This is my reply to the regular letter I have been receiving for the last few months. Initially it was persistent SMS's but now it seems we have the "nice guy"approach.
"Good day Frank (The Operations Manager)
I'm not sure if anyone ever reads these mails, but if they do, they
must have a problem understanding English.
Before leaving South Africa I wasted a good 15 minutes of my
valuable time explaining to one of your customer service
representatives (sic) that I didn't have a TV set and was
therefore not paying a license fee. She then went on getting more
and more aggressive about paying fines, going to jail and being
pursued by the law till the end of my days.
When I informed her I was going to live in the Philippines, she
said something to the effect that they would deliver the summons
wherever I lived. I think she may have been under the impression
that the Philippines was a section of Phoenix, Mitchells Plain or
Alberton!!!
However if she has been watching the news recently (probably a bad
assumption?) she may have realised where it is.
IN SIMPLE TERMS I DO NOT HAVE A TV, DO NOT LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA
AND THEREFORE WILL NOT BE PAYING FOR A LICENSE WHICH I PAID
DILIGENTLY FOR YEARS.
If there is anyone there who may be interested - the Philippines
is on the other side of the world, it has 7 200 islands and nearly
100 million people. So your inspectors, who can't even locate
genuine license offenders in Gamalake are going to have an
interesting time finding me and delivering my summons.
Have a wonderful day
Best regards"
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As from 1 September
2013 the annual licence
fee will cost R265.00 per annum.
Concessionary licence
holders will only pay R74 per
annum (people over the age of 70
years and recipients of a social pension
from the Department of Social
Development may apply for such
licences). |
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FINAL NOTICE TO PAY TELEVISION LICENCE:
411972821
The above matter has reference.
As one of our valued licence holders who have paid
regularly in
the past, we have noticed that payment has not yet
been made on your
television licence account. Currently, your
balance on this account is
R318.00. Kindly settle the outstanding amount by
no later than
2013/11/30.
- Should you wish to pay via monthly or annual
debit order
please respond to this email and we will send
you a debit order
application form;
- Payment arrangements for the settlement of
the balance
may also be made - please reply to this e-mail
for such
arrangements.
Should you wish to pay your licence via credit
card directly on
the TV Licences internet website, follow this link to access
the payment site. Alternatively, you may pay at
any of the other pay points listed on our
website (tvlic.co.za). Whichever
payment method you choose,
please quote your TV licence number 411972821 as
reference.
Should you require any further assistance, please
reply to this
email or phone our Contact Centre on 011 330 9706
during office hours
(07:30 - 16:30 on weekdays and 08:00 - 13:00 on
Saturdays).
If already paid in the last 7 days please ignore
this letter.
Pay yours and make a difference.
Kind regards
Frank Awuah
Operations Manager |
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