Posted by Jost on December 1, 2006, at 19:55:10 [reposted on December 1, 2006, at 22:35:04 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Library fines blocks losses, posted by notfred on December 1, 2006, at 19:48:04
well, okay. Maybe the Library I used to use had wised up.
One time quite a while ago, I returned a book, which they somehow didn't log in properly and then misshelved.
They charged me some flat fee for its being overdue (ie never returned according to them)--something along the line of $40.00, plus a replacement free of $75.00 and a processing fee also of $50.00.
This was when books were much less expensive-- and I'm pretty sure they're charging a lot more now-- at least last time I checked the overdue charge was much higher.
But maybe they're an outlier. University Libraries might charge more.
Certainly than the public library here-- it's scary how little they charge, actually.
Jost
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