Room 101

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Amazon - been watching some old Grand Tours, and looked at what they have on offer in the way of old Top Gear. Amazon wants £11 for two hours of cobbled together clips (Winter Blunderland). Perhaps forgetting that UK residents paid for this with our licence fees in the first place...

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Amazon - been watching some old Grand Tours, and looked at what they have on offer in the way of old Top Gear. Amazon wants £11 for two hours of cobbled together clips (Winter Blunderland). Perhaps forgetting that UK residents paid for this with our licence fees in the first place...

Top Gear is always on Dave...

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Top Gear is always on Dave...

I was looking for a specific one - where they go to the North Pole - with Dave I believe you get whatever they are airing. This isn't the one I was after, and the comedy pricing really rankles.

 

[jjbomber]

Amazon - been watching some old Grand Tours, and looked at what they have on offer in the way of old Top Gear. Amazon wants £11 for two hours of cobbled together clips (Winter Blunderland). Perhaps forgetting that UK residents paid for this with our licence fees in the first place...

Is it on BBC iPlayer?

 

[DCarmi]

Is it on BBC iPlayer?

They all are. 2007 series, is what you want. Not everyone has a TV licence, though. Amazon and the like sell quite a lot of BBC shows that are on iPlayer.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Thanks for the tip, guys. Will watch it that way.

 

[Dave_]

Perhaps forgetting that UK residents paid for this with our licence fees in the first place...

Thats not really how it works... by the same argument shouldn't all DVD/Blu-rays of 'BBC' programming be free?

TG was funded/produced by BBC World Wide/Studios i.e their commercial arm, and sold all over the world.

The BBC just happened to be a UK rightsholder

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Thats not really how it works... by the same argument shouldn't all DVD/Blu-rays of 'BBC' programming be free?

TG was funded/produced by BBC World Wide/Studios i.e their commercial arm, and sold all over the world.

The BBC just happened to be a UK rightsholder

I do understand - it's the combination of having paid my share of its production and Amazon's comedy pricing that jars.

And at least with physical media you get the actual thing - a better comparison would be with streaming, and the Beeb does allow this free via iPlayer.

 

[Dave_]

a better comparison would be with streaming, and the Beeb does allow this free via iPlayer.

It's not free

Since you can't (legally) use iPlayer to watch BBC programming without a TV Licence which is £14 a month these days

 

[Gray]

It's not free.!

Since you can't (legally) use iPlayer to watch BBC programming without a TV Licence which is £14 a month these days

My DD is £15 a month ☹️

 

[Dave_]

My DD is £15 a month ☹️

I'm just going by what's stated on the TVL website

Choose how often you would like to pay. Make sure you have your bank account details ready and follow a few simple steps.


Pay monthly - from £14.12
We'll usually spread the cost of your first Direct Debit licence over six months, at around £28.25 a month. From then on you’ll pay around £14.12 a month.


Pay quarterly - from £43.62
We'll take four payments throughout the year. Each payment will include a £1.25 charge.


Pay yearly - £169.50
You’ll pay the full licence fee automatically every 12 months.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/pay-for-your-tv-licence/ways-to-pay/direct-debit

Though I notice the use of "around" with regard to paying by monthly DD.

 

[plastic penguin]

The damn Internet. It crashed on Tuesday. The engineer came this afternoon and found it works intermittently, due to a issue with the exchange. But he doesn't know where the exchange is as he's not from this area. 😡😡😡

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

It's not free

Since you can't (legally) use iPlayer to watch BBC programming without a TV Licence which is £14 a month these days

It is.

My premise is that I am already funding the Beeb via this fee, so iPlayer costs me nothing.

 

[DCarmi]

In the same way I am funding Netflix and Amazon? The difference being what exactly?

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

The BBC TV licence is great value for us now. My wife is older than me and hit 75 this year and, she gets pension credits, so BBC is free.

 

[Gray]

The BBC TV licence is great value for us now. My wife is older than me and hit 75 this year and, she gets pension credits, so BBC is free.

...and the winter fuel payments won't be terminated 👍

 

[Romulus]

The BBC TV licence is great value for us now. My wife is older than me and hit 75 this year and, she gets pension credits, so BBC is free.

Is BBC TV Licence free for 75 upwards years old?

 

[jjbomber]

Is BBC TV Licence free for 75 upwards years old?

If you're on pension credit.

 

[Gray]

Oasis.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Oasis.

As I said to my son, immediately the reunion was announced and others have said. "There's a year to go before the concerts, they'll have fallen out again by then"

 

[DougK1]

As I said to my son, immediately the reunion was announced and others have said. "There's a year to go before the concerts, they'll have fallen out again by then"

I doubt it. Dubious anyone on here is foolish enough to believe this is for the fans or the music, it is purely a cash grab. I could never see what the attraction was for this bunch of ruddy idiots, I feel much the same about U2.

 

[Cricketbat70]

I doubt it. Dubious anyone on here is foolish enough to believe this is for the fans or the music, it is purely a cash grab. I could never see what the attraction was for this bunch of ruddy idiots, I feel much the same about U2.

It was light hearted on my part. I know they are not going to blow the chance of making mega bucks. Is it something like £50 million each they are going to get from this?

 

[Gray]

Tickets that were originally on sale for £135 were being sold by the same outlet for £350 before they sold out.

This was due to 'dynamic pricing' where the price increases in line with demand.
Anybody that complains about dynamic pricing....after paying a dynamically increased price...needs to go in room 101.

For £350 you could be subjected to the delights of Oasis - or you could buy a Wiim Ultra.....decisions, decisions.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

As I said to my son, immediately the reunion was announced and others have said. "There's a year to go before the concerts, they'll have fallen out again by then"

We thought the same thing. I don't mind the odd song, and have a great soft spot for Whatever - I used to sing it to our 29 y/o when he was a baby to rock him to sleep - always loved the lines about 'whatever you do, whatever you say yeah, I know it's alright', which summed up how I felt about him at the time. But they seem to be dreadful people to me. I was always amused by the time when Liam had a go at some photographers and one of them knocked some of his teeth out. I absolutely abhor violence, but on that occasion...

 

[Cricketbat70]

Tickets that were originally on sale for £135 were being sold by the same outlet for £350 before they sold out.

This was due to 'dynamic pricing' where the price increases in line with demand.
Anybody that complains about dynamic pricing....after paying a dynamically increased price...needs to go in room 101.

For £350 you could be subjected to the delights of Oasis - or you could buy a Wiim Ultra.....decisions, decisions.

I know what my decision would be.....