Comments on: I should just make the public library a line-item charity transaction. http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html Join us on our journey to lead a debt-free, credit-free, clutter-free life. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jolyn http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2587 jolyn Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:33:19 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2587 35 cents! Yikes! I'd go broke in a month. DVDs are $1 a day here, too. I had to put a moratorium on borrowing those for awhile... 35 cents! Yikes! I’d go broke in a month. DVDs are $1 a day here, too. I had to put a moratorium on borrowing those for awhile…

]]> By: Elizabeth http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2586 Elizabeth Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:29:09 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2586 10 cents! You're lucky. The LA library charges 35 cents a day. $1 a day for DVDs. 10 cents! You’re lucky. The LA library charges 35 cents a day. $1 a day for DVDs.

]]> By: jolyn http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2489 jolyn Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:16:55 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2489 You're so right! And library budgets were majorly cut this year so our library doubled their late fees -- from 5 cents to 10 cents a day. Yikes! That can add up. You know, for some people. ;) You’re so right! And library budgets were majorly cut this year so our library doubled their late fees — from 5 cents to 10 cents a day. Yikes! That can add up. You know, for some people. ;)

]]> By: Financial bondage http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2488 Financial bondage Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:14:18 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2488 first, drives me nuts when people say the library is free. It's not. It costs money to run it. And its your tax dollars that pay for it. Bring a book back late and they tax you again via a fine. Cool thing about library fines is... they can be avoided. Bring the stuff back on time. :) first, drives me nuts when people say the library is free. It’s not. It costs money to run it. And its your tax dollars that pay for it. Bring a book back late and they tax you again via a fine.

Cool thing about library fines is… they can be avoided. Bring the stuff back on time. :)

]]> By: Cheryl B. http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2336 Cheryl B. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:23:26 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2336 I agree with KLZ, that is how I justify my small fines (less than I would have spent buying the books). I can renew on line so I do that or I send them with my husband in a plastic grocery bag and ask him to drop them off on his way to work (we have a drop box). I agree with KLZ, that is how I justify my small fines (less than I would have spent buying the books). I can renew on line so I do that or I send them with my husband in a plastic grocery bag and ask him to drop them off on his way to work (we have a drop box).

]]> By: Marilyn http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2333 Marilyn Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:29:15 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2333 One time a year our library offers a grace week where all fees are waived if you return the overdue items during that week. If you don't, those fees remain in the system a long time! My 21 year old daughter just went to the library with me last week to check our some exercise videos and found out she had $2.40 in fines - from 2003! They were all books about C.S. Lewis, so she obviously checked them out to help her write a research paper. She's pretty sure she got an A on that paper she wrote seven years ago when she was 14 . . . ! :) One time a year our library offers a grace week where all fees are waived if you return the overdue items during that week. If you don’t, those fees remain in the system a long time! My 21 year old daughter just went to the library with me last week to check our some exercise videos and found out she had $2.40 in fines – from 2003! They were all books about C.S. Lewis, so she obviously checked them out to help her write a research paper. She’s pretty sure she got an A on that paper she wrote seven years ago when she was 14 . . . ! :)

]]> By: Carolyn http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2330 Carolyn Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:35:27 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2330 I'll be headed to our library to pay a fine today, probably $5-7, mainly for overdue videos. I just tell myself it's my contribution to the library since our state (Ohio) has cut their funding so much! :-) I’ll be headed to our library to pay a fine today, probably $5-7, mainly for overdue videos. I just tell myself it’s my contribution to the library since our state (Ohio) has cut their funding so much! :-)

]]> By: dgsandbjsmom http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2304 dgsandbjsmom Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:12:23 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2304 I just paid a $40 fine for a some damaged books. One book had been returned 6 months prior and I was not the one who had damaged it. Needless to say I have stopped going to our local public library. Used to love it but yeah, they should let us replace the book with the same book. The book was like $5 on ebay. I just paid a $40 fine for a some damaged books. One book had been returned 6 months prior and I was not the one who had damaged it. Needless to say I have stopped going to our local public library. Used to love it but yeah, they should let us replace the book with the same book. The book was like $5 on ebay.

]]> By: Mysti http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2297 Mysti Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:51:26 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2297 Hey, I tried! ;) Hey, I tried! ;)

]]> By: Nicole http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/2010/06/public-library-late-fees.html/comment-page-1#comment-2296 Nicole Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:27:33 +0000 http://budgetsarethenewblack.com/?p=2943#comment-2296 Write the due date on your calendar the minute you walk in the door. Aside from that, the public library wants something like $26 annual fee for a library card, so I only used them one year. The fee, and the fact that the nearest branch is no where near home keeps me from using the library. I just collect books that friends are giving away, read what I like, and take the rest to the second hand book store for credit. I buy whatever tickles my fancy and usually have a couple shelves of books waiting to be read. Write the due date on your calendar the minute you walk in the door. Aside from that, the public library wants something like $26 annual fee for a library card, so I only used them one year. The fee, and the fact that the nearest branch is no where near home keeps me from using the library. I just collect books that friends are giving away, read what I like, and take the rest to the second hand book store for credit. I buy whatever tickles my fancy and usually have a couple shelves of books waiting to be read.

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