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Its a hoover washing machine and pacifica have been out 3 times on their behalf to repair it. Guy just fd off last time without saying anything and got a text saying they need to order parts. Could the guy not have figured that out on his previous visits.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
So do you think its better to go back to the place I bought it rather than dealing with hoover?Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
Absolutely. That's who you have a contract with.Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
https://www.mygov.scot/consumer-rights
Consumer rights
Last updated 1 Jul 2022
If you buy something from a shop and you are not happy with it you have certain rights.
You have the right to get a full refund, repair or replacement if what you bought isn't:
of a satisfactory quality – it should not be faulty or damaged
fit for purpose – it should be able to do the task you bought it for
as described – it must match the description given to you when you bought it
After 30 days
If the 30 day refund period has passed, you may still be able to get a refund if your item is faulty.
But before you can ask for a refund, you must give the shop a chance to either repair or replace your item.
You can choose whether to have your item repaired or replaced. But the shop can refuse your choice if the other option is cheaper.
Faulty items
If you find a fault with something within 6 months of buying it, it's assumed the fault was there when you bought it.
The shop must fix it, replace it or give you a full refund.
If you find the fault more than 6 months after you bought it, you have to prove it was faulty when you got it. Otherwise the shop doesn't have to give you a refund.
If the goods do not last a reasonable length of time (up to 5 years) you may be entitled to some money back.
If in doubt talk to trading standards at the council.
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Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
That could be a jail job, they don't muck about when it comes to aviation.
Not a direct reply to you, but regarding the bins being blown over my council are giving these free to keep the lids shut.Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
Excellent advice, the Consumer Rights Act is a powerful aid to all of us
Descaling the coffee machine.
Bluetooth ear buds that separate for no reason. Got about three pairs that won't connect together!!
Been mentioned a number of times already, but...
Going to watch a film that's advertised to start at 12:30, but the film itself doesn't actually starts until 12:55, as you have to suffer 25 minutes of trailers, ads and who knows what nonsense first.
It wasn't just the time, it was the ridiculous noise levels of some of the trailers, and the nonsense in some of the adverts, e.g. peoples whole lives being turned into some paradisaic fantasy all because they drink Coca-Cola!
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Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
I gave up with ear buds and went back to good old wired headphones. Thought buds were crap and they didn't really fit my ears well anyway.
People who stand milimetres behind you in the queue at the supermarket. Had some old woman whose shopping bag was on the back of my knees as she was standing so close in the queue for some unbeknownst reason.
That is really annoying. Happened to me a while back and the guy behind me had chronic halitosis. I couldn't move forward as I would be doing the same to the wifie in front of me (hopefully minus the halitosis ;))Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Buses and some of the people on them. Taxi was off the road and got a bus to the garage on Friday, big huge guy sat behind me and was on his phone, normally not a problem but he had his sounds on his keyboard. Click, click, clickety click in my left ear, then he started mumbling to himself, I was so close to turning round and telling him to shut the **** up, I hate buses.
Had a fight with a retailer about an oven that broke just after we got it, engineer came out once, fixed a relay or something on it, that repair lasted two weeks so went back to the retailer, they said contact the manufacturer, contacted them, they said go back to the retailer (which is right, by the way).Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Ended up having to go to the Chief Exec of the company to eventually get a new oven out, utter shambles.
First semi decent day of the year and the power tool ******s are out in force :rolleyes:
Folk behind you that start loading their shopping onto the belt at the supermarket before you are finished. I had that happen the other day. The shopping of the person in front of me was relatively far forward, so I started loading my stuff directly behind their stuff. The woman behind me starts loading her stuff at the back of me and I mean not even just at the back of the belt but really close to my first few items. I had quite a lot of stuff as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
People who think it is acceptable to take a tube of Pringles to the cinema
What's wrong with that? Asking for a friend :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by StevieT
What your thoughts on pringles on a plane?asking for a friend too🤔Quote:
Originally Posted by StevieT
Blue toothpaste…
There's no way you could take a full size pack on board. With the slightly lower air pressure, that's just a grenade, quite literally waiting to go "pop"! The small snack packs are bad enough as it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
Looking back over this thread I've realised I'm an incredibly annoying person :greengrin
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Originally Posted by Jay
You take Pringles to the Cinema?
