SABC plans licence clampdown

so if this inspector dude pitches up and my house and demands to see my license/id, why the hell should i show him anything but my closed door!

anyway, i like in a duplex amongst a zillion other duplex's anyway, so its not like they could use their scanning thing , the duplex is not in my name either , and i don't have a tv anyway cause i have bf2 and adsl,haha!!
 
All my friends call me before they visit, so when someone rings my doorbell i just ignore it.
 
From Bwana's post :

Q: What is a TV set, as defined in the Act?
A: Any device designed or adapted to be capable of receiving a broadcast television signal.
This includes a PC fitted with a TV tuner card.

The act defines a coat hangar as a TV. Now that's blerry rediculous. :p
I'm pretty sure we can challenge the wording there ...

It's just like the damn current telecoms act - it's subjective to make space for future technologies ...
 
surreytj said:
They probably won't cut their ads but at least you'll get better programs on tv. Then they might try and buy better programming to compete with Mnet and e-tv
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The TV license is money for nothing. And it covers radio and other services as well. Just out of interest, you have any idea what the likes of an episode of something like "Lost" costs Mnet? Not to mention other shows like CSI, NipTuck, etc etc. Oh, then there's Cricket coverage, Rugby, Football, etc etc. Then we haven't even spoken about the rights to movies (yeah, even the 7 millionth rerun of Driving Miss Daisy or Mississippi Burning still costs money to air). So, even with the TV license supposedly "helping" in improving the quality of "supposed" free to air broadcasts, it is not a patch of what they make with Advertising, and even if everyone pays their TV license, the crud and quality of said crud will continue to be shown, with regular, lengthy interruptions telling you to buy cheap coffee, cr@ppy soap, super absorbant tampons/pads and even more absorbant huggies.
 
So the only thing to do is to get a library card and start reading books.

Seriously, when is the last time that you (i.e. anyone) read a book?
 
neio said:
So the only thing to do is to get a library card and start reading books.

Seriously, when is the last time that you (i.e. anyone) read a book?
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These days barely time for more than one a week.
 
I'm going to join one, anyone know of a library in the Woodmead area?
 
bwana v.5 said:
These days barely time for more than one a week.
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LOL ;)
kingmonty said:
So, even with the TV license supposedly "helping" in improving the quality of "supposed" free to air broadcasts, it is not a patch of what they make with Advertising, and even if everyone pays their TV license, the crud and quality of said crud will continue to be shown, with regular, lengthy interruptions telling you to buy cheap coffee, cr@ppy soap, super absorbant tampons/pads and even more absorbant huggies.
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It might be a small percentage compared to advertising, but I wouldn't call more than a billion rand from licenses nothing.
 
bwana v.5 said:
Thats why I'm neutering my televisions so they will only be able to get satellite.
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Ah yes but you see the problem with that is that you receive SABC on your Sat decoder.

There really is not winning:(
 
sparklehorse said:
It might be a small percentage compared to advertising, but I wouldn't call more than a billion rand from licenses nothing.
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Fair enough... But it isn't billions. The SABC has soo many costs surrounding TV licenses that their net gain from it might be 1 point something billion, if anywhere near that. For instance, they subcontract the printing of the "reminders", they subsidise the cost of marketing and advertising the "Pay your TV License" campaigns (costs that are still offset against their books), they pay legal teams to draught threat letters and do collections. There are enormous costs - barely enough to pay for a full three seasons of CSI Miami and 2 Full Cinema released features. Oh, Btw, lest everyone foregets: M-Net Channels (incl M-Net, MM, MM2, Action, Kyknet, etc) have special arrangements with Ster Kinekor (who just so happens to be SA's chief film distributor) because both happen to be owned by Primedia. So there will be special concessions between the distributor and th broadcaster. I do feel that paying R400 a month towards DSTV should include the SABC TV License.
 
*knock knock*

*open door*

"Hello. Can I help you?

