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0 pointsprogre5y ago0 comments

Also, alledgely, using scanners to catch cheaters. Though I got a visit from a man checking for unlicensed TV sets once and he didn't have a scanner, just a long list of people that didn't have a TV license.

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aysterberi5y ago

There was also the funny scare tactics commercials where they said you would get a snail on the eye if you didn't pay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03eeYQ72Y0

jamesrr395y ago

I bought a new TV and got a phone call from Radiotjänst a couple of weeks later, asking where they should send the bill for the TV license. Busted!

Now that the fee is discontinued, and it comes out of tax money instead, I sure don't miss getting those invoices.

progreOP5y ago

The electronics stores had a reporting duty as I remember.

whizzter5y ago

Yeah, it was some law iirc. Regarding being busted, i was zapping one day when the bell rang so i opened the door to the inspector with the remote in my hand and the TV blaring, THAT'D i call getting busted :D

progreOP5y ago

Apparently, they actually had scanners, but never used them

https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7113883 (swedish)

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aysterberi5y ago

There was also the funny scare tactics commercials where they said you would get a snail on the eye if you didn't pay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03eeYQ72Y0

jamesrr395y ago

I bought a new TV and got a phone call from Radiotjänst a couple of weeks later, asking where they should send the bill for the TV license. Busted!

Now that the fee is discontinued, and it comes out of tax money instead, I sure don't miss getting those invoices.

progreOP5y ago

The electronics stores had a reporting duty as I remember.

whizzter5y ago

progreOP5y ago

Apparently, they actually had scanners, but never used them

https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7113883 (swedish)

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