Shame on you!
Yup and I also walk about looking at my phone like a fart in a trance , wear headphones and pretty much everything else that annoys people - but I'm okay with that. Somebody has to keep you all on your toes. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Shan baseball caps on nappers that wouldn't even suit a decent baseball cap.
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A litany of public transport peeves from me:
Disappearing buses. I use the Lothian Buses tracker and get on at the Jewel terminus. My house is a 5 minute walk from the stop. I leave the house about 10 minutes before the bus is due, get to the stop when the tracker says 5-6 mins, watch it tick down to due, sit at that for ages and the just disappear with the next bus showing as 20 minutes or whatever. An occurrence that is too regular, probably 3-4 times a month.
The seat spacing on Lothian single deckers. Were these designed by someone under 4ft. I'm 6'3" so tall but not freakishly so and they are so uncomfortable, you are literally jammed in and I can't get close to sitting straight. It either means taking up 2 seats or awkwardly rubbing legs with someone sitting next to you.
Why does it cost £7.50 to get the tram from Newhaven to the airport and exactly the same when I jumped on at Edinburgh Park last week covering a fraction of the distance? I had to do the same journey yesterday and just jumped off at Ingliston Park & Ride and walked the last 5 minutes, total cost - £2.
Why is there no 'city zone' return option on trains? I get the train from Brunstane to Edinburgh Park once a week. £3.60 single or £3.80 return. Last week I had to get the train in to Wester Hailes but home from Edinburgh Park. The only way to do it is 2 singles at £3.60 each. The respective journeys are the same single price, same return price and roughly the same journey time. Surely it isn't beyond Scotrail to do a 'return valid from these city stations' option.
Battery multi packs, I only need one small GP186 for an alarm clock which will last me years, but I can only buy a pack of 4.
Unofficial blue badge Police! Took the mother in law and my wife to the Gyle this morning and parked in disabled bay with badge displayed, unloaded wheelchair got the mother in law in it and we all went into the Gyle. I had a coffee with them and then left them there for a few hours. On getting back into the car, a nosey elderly guy marches over and asks “is that your blue badge”. I replied and said No it’s not but thanks for asking. He then went off on one about how I was abusing the system and that he was going to report me, he photographed my reg plate! Couldn’t see why I should explain to him so once again thanked him, smiled and got in my car leaving him ranting 😂
Must be something about the Gyle. We parked up outside M&S in my sister in law’s car which is clearly an adapted car. Me and my wife got out and were discussing where we would go first and somebody came up and started moaning that we must be abusing the blue badge system. Face changed when my wife opened the back to reveal her disabled sister.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Aside from that, one of us could have had a hidden disability that qualified us for a blue badge.
Re your Scotrail one that has prompted a pet peeve of mine which kind of explains your one. It’s not all the same price between the city stations. I live close to both South Gyle and Edinburgh Park. It is cheaper to go from Haymarket to South Gyle than it is Haymarket to Edinburgh Park. Which is strange. There’s no intermediate station on either route and it is roughly the same distance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I’ve had the same thought as you about the city ticket as sometimes it’s worth not waiting on a South Gyle train and is better getting an Edinburgh Park train and walking the wee bit extra at the end.
One of my Wifes friends had a stroke and was given an adapted car and access to a disabled bay outside her flat in Craigentinny. She got up one morning recently to find her drivers side window smashed and her blue badge stolen
To make things worse she went back to her car after reporting it to Police only to find a traffic warden had stickered her for not displaying her blue badge 😡
Drama queen's. Drive me nuts.
I bought a pregnancy ball on vinted. No word after 7 days so i sent a message saying Hi, are you intending on sending this item. As its been 7 days I'm just checking everything is OK.
