no, they say: whoever has a tv that is NOT UNABLE to receive broadcast has to pay. if you dont own a tv-set you DONT have to pay. you only have to tell them what you have:not tv/radio or disabled tuner(you get this statemant for this by a local repair-service/dealer) you need to fill out their registration form explaning these things i mentioned above. but what they do: they come to your door, demanding to come into your flat/house what is illegal.they stick at your windows like the alien monsters from the alien-movies.they look into parked cars, checking if a radio is installed and try to find out who owns this car. those officers are most retierees,angry,unpolite and i think all from the former gdr, thats why i call them stasi-officers. what they tell you is funny,annoying..: they are not able to check with technical gadgets if YOU have a tv in an appartment block with 200-300 flats.that would be very expensive. they offer you a subscription to a tv-guide they crawl into paper-containers to find out who subscribe to a tv-guide by the postal-sticker with the adress on it they try to tell you that you get a lowerance for already paid fees because someone at their headquarters did something wrong calculating your fees they created a fax-message saying you don have to pay for 6 months because they made something wrong about the fees.if you send back the fax,they have your ass,your name,your fax- and telephone-number. that always reminds me of those fuckinkg commis in the gdr.
depends on what you watch forget those commercials interrupted by movies->rtl1+2,super-rtl,das vierte(the 4th channel),sat1 they all started in the mid 80s with a good content,differnenr and more interesting than the 3 state-owned stations.now they suck. the other stations like 3sat,arte,and the pay-tv ard,zdf etc. are not bad. the fee is a bit high,we have so much fees and taxes to pay..... i see poeple collect bottles(we have refund for bottles) to survive......thats a shame for this actually rich country.we are not poor, the moneys is grabbed by a corrupt elite telling us we are poor.
we have no taxes for using the internet. all i pay is 27,xx for the flatrate.very relieable service.works very well. what we pay ist: income tax, tax for a car,insurance tax,value-added state tax(in all states 16%), beer and wine-tax,tax for owning much money, taxes if you run a business,and so on a third of my income is grabbed from nme evry month. but: we have i think excellent autobahns,good infrastructure, well maintained public buildings, clean citys(they clean the streets evry night) and i am insured againts beeing jobless, get almost free medical health care(only for the medicine i have to pay or for stuff that is not proved from the health insurance)
no, if the tuner is disabled you dont have to pay.schools have made it this way.the play only educational video/dvds on the tv-sets and dont have to pay anymore. i dont pay for years, they hunted me since 1998,but i moved to anotzher town,lived togetjer with my girlfriend in a flat where my name is not on the door.i even have a car, but i told that gestapo-officer i dont own a car.hehe. the govenrment runs out of money, so they must gather money evry way possible.... thats why they use such stasi(wikipedia.org->staatssicherheit,german-democ ratic-republic)-methods. welcome back to 1984
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We have in germany the same laws.those devices were legalized couple of months ago. /tom
an you no what?
/tom
the very same people are so greedy and fanatic.they wouldn help the old lady upstairs with the grocery-bags...the damn lag
gruß
no, they say: whoever has a tv that is NOT UNABLE to receive broadcast has to pay.
/tom
if you dont own a tv-set you DONT have to pay.
you only have to tell them what you have:not tv/radio or disabled tuner(you get this statemant for this by a local repair-service/dealer)
you need to fill out their registration form explaning these things i mentioned above.
but what they do: they come to your door, demanding to come into your flat/house what is illegal.they stick at your windows like the alien monsters from the alien-movies.they look into parked cars, checking if a radio is installed and try to find out who owns this car.
those officers are most retierees,angry,unpolite and i think all from the former gdr, thats why i call them stasi-officers.
what they tell you is funny,annoying..:
they are not able to check with technical gadgets if YOU have a tv in an appartment block with 200-300 flats.that would be very expensive.
they offer you a subscription to a tv-guide
they crawl into paper-containers to find out who subscribe to a tv-guide by the postal-sticker with the adress on it
they try to tell you that you get a lowerance for already paid fees because someone at their headquarters did something wrong calculating your fees
they created a fax-message saying you don have to pay for 6 months because they made something wrong about the fees.if you send back the fax,they have your ass,your name,your fax- and telephone-number.
that always reminds me of those fuckinkg commis in the gdr.
greets
depends on what you watch
/tom
forget those commercials interrupted by movies->rtl1+2,super-rtl,das vierte(the 4th channel),sat1 they all started in the mid 80s with a good content,differnenr and more interesting than the 3 state-owned stations.now they suck.
the other stations like 3sat,arte,and the pay-tv ard,zdf etc. are not bad.
the fee is a bit high,we have so much fees and taxes to pay.....
i see poeple collect bottles(we have refund for bottles) to survive......thats a shame for this actually rich country.we are not poor, the moneys is grabbed by a corrupt elite telling us we are poor.
greets
we have no taxes for using the internet.
/tom
all i pay is 27,xx for the flatrate.very relieable service.works very well.
what we pay ist: income tax, tax for a car,insurance tax,value-added state tax(in all states 16%),
beer and wine-tax,tax for owning much money, taxes if you run a business,and so on
a third of my income is grabbed from nme evry month.
but: we have i think excellent autobahns,good infrastructure, well maintained public buildings,
clean citys(they clean the streets evry night) and i am insured againts beeing jobless, get almost free medical health care(only for the medicine i have to pay or for stuff that is not proved from the health insurance)
greets
sorry for my bad english
no, if the tuner is disabled you dont have to pay.schools have made it this way.the play only educational video/dvds on the tv-sets and dont have to pay anymore.c ratic-republic)-methods.
/tom
i dont pay for years, they hunted me since 1998,but i moved to anotzher town,lived togetjer with my girlfriend in a flat where my name is not on the door.i even have a car, but i told that gestapo-officer i dont own a car.hehe.
the govenrment runs out of money, so they must gather money evry way possible....
thats why they use such stasi(wikipedia.org->staatssicherheit,german-demo
welcome back to 1984
greets
hmm, you must take out the serial ports where a modem could be hooked on
/tom(german,sorry for my english)
even so with the usb-ports, a router can be connected there
etc.
there a no ways to avoid the tax.these greedy assholes are smart.
greetings