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19/04/2008, 16:06 nimportequoi Joined on 15/11/2005 Posts 496 Re: SACEM - Is this a scam  cassis wrote: Whatever you do, don't suggest it was a mistake on their part.  I may not put it like that, but I will query why they have send me a form for Ch d'H when I'm registered as something completely different at the ch de com. Even if I do have to pay, I think I'd only be eligible to pay the up to 3 televisions, which would be 100€ so not too bad. They say it is judged on number of bedrooms, but as none of my bedrooms have TVs, I hope they are reasonable and only make me pay for up to three, which is what I have in the gites in total. Apologies for hijacking OP's thread    Report

20/04/2008, 10:46 les heureux Joined on 22/04/2007 Posts 8 Re: SACEM - Is this a scam Hi Mike, We ran a B&B in Normandie for 17 years, about 10 years ago we received a letter from SACEM, they told us we had to pay a license for each televison we had in the guests area, plus payments for music  played also.  We were registered with Gites de France whom I contacted, they told me it was correct although I argued the point.  In the end I removed the television and stereo in the guest area, wrote to SACEM and told them there was no televisions or music in the guest areas of the house (we had six rooms), I received about three more letters from them warning that they could inspect the house, I invited them to come but they never did, in the end they gave up and the television and Stereo were put back into the guests area. I never had any other problems from them, it worked for me but you must do as you think, they will try and get money from you any way they can if you think you are a soft touch, take advice from your French friends, they have all the answers to get round these problems.  By the way we were classed as a business as we paid tax professional, so maybe this is why we were contacted.  Best of luck hope your B&B is a huge success! " src="/cs/images/emotions/biggrin.gif">    Report

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