Did you know that when you buy a T.V. license in the U.K. that it is not valid for 1 calendar year, but rather 11 calendar months? The tight cunts will screw you out of money if you don’t buy it on any day other than the 1st of any month.
For example, if I purchased my license on the 1st of July 2007, it would be valid until the 30th June 2008 - giving me 1 whole year of usage for my money. However, if I purchased it on the 31st July 2007, it would still expire on the 30th June 2008 - at the end of 11 calendar months after purchase!
The cost remains the same (£135), but effectively the monthly cost goes up from £11.25 to £12.28, and it also means that I’d have to buy a new license after only 11 months. This may not seem like much, but it adds up. Over a 15 year period, if you mis-timed your initial purchase to the last day of the month, you’d end up buying 2 whole licenses more (an extra £270) - just for a 1-day error of judgement.
Do they publicise this on their website? Is it listed in their FAQ section? Is it fuck.
It’s about time that this con became more well publicised. Perhaps the conning cunts will take heart and openly advertise this on their website. Or perhaps not, given that I’ve known about this for at least 4 years now, and I’m sure it’s been going on for longer. Imagine how much money they must rake in from this duplicity!
You are forgetting that this only happens once, during the first year.
As a result of the license runnning to the end of the month, the new one will run from the beginning of the following month.
For example, buy a license on 28th June 2007, and it will run until 31st of May 2008. The replacement license will then run from 1st June 2008, until 31st May 2009, thus getting the full 12 months.
The same is also true for Car Tax.
Comment by Andrew — December 4, 2007 @ 9:59 am
Think you ll find the same case with road tax if you buy it over the counter.
Comment by Chance — December 4, 2007 @ 11:07 am