"Huge" wrote in message
...
John Rumm writes:
roger wrote:

Suppliers have had to report purchasers for yonks. Back in 1977
when I

A few years ago I bought a DVD player for my SIL at a local Tesco.
They
insisted that I *had* to fill in a form with my name and address on
it.
It was fairly obvious from the form that it was for TV license
reporting. I attempted to explain to them that a DVD player was not
able
to receive TV transmission and hence there was absolutely no
circumstance that it could need a license. They were having none of
it... Since I needed the unit there and then, and it was past
closing
time in most shops, I gave them an address in then end, and they
were
happy. Just as well they did not read too carefully what I wrote.
;-)

The last time I bought a TV (in John Lewis) I refused point blank to
fill
out the TVLRO form, pointing out that I have a TV license. The droid
on
the till did not press the point.

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"The road to Paradise is through Intercourse."
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I bought a monitor from PC World a year ago and they insisted on an
address - so I gave them the Labour Party in Millbank Towers SW1 ! The
'highly trained member of staff' on the till never batted an eyelid
!!!

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