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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 6 May 2020 09:15

I had a phone call yesterday from a local number and a guy asked if he could speak to mr Michael Taylor

I said no you can’t . Why ? Isn’t he available.

Well Hardly because he passed nearly five years ago!

Turned out to be the optician who we both dealt with, and I still do , and he had been given a list of people to contact to say we are still here if you need us

Told him well I did inform them he had passed away so why hasn’t the system Noted this

And why try to contact him and not me !

A big !!!!! Up I think

Not a nice call to receive though even though I didn’t get upset , but someone else could if they had lost a relative more recently
:-(

Kay????

Kay???? Report 6 May 2020 07:01


They probally have you listed as still using a B/W 9 " screen.


. :-D :-D

Allan

Allan Report 5 May 2020 20:55

Andysmum, we shifted to Australia thirty eight years ago so I'm sure that it's not genuine :-D :-D :-D

Sharron

Sharron Report 5 May 2020 17:57

We are not eligible for them anymore.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 5 May 2020 17:49

At least they didn’t cut the tax credits ;-)

Sharron

Sharron Report 5 May 2020 17:24

Because we have lost an income, we have applied for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit.

A letter came to say that, since we have applied for UC, we are no longer eligable for the nothing a month we have previously been paid in Tax Credits

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 5 May 2020 17:08

I've had the email telling me its expiring, and to avoid going jail to follow their link and pay up...urgently

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 5 May 2020 15:07

Are you sure it's genuine?

We have had several recently telling us that if we don't pay by tomorrow our licence will be cancelled. If we give them our Bank details all will be well!!

As we are still enjoying the free TV licence it is of course, nonsense, and all get deleted. :-) :-)

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 5 May 2020 12:42

Allan’s fine could wipe out the national debt :-D

Phyll

Phyll Report 5 May 2020 10:19

I have had several of these TV reminders. All rubbish.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 5 May 2020 08:41

:-D :-D :-D

Allan

Allan Report 5 May 2020 00:11

Who, the Licence people or the young ladies? ;-) :-D :-D :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 5 May 2020 00:01

I wonder if they're working from home, and more efficient than in the office?

Allan

Allan Report 4 May 2020 23:04

I have three email addresses, Maggie, two with my Internet Service and a Hotmail address.

I use the Hotmail one for all dealings which are not important such as this site, Ancestry FMP etc.

The TV licence one came through in the junk mail box of Hotmail, which box I must say contains some very interesting offers from young ladies who think that I must be God's gift to all women ;-)

What really irked me regarding the TV licence was that not once in thirty eight years have they ever sent a reminder :-D :-D

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 4 May 2020 22:54

How did they get your email address? :-0

Allan

Allan Report 4 May 2020 21:58

I received an email yesterday from whatever Department deals with TV licences.

Apparently, my UK TV licence has been cancelled for non-payment of fees :-S

It's only taken them thirty eight years to catch up with me :-D