bought new TV Licence- they backdated its start to the end of my last one!!

[tezza1234]

Not really sure where to put this so please move if needed

 

i brought a TV licence outright (paid for the whole year) in May this year (2013) but

 

ive just had a email saying my licence has expired on 30th November 2013,

 

The only way this could be possible is if they backdated the yearly subscription if i didnt have a licence from november 2012-may 2013

(i may not have done, i can't honestly remember)

 

but even if i didnt

 

i had no one knock on the door or prove i was watching TV from november 2012-may 2013.

 

So what can i do as in my eyes my TV licence should not expire until May 2014.

[renegadeimp]

Give them a ring and ask them what is going on.

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

You are correct if no licence was in force prior to the purchase and your ID has been traced to the same address TVL can back date,

but if you had a licence then you can challenge it.

[tezza1234]

You are correct if no licence was in force prior to the purchase and your ID has been traced to the same address TVL can back date,

but if you had a licence then you can challenge it.

 

Could i not argue that i was not watching TV before i purchased the licence anyway

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

You can try certainly, did you own a TV recently purchased or rented during that period as the retailer or rental supplier will have automatically informed TVL of the sale or rental.

[tezza1234]

You can try certainly, did you own a TV recently purchased or rented during that period as the retailer or rental supplier will have automatically informed TVL of the sale or rental.

 

No my tv/computer are very old, I do have broadband which ive had for 3 years but certainly no purchases of tv's, computers, laptops or anything like that

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

Make a formal request to TVL for the reasons for back dating the licence.

[Anubis1275]

You can try certainly, did you own a TV recently purchased or rented during that period as the retailer or rental supplier will have automatically informed TVL of the sale or rental.

 

I thought that law had been repealed from July this year?

[tezza1234]

Make a formal request to TVL for the reasons for back dating the licence.

 

How would i make this formal request, saying what, to who, email, letter.

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

No idea on that we bought a TV in September and it was subject to the address check.

[ashmk]

I brought a TV this year also and had to fill their form in with some nonsense made up details.