How to cancel and stop paying your TV licence

biometrics · Jul 13, 2016

Thor187 said:
Ahh well then. No complaints here I'll pay.

Remember to pay your etolls.

Thor · Jul 13, 2016

biometrics said:
Remember to pay your etolls.

I live in a DA run world.

#Capsit

MrR · Jul 13, 2016

Will the warranty be voided if you remove the tuner?
What's the typical costs of removing the tuner (through a "professional")?

Pixelbender · Jul 14, 2016

Antybubbs said:
I was going to say... dont you NEED a TV license to BUY a TV.... if you cancel it how the heck do you buy a new TV?

Easy, you just buy the license right there at the dealer.

ThinkCentre · Jul 14, 2016

Bottom line is to not buy a TV any more! Buy a monitor and a media player and you are waxed! Even an Intel NUC could do!

ThinkCentre · Jul 14, 2016

Take your old TV and go dump it in the foyer of the SABC!

Willie Trombone · Jul 14, 2016

biometrics said:
So you're talking **** and shilling. Got it.

Why would he/she be a shill? Is the story so hard to believe? First hand experience that it's 100% true

Drunkard #1 · Jul 14, 2016

ThinkCentre said:
Bottom line is to not buy a TV any more! Buy a monitor and a media player and you are waxed! Even an Intel NUC could do!

Have you used an Intel NUC?

Maybe the new i3 and i5, but the old ones... No. Thanks.

Thor · Jul 14, 2016

ThinkCentre said:
Bottom line is to not buy a TV any more! Buy a monitor and a media player and you are waxed! Even an Intel NUC could do!

a 55" monitor will put you in debt for the rest of your life

OrbitSA · Jul 14, 2016

What's going to happen when the digital migration is completed? Would we still have to pay TV licence even if we don't take the set top box?

thehuman · Jul 14, 2016

OrbitSA said:
What's going to happen when the digital migration is completed? Would we still have to pay TV licence even if we don't take the set top box?

ser top box still have a tuner

wsbigdog · Jul 14, 2016

How do you cancel if you are moving out of the country. My sister tried but was not able to before leaving to NZ

gregmcc · Jul 14, 2016

Thor187 said:
Before I go about ranting how incompetent South Africa is, I just want to check. IS TV licences only a SA thing?

Nope - Here its £145.50 a year but then I can't complain about the free TV channels.

DeSLAM · Jul 14, 2016

ThinkCentre said:
Take your old TV and go dump it in the foyer of the SABC!

Amen to that!

Racketeering, is organized crime = act of offering of a dishonest service (a "racket") to solve a problem that wouldn't otherwise exist without the enterprise offering the service.

Pay an SABC inspector to come and investigate if you don't have a TV? And you already pay his salary via your taxes? = Just who do they think they are.... its racketeering.

He's welcome to go and check TVs - its his job - but to charge a fee for that on top of his salary paid by the tax payer?

No wonder SABC refuses to comply with ICASA rulings. They can't force you to watch state TV.

An affidavit signed by a witness at a police station to state that you no longer own a TV will stand up in court.

If not - dump your TV in the foyer of the SABC and photograph it. They can sweep away the pieces themselves.

They can't regulate what you don't own any more. And if you don't own a TV any more - there is no need to entertain them.

Geoff.D · Jul 14, 2016

ellyally said:
I can actually speak to this, I had purchased a tv for my grandmother many years ago, and when she died, sabc was all over it saying she didn't have license etc and owed for x years, they were like the plague. Its like they work through obituaries or something. I eventually found the old c/card slip with my sig and receipt(luckily I keep those things for warranties etc) which executor then used to prove it was mine purchased on my license, so they got nothing. It didn't keep them for years after sending invoices and threatening letters, they seem to have given up now, I guess trying to threaten a dead woman became rather pointless after some time. This was like 10 years ago, don't know if they are still doing it. I do wonder though how many people pay their dead relatives tv license.

Thank you! for confirming how messy this business gets ......

Simphiwe999 said:
Why would he/she be a shill? Is the story so hard to believe? First hand experience that it's 100% true

Appreciate the support .....

OrbitSA said:
What's going to happen when the digital migration is completed? Would we still have to pay TV licence even if we don't take the set top box?

Yes, except IF you were one of those who received a subsidised STB as part of the DoC programme presumably!

xrapidx · Jul 14, 2016

Stopped paying mine in October last year... called the call center, told them my TV input was buggered, they are welcome to check, was told to send an affidavit.

Emailed and faxed affidavit, no response.

November I got notice of late payment, emailed and faxed affidavit again..

December, same story.

January again.

Now I just report the emails and sms's as spam.

(PS. They never told me they required a specific affidavit, so I did one up myself and had it stamped by a commissioner of oaths).

Oh ya - True Caller identifies the SABC "collectors" - so I've blocked the number.

Geoff.D · Jul 14, 2016

xrapidx said:
Stopped paying mine in October last year... called the call center, told them my TV input was buggered, they are welcome to check, was told to send an affidavit.

Emailed and faxed affidavit, no response.

November I got notice of late payment, emailed and faxed affidavit again..

December, same story.

January again.

Now I just report the emails and sms's as spam.

(PS. They never told me they required a specific affidavit, so I did one up myself and had it stamped by a commissioner of oaths).

Oh ya - True Caller identifies the SABC "collectors" - so I've blocked the number.

Unfortunately, your experience is the same as many others' have encountered. Generally speaking, ordinary citizens have a very tough time with these issues. The more messy cases only get resolved when a legal person gets involved .... which of course increases the costs for ordinary persons .....

Creag · Jul 14, 2016

ThinkCentre said:
Take your old TV and go dump it in the foyer of the SABC!

They'll love me and my Sony 81cm CRT dropped in their foyer. Probably get some trumped up charged for it... but it may just be worth it.

wsbigdog said:
How do you cancel if you are moving out of the country. My sister tried but was not able to before leaving to NZ

Folk who have been deceased for years still get these critters hounding them to pay. The incompetence and ineptitude in their dank hallows are never going to disappoint in this regard.

xrapidx said:
Stopped paying mine in October last year...

Oh ya - True Caller identifies the SABC "collectors" - so I've blocked the number.

Truecaller ID FTW again!

Creag · Jul 14, 2016

Just curious, though, has anyone actually ever seen this so-called TV Licence Inspector?

Geoff.D · Jul 14, 2016

McT said:
Just curious, though, has anyone actually ever seen this so-called TV Licence Inspector?

Not for many years ........ last case my wife remembers was somewhere in the late 80's
In the olde days, you could be assured that you would be visited at least twice in a 5 year period.

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