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Hi All, I recently bought my first TV licence at my local post office. When I went to write a cheque for the payment, the girl behind the counter said I should not fill in the cheque until she endorsed it. I asked her what she meant and she said she would have to run it through a machine. I asked if she the machine would print out the amount payable on the cheque (like some shops do) and she said no but that she must endorse the cheque. So I gave her the blank cheque and she put it through the machine on the counter. She then handed me back the cheque and asked me to fill it in and sign it. (The machine did not print anything on it). I thought this was unusual. Has this happened to anyone else, and does anyone know what exactly they do to the cheque and why they need it to be blank before they "scan" it?
My second qn: I bought the licence on 29 March, and I assumed it would be valid for a 12 months. When I got it home I read on it that it "expires on 28 February 2006", so I only get 11 months out of it. Is that correct? Is it a case of the best time to buy your license is the 1st of the month in order to get a full 12 months before it express?
My second qn: I bought the licence on 29 March, and I assumed it would be valid for a 12 months. When I got it home I read on it that it "expires on 28 February 2006", so I only get 11 months out of it. Is that correct? Is it a case of the best time to buy your license is the 1st of the month in order to get a full 12 months before it express?