Complete meltdown by the seller accusing me of being rude. Messages back and forward, mostly me saying its an £8 order calm doon. Turns out the word 'intending' is rude and triggered her. I just can't deal with the drama. Post the ball or cancel the order. Job done. :rolleyes:
I dont use any of those places but my Son In Law is a very respected seller so he gets rid of my stuff for me. My problem are people wanting something for nothing despite me knocking a fair chunk off it in the first placeQuote:
Originally Posted by Jay
I have a few guitars and decided to sell a couple, one was over £1000 when I bought it and I also paid around £500 to give it a complete overhaul, for good measure I threw in a practice amp, shoulder strap, new strings, hard case etc, an absolute knockdown price of £700
My Son In Law messaged me a week after putting it up for sale with someone offering £400 🤣
I sold it a day later for my asking price 😁
I know that is annoying for you as the seller but I find that quite funny in that it's just a total chancer trying his luck on a big ticket item. You are never going to sell to them at that price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
It's the people who haggle over miniscule amounts I don't get. I usually just bag stuff up for the charity shop if it's still in decent nick when I'm done with it. I did have a couple do really nice shirts I had never worn and decided to sell them in Vinted recently. They were both priced at £90, I got them in a sale for £50 and stuck them on Vinted both still with tags for £15. One guy offered £14 which I rejected because it's a decent item and already a bargain for him. He came back and offered £14.50. Mate it's 50 ****ing pence. I rejected the offer just out of spite really and someone else paid the asked price. Both shirts sold in less than a day so it wasn't like I was totally over with my pricing, if anything I was under. I can't imagine missing out on something I wanted for the sake of trying to save 50p.
Funny you say that about the charity, I had another guitar and amp plus bits n bobs which I was selling for £100, again I got offered around £60 which I refused.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I then seen a youth club in Niddrie who were looking for unwanted musical instruments so they could teach young folk in the area how to play music, perfect, I contacted them and they collected an acoustic, an electric guitar, an amp, cables, foot pedal and some plectrums, someone will benefit and I managed to clear some space
For my new guitars 😁
That Pot Noodle advert..
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Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
You also get the opposite side if it on places like eBay, where sellers do similar.
Item is advertised at £50, but open for offers. So you offer £40, seller responds saying £49.50. So you offer £45, seller says £49.25. Usually just chuck it at that point, don’t say you’re open to offers then take the piss when someone actually does that. Just set it at buy it now for 50, saves a lot of faffing about
I actually dont mind someone trying to knock a tenner off the price as I dont know their budgets so worth a try. Im not in the business of selling anything for gain and Im happy my equipment is going to a good homeQuote:
Originally Posted by McD
A few years ago I sold a stunning Tanglewood guitar after only 6 months of owning it, I just didnt like its playability so knocked £50 off the price I bought it for. A guy from Kirkaldy who played in a folk band messaged me almost immediately but asked if I would accept £10 off the price
I accepted and he drove over within an hour, tried the guitar and handed the cash over, no piss take and both of us happy
Does my head in, awful advertQuote:
Originally Posted by silverhibee
I see your pot noodle advert and raise you the on the beach advert. Christmas songs in March? **** off.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverhibee
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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs
Sorry mate, should have made myself clearer, I wasn’t referring to you, I agree with a lot of what your post said :greengrin
Like you, I’d happily see a bit less money and see something go to a good home
I’m catching up on a podcast so about 6 months out of date and the advert might not be playing anymore. However the McDonalds radio add for working for them. They’re making a big play about the flexible working for a managers job, fair enough. Though the actor/character they chose sounds like they have had a lobotomy. It’s bizarre, they sound like an alien trying to impersonate a human.Quote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
Oh of course mate I didnt think you were referring to me 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
I was just on my high horse there for a bit 😁
I agree though and I always chop a fair chunk off the price as Im not really interested in making profits, most of the guitars and equipment have been used and although at times frustrating they were a part of my learning and Im just happy for someone to get a use out of the stuff rather than it all gathering dust in the corner of a room
Chopping the price off a 6 month old guitar to almost half price and someone offers half of that is taking the piss though
Come on horsey 🤣
Channel gets changed as soon as it comes on.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverhibee
Folk that insist on using bigliest on The Main Forum when referring to Hearts.
