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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7810559, member: 105098"]Libraries in my area got rid of late fees (except on video games) but if a book or game or movie is overdue by 10 days, they send you an invoice for the replacement cost of the item, and if that's not paid within 30 days they send the debt to a collection agency and charge you a $10 fee for the collection agency process they went through.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess every places policy is different, but here, all they have done is stop the daily fees racking up, and given a grace period of 10 days after due date to return it, or they bill you for replacement cost and don't want the book back anymore, you bought it.</p><p>And if you don't pay that within 30 days, then they hit you for another $10, all of this tracked on the library card and they will cancel privileges