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bucolic_frolic

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7. That is becoming common

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Sat Sep 3, 2016, 12:33 PM

Sep 2016

people don't return books

every so often someone is caught selling the books online or to a local used vendor

after awhile collection agencies get involved, incurring more fees

in this Alabama case sounds like they're trying to recoup some of the value
of the stolen items through hefty fees

Jail time? Is it a sting operation?

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Borrowed time: US library to enforce jail sentences for overdue books [View all] NWCorona Sep 2016 OP

Um, wouldn't a return amnesty be a better idea? frazzled Sep 2016 #1

Much better idea PatSeg Sep 2016 #3

They have done that as well tammywammy Sep 2016 #11

"But the part we hadn't anticipated was the number of patrons we welcomed back." suffragette Sep 2016 #34

So, yeah... if I lived there, christx30 Sep 2016 #2

Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2016 #6

which is precisely what the gop wants DonCoquixote Sep 2016 #8

They are wanting to treat the library as a christx30 Sep 2016 #9

oh how small a piece of the puzzle you see DonCoquixote Sep 2016 #17

The average person like me christx30 Sep 2016 #19

and make sure you do plenty of collateral damage DonCoquixote Sep 2016 #32

Thank you warrprayer Sep 2016 #10

What does the ideal GOP library look like? forest444 Sep 2016 #15

And there are people on this thread christx30 Sep 2016 #30

no "go library" DonCoquixote Sep 2016 #33

More like "Change your tune, then I will vote christx30 Sep 2016 #35

Before I knee jerk react to this... mark67 Sep 2016 #4

See message #11 - the library has tried to work with people to no avail nt csziggy Sep 2016 #20

Meet the new librarian geomon666 Sep 2016 #5

That is becoming common bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #7

Wow all this anger directed at the library Leontius Sep 2016 #12

I don't like yet another reason to put people in jail. n/t christx30 Sep 2016 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author mark67 Sep 2016 #14

Yea stealing books is bad Egnever Sep 2016 #23

I don't agree with what the library's doing here. Sand Rat Expat Sep 2016 #25

You can out put in amazon or ebay elehhhhna Sep 2016 #26

Yes lordsummerisle Sep 2016 #16

Wow, who can argue with the fiscal prudence of thousands of dollars spent to arrest and jail people CreekDog Sep 2016 #18

Right? Egnever Sep 2016 #24

This sounds like a GOP poison pill to kill support for public libraries. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #21

Library fines Anymouse Sep 2016 #22

I don't like the idea of jailtime astral Sep 2016 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author mark67 Sep 2016 #28

I don't know why people don't put muzzles on their dogs TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author mark67 Sep 2016 #36

He was! TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #37

waitasec martin mike Sep 2016 #29