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People who repeat themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
I'll probably continue to repeat it until it ceases to be a thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish
You may be at it a while. What would you replace bigliest with? Works for me as the sort of adjective they like to present themselves with while extracting urine.Quote:
Originally Posted by HUTCHYHIBBY
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It's a thread for Pet Peeves, that's my main one for now.Quote:
Originally Posted by O'Rourke3
People that say "Oh my days" may continue to be top of the list having given it further consideration.
When someone is interviewed and clickbait claims they have 'spoken out' or 'broken their silence' . They've just had a chat and answered a question :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by jay
"Jay from hibs.net breaks his silence on clickbait interview fury"
Commentators that prefix or suffix Harry Kane's name every time with "the England captain".
Last night, they couldn't just say his name. If it wasn't "great strike by Harry Kane, the England captain" it was "brilliant link up play from the England captain, Harry Kane". Why wasn't it "lovely play by Joshua Kimmich, the Germany vice-captain"? He just got plain old "Kimmich".
Just saw an ad on Facebook for "dog mum" mother's day cards. Wtaf is that about ? ****ing mental.
Have to agree, ****ing annoying. Through work I meet a lot of “cat mummy’s and daddy’s” with “fur babies” (BOKE). They’re all extraordinarily nippy, I really do dread to imagine their social circle. Now I love my cats, I really do, but they’re not my babies. In fact, in cat years my oldest would be 15 years older than me. Also can’t stand when people talk to their pets as if they’re talking to a newborn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
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Must admit I do talk a load of utter nonsense to my dog when nobody's listening but "fur babies" is scarily common and utterly bonkers.Quote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
Oh I talk utter pish to my cats too mate but it’s the daft wee baby voice in front of company, bizarreQuote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
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Agree with all of the above.Quote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
They're animals from a different species, if you want to mother something have a baby.
My wife has a friend who got a dog with their partner, mothered it to the point of absurdity (picking him up, calling him "son", holding like a baby etc) and then shock horror they got married and then got pregnant within the space of a year or so and the dog was a yappy, jealous nightmare when the baby was born so he had to be given away. So the dog suffers in the long term because of the mental behaviour of the owners.
If my wife doesn't get a card from our dogs she'll genuinely go in the huff with me. Same with her birthday. Was moaning about game on Sunday but with it being a later kick off I've talked her round. If it had be earlier, nightmare.
But she's not annoyed at the dogs?Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
Getting banned from promotions and free games on Virgin Bet... ah sorry lads, did you not turn me into the problem gambler like you wanted?
(I'm a bit conflicted on this one to be fair, they're a business and have identified me as someone who just takes there's freebies and spends nothing... but they offer them up and that's their choice. Would Costco ban me if I go there every week, take a free sample and leave?).
I genuinely enjoyed by daily fives player and checking if they'd scored at the weekend, my wife played too and we'd compare teams etc. Generally I'd be wanting on some defender from West Ham scoring for 50p or something which would have no bearing on their profits.
Doesn't get a card "from your dogs"?!? Like a birthday card written presumably by you but as if it's from your dogs?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by DH1875
I think I'm misunderstanding something TBF 😅
For me, currently it's the word "winningest" and "he's come up clutch" in sports commentary. Just American bollocks, pure and simple.
"The streets will remember..."
WTF is all that about?
Further evidence that I'm clearly getting auld, which is my main peeve.
Followed by a pretty well known player (or music artist etc) from about 15 years ago at most as if 2008 was some far off era dominated by whooping cough and outdoor lavvies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
Not having a clue what some posters' peeves are actually about.
Household dust and the speed at which it returns.
