extent that the person who's number it is needs to be present when buying a TV and even online purchases will be rejected if the lisence number and profile information of the buyer don't match.

Can anyone confirm this? Am I really going to have to concider one of these totally ripoff lisences?

Thanks for taking the time to read this
 
Wonder if you can walk in with a toolbox and remove the TV tuner in the store. You technically wouldn't need a licence then would you?
TheRidDlerX said:
So I've made up my mind that I'm gonna upgrade my TV come Black Friday if I can find a good enough deal and while I'm at it get a smallish one for my boy, in one go, so he can finally let me have my lounge back.

Initial thoughts were to just drop my father's TV lisence number like I did last time (mind you this was 2011)...
I don't have my own TV lisence and quite frankly I don't plan on getting one ever.

After today tho, I'm somewhat wondering if I should reconcider. Went into Dion Wired out of curiosity ask spoke to the salesman some. Apparently things have changed to such an extent that the person who's number it is needs to be present when buying a TV and even online purchases will be rejected if the lisence number and profile information of the buyer don't match.

Can anyone confirm this? Am I really going to have to concider one of these totally ripoff lisences?

Thanks for taking the time to read this
Click to expand...
 
nster101 said:
Wonder if you can walk in with a toolbox and remove the TV tuner in the store. You technically wouldn't need a licence then would you?
Click to expand...
Meh, I've read a few posts recently where it doesn't seem to matter anymore whether it can actually pick up a signal or not, they are just trying to enforce this idiocracy on any device with a screen bigger than a tablet. Really dreading having to go that route if it turns out to be true. Hoping someone here might have been thru a purchase recently without one that can shed some light
 
TheRidDlerX said:
So I've made up my mind that I'm gonna upgrade my TV come Black Friday if I can find a good enough deal and while I'm at it get a smallish one for my boy, in one go, so he can finally let me have my lounge back.

Initial thoughts were to just drop my father's TV lisence number like I did last time (mind you this was 2011)...
I don't have my own TV lisence and quite frankly I don't plan on getting one ever.

After today tho, I'm somewhat wondering if I should reconcider. Went into Dion Wired out of curiosity ask spoke to the salesman some. Apparently things have changed to such an extent that the person who's number it is needs to be present when buying a TV and even online purchases will be rejected if the lisence number and profile information of the buyer don't match.

Can anyone confirm this? Am I really going to have to concider one of these totally ripoff lisences?

Thanks for taking the time to read this
Click to expand...
We recently got a TV from takealot and used my MILs license as she has kept it current. On delivery the guys didn't even bother to ask they just dropped it off.
 
Last year Makro in our area had a pre-approval process running. You could not even try and buy a TV without a slip of paper saying your licence details had been checked ....
 
powermzii said:
We recently got a TV from takealot and used my MILs license as she has kept it current. On delivery the guys didn't even bother to ask they just dropped it off.
Click to expand...
And during placing the order online it didn't at any point ask for the lisence no? Or wanted to verify it to ur acc details? If not I'm relieved, thank you.. Had an idea this oke was taking me for a ride, but it was just so shocking that he even had a reply for my question
 
Geoff.D said:
Last year Makro in our area had a pre-approval process running. You could not even try and buy a TV without a slip of paper saying your licence details had been checked ....
Click to expand...
Urgh. This blows if true. Dreams shattered. Crying in a corner. I don't wanna support cancerBC. I don't wanna
 
TheRidDlerX said:
And during placing the order online it didn't at any point ask for the lisence no? Or wanted to verify it to ur acc details? If not I'm relieved, thank you.. Had an idea this oke was taking me for a ride, but it was just so shocking that he even had a reply for my question
Click to expand...

Before it allows you to pay it asks for the TV Lic / ID number - so we just gave my MIL's details (on my takealot profile). It did the verification and came back allowing us to proceed to payment. So it DOES check prior to payment for a valid license but no check / cross verification on delivery
 
powermzii said:
Before it allows you to pay it asks for the TV Lic / ID number - so we just gave my MIL's details (on my takealot profile). It did the verification and came back allowing us to proceed to payment. So it DOES check prior to payment for a valid license but no check / cross verification on delivery
Click to expand...
This gives me hope! Do you perhaps know what the verification entailed? Concerned that it's going to do a comparison between the buyer profile and the lisence profile, but from what u describing it's mainly checking if the lisence no is valid and paid up to date. You didn't have to email a copy of the ID or anything did you? I see Dion Wired asks for that on their checkout profile, going to do a dummy buy on Makro soon and verify what they want, but I think I'm mainly going to use takealot if the prices are right. Thank you for the feedback
 
Ag just buy it through Esquire. They don't give a toss about a license.
 
TheRidDlerX said:
Is that right... Will they be doing Black Friday tho hmm.. For what I've got in mind I'm working within a limited budget
Click to expand...
Phone Mohammed. Very nice guy to speak to.
Many can attest to the great experience.
 
TheRidDlerX said:
This gives me hope! Do you perhaps know what the verification entailed? Concerned that it's going to do a comparison between the buyer profile and the lisence profile, but from what u describing it's mainly checking if the lisence no is valid and paid up to date. You didn't have to email a copy of the ID or anything did you? I see Dion Wired asks for that on their checkout profile, going to do a dummy buy on Makro soon and verify what they want, but I think I'm mainly going to use takealot if the prices are right. Thank you for the feedback
Click to expand...
Just to check if it is valid and paid up
 
TheRidDlerX said:
So I've made up my mind that I'm gonna upgrade my TV come Black Friday if I can find a good enough deal and while I'm at it get a smallish one for my boy, in one go, so he can finally let me have my lounge back.

Initial thoughts were to just drop my father's TV lisence number like I did last time (mind you this was 2011)...
I don't have my own TV lisence and quite frankly I don't plan on getting one ever.

After today tho, I'm somewhat wondering if I should reconcider. Went into Dion Wired out of curiosity ask spoke to the salesman some. Apparently things have changed to such an extent that the person who's number it is needs to be present when buying a TV and even online purchases will be rejected if the lisence number and profile information of the buyer don't match.

Can anyone confirm this? Am I really going to have to concider one of these totally ripoff lisences?

Thanks for taking the time to read this
Click to expand...


Bought mine second hand no licence issues :laugh::laugh:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X