Well then, the first proper TV Licensing letter for 2025 has finally arrived. And it’s a new one. New for me that is. It’s telling me that an IN01O0 code has been issued for my address. Presumably to scare me as that sounds very official or something. A quick search tells me this isn’t really a new thing though, letters with this code (or variations of the code) seem to have been sent for years.
The rest of the letter turns out to be rather bland and boring, essentially repeating a lot of the stuff I’ve read dozens of times now. Criminal offence, fine, formal notification, interview under caution, prosecution, the usual “scary” stuff. All with a lot of ifs, coulds, maybes and the like, as after all they can’t do any of those scary things if no offence is committed. Which it isn’t, as I don’t watch any live TV.
Now let’s see what the next letter brings.
I’ve had one of these arrive today! It’s not the first time I’ve had one either, but it makes me laugh that they use this completely meaningless code in a manner which is supposed to be threatening, but just leaves the recipient thinking “Eh? Wassat then?”
Absolute load of cobblers as usual from TV Licensing… How much must they spend sending this garbage out every month or so? I’ve got a decent collection of letters from them spanning a good few years now, and they just repeat… The threats are empty, it’s more a source of amusement then anything else these days.