"I'm a TV license inspector. I want to check..."

"Sorry. I'm not here right now."

*close door*
 
werner said:
if you want to be first world, and have first world broadband then the other first world rules apply...pay your tv license guys. We can argue till the cows come home whether it is worth it or not, but if it is part of the law then thats the game you have to play.

Here in the Uk it is pretty jacked up, each address has a license which covers that address, but the license is in a persons name (because some houses are split into two or even three sub-houses), so require 3 licenses. My mom-in-law came to visit and bought a vcr to take back to the seychelles, she paid cash, but bought an extended warranty on it, and registered the extended warranty at my address.

2 days later (I kid you not) I get a letter in the post...basically, Mrs xyz, we see you bought a piece of kit that can receive tv signals, but dont have a tv license in your name for the address you gave, please provide proof of a tv license that covers that piece of equipment.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard that other "1st world" nations just add the costs onto the tv purchase price?
 
not in the uk, it's a seperate license fee, about £110 last time I looked. I cant say what happens in other countries, no idea..but it isnt all countries that have a seperate "tv license" fee, so I presume the hidden cost is either in the purchase price of the goods, or taken care of by (even more) adverts.
 
This is the best of all.....

I go to register for and to buy a brand new TV licence in October last year being a good citizen as I had just "won" a TV in a competition. Two months later, I get a bill from them for my "arrears" amount outstanding since the previous year. For the monthly debit fee of R35.00. When I queried this, I got a response stating that 10 or so months before, and inpector had come around to my house,found that I did not have a TV licence and that I had there and then from him taken my TV licence out on the monthly payment scheme!!!! Have you ever?????. I disputed this saying it was a lie and was prepared to go to court and take this public, their response??? they would believe me if I gave them a signed affadavit . I told them not a hope in hell, they should sort out their own corrupt mess,and .... 10 months down the line still waiting to hear from them again:confused:
 
Padded Mouse said:
.... 10 months down the line still waiting to hear from them again:confused:
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Beware. My folks went through 3 court battles about this same issue. The SABC managed to fudge things so badly around 8 years ago or so. My parents, who have always been together bought a second TV around then. A TV licesne inspector came around and asked to see the license, which they then showed him, along with both IDs. 6 months later, my Father (the TV license was in my Mom's name) received an arrears letter to the tune of R4k (Legal fees, etc was taken into account). My Father then contested this telephonically with the TV License department. Every month after that (for 6 months) my father received further letters. Then finally, he received a final demand letter, and a week after that a summons. He went to court, and was instructed to settle the amount (It was then around R10k) in full or face being placed under administration. He was basically forced to pay (and the SABC lawyers went ahead and Blacklisted him at the Credit Bureaus anyway). Several of these cases have apparently surfaced since. So be careful, the SABC are not afraid to list you for R35.
 
Fax them. Frequently.

I had some license issues with them a while back, sent them a fax. Next day, sent it 5 times. Next day, 10, then 20 the day after that. After a few days, I was sending 100 pages a night. They very quickly got hold of me and resolved the problem.

(Fax sent from PC using print to fax. Used WordPerfect, as it generates one single print job, so one single, long fax. Word generates 100 sepearte print jobs, thus 100 separate faxes. Ick.)
 
Claymore said:
Fax them. Frequently.

I had some license issues with them a while back, sent them a fax. Next day, sent it 5 times. Next day, 10, then 20 the day after that. After a few days, I was sending 100 pages a night. They very quickly got hold of me and resolved the problem.

(Fax sent from PC using print to fax. Used WordPerfect, as it generates one single print job, so one single, long fax. Word generates 100 sepearte print jobs, thus 100 separate faxes. Ick.)
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If you are really nasty, and they dont have a plain paper fax machine (i.e. they use thermal transfer), just fax them a couple of hundred pages long fax, a big black jpg would do the trick.

The fire brigade will have a busy night..

(note: just a joke...not a hint or anything...)
 
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