Nope, your right 🙃.Quote:
Originally Posted by lyonhibs
You must be getting auld, it’s “the streets will never forget”! And the only person fitting of it is Adel Taarabt. What a pler.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
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I'm not sure Mikey Skinner would remember. ☺️Quote:
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And Tony Yeboah.Quote:
Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC
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The Evening News reporting on a cafe/restaurant/shop being "beloved" when it closes down, WTF.
Folk that superset at the gym at a busy time and basically reserve several bits of equipment at once. I don't mind if they have a kettlebell or a dumbbell and use that between sets on a resistance machine but sometimes it is multiple resistance machines all being reserved at once.
There was an even more annoying variation on this at my gym last night. There was a girl who wasn't supersetting but reserving the next machine she wanted to go on. So for example, she was on the shoulder press machine and her towel and water were on the lat pull machine seat. She finished the shoulder press, moved the bottle and towel to the chest press machine and went on the lat pull machine and so forth this went on. I was very tempted to either remove the bottle and towel and go on the machine or try sneak in to the machine she was about to go on when she was mid-moving the bottle and towel.
People who litter.
People who don't queue.
People who don't vote.
People who vote in ********s and are then surprised.
People who have no historical knowledge of before about 2000.
People who leave their dogs barking incessantly in the back garden after 10pm.
People who drive with no spatial awareness of what is going on behind them.
People who talk complete *****.
People who endorse people who talk *****.
People who ignore facts.
Free massive advertising for Glastonbury on BBC news coverage when its a commercial event.
Have I Got News for You for playing a massive part in making Boris Johnson a thing.
I am 59.
59 year old moaning buzzards 😀
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Regarding the barking dog, simply do what I do and lift the dog into your own back garden and then go back indoors, see how your neighbour likes it.Quote:
Originally Posted by One Day Soon
Getting old, ever notice that the older you get you start to feel like an old car, one thing goes, then the next, then the next. Get something fixed and another thing goes South
Would love to be transported back to my bullet proof youth where I had never heard of a Drs Surgery 🤢
Testify brother, thread closed!Quote:
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Perhaps this now belongs in the things that give you pleasure thread due to a satisfiability ending but selling a house - time waster viewers, sales falling through due to things that should/could have been anticipated... finally got a part exchange offer from our next development which allows for us to make the move though.
Virgin Media. I'm out of contract. I went on their website last night to see what deals I could get. I had to log into my account. Clicked on a deal to see what was included this was listed at "step 2 of 3". Didn't fancy it, so closed it down. I've now received an email with a contract. Changing buggers. I'll now have to phone them and wait in a queue for ages.
I agree with a lot of this list but to be fair to both the BBC and Glastonbury, they have a deal where the BBC get to cover the festival exclusively and Glastonbury get the coverage*. Essentially the BBC aren't advertising the festival, as that would be against their own rules but they will advertise their coverage of the festival. Eavis could easily sell the rights to Glasto coverage to a commercial media service but choses the BBC so it is on non-subscription TV and the BBCs coverage of the event is excellent across their various services.Quote:
Originally Posted by One Day Soon
* There has been FOI requests put into the BBC to see the details of the cost of Glastonbury, which would include any payment to Eaves for the coverage but it has been ruled to be outwith FOI Act as it would place the BBC at a commercial disadvantage to their non public service competitors. But we know the BBC invest a lot of resources into the coverage across their radio/TV and online services (Glastonbury is far and away their most successful digital programming). Eaves has never stated he gets a payment for the coverage from the BBC but you'd need to assume he does, I doubt that would comes close to what he could get if the rights were auctioned off onto commercial media as it still remains one of the best music and arts festivals in the world.
People that get **** faced on planes and act like Fanny's. Airline should have a duty of care to stop serving said individual. The guy had five bottles of wine and five rums on a 3.5 hr flight
Ah you cant beat that holiday feeling 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
I suppose its down to tolerance, Ive had many a “scoop” on a plane going a similar journey and wasnt drunk or being a dick, I enjoy a few as it relaxes me and then I pop on my headphones and chill out. Nowadays its coffee if I fly anywhere
A few years ago I had a pleasant wee Glaswegian lady sat beside me and she bought half the drinks trolley and more, I wasnt worried about her being a drunk old radge, I was more worried she would leave me nowt on the trolley 😁
Trouble is they will probably kick off at being told 'no'. Happened to a guy on my flight to Thailand last year. He was basically asking for a beer every time a member of staff went past. Eventually they said no and he caused an even bigger scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
It's really poor from an industry that is completely devoid of morals. The wee games and free bets are chicken feed to them and the fact that they exclude people because they don't turn into gamblers just say tells you how much interest they have in the person using them.Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
They do. If cabin crew see you are drunk you won't get any more or refused boarding if still on the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzzywuzzy
'Why should I give money to Comic Relief, it all just gets spent in Africa anyway, we should look after our own first'.
Firstly it's factually incorrect. Secondly it's said by the type of people who don't do anything to help anyone; 'our own' or otherwise.
Team listings in numerical order rather than position
:agree: And also, players' positions should be stapled on to their backs, like in netball.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
Aye, Jordan obita, goal defence 🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
The BBC licence advert saying that it's needed to watch over 400 Live tv channels.
Last time I looked the BBC has 4 tv channels.
The licence is require to watch or record all live TV, that includes non BBC channels but doesn't include streaming services, eg you can watch Gogglebox on All4 but never on channel 4 unless you have a license. Live services like Hibs TV aren't included as they subscription onlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
Still don't see where they get 400 Live tv channels from though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch
Sky have over 300 channels on it so I quite believe itQuote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
You do need it if you watch anything as live on the likes of Channel 4’s streaming service or Amazon Prime, etc. Even live stuff on YouTube like when Sky News have a live broadcast on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch
Folk that use hyperbole to the extent that they stray into the territory of talking utter pish. I saw someone refer to the wee bridge bit at Glasgow Central on Argyle Street as a “No Go Zone” today. Granted, it stinks of stale pish and chip fat but it’s hardly a war zone. Never felt unsafe there, neither has my wife (it’s annoyed me to the extent I actually asked her opinion), so who is it a no go zone for? ****ing nobody, you’re just a professional whinger. Shut up.
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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
They’re effectively saying that you can’t watch any channel from any broadcaster if you don’t have a tv license. Factually it’s not wrong, but it’s not wholly accurate either, as the license itself doesn’t provide access to 400 channels
If you need the licence to watch Sky for example why does it cost more by subscription if I've already got a TV licence?Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
My tv is not connected to an aerial or satellite dish. Everything I watch is over the Internet so very little is live TV.
The license covers live TV. Your choice to enter a contract with Sky is something else. Same asQuote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
you should also have a dog license, you don't get the XL Bully for free
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When was this, the nineteen eighties? :na na:Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
You are conflating the three parts of the licence. The licence does three separate things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
Firstly, it gives you the authority to watch as live/linear TV irrespective of provider. You need it to watch BBC channels, Sky channels, live subscription channels (e.g. the football on Prime, WWE once its on Netflix, etc.) and the likes of Sky News that broadcasts as live on YouTube. This is also irrespective of medium: if you watch STV via Freeview, Virgin, Sky, STV Player, you need a TV licence. This doesn't cover on-demand services (except iPlayer - see the next point), so you are fine if you watch Coronation Street the next day on STV Player or the bulk of the content on Prime, Netflix, etc.
Secondly, it gives you the authority to watch iPlayer irrespective of whether it is as live/linear TV or on-demand. I think this used to be different. Previously, I think you were fine to watch on-demand stuff on iPlayer, so effectively it was just like the first point. They changed that, so you now need a licence to watch iPlayer on-demand shows.
Thirdly, it funds the BBC. This is separate to point one. The money you pay for a licence to watch any TV funds the BBC. However, Sky, Virgin, Prime are free to charge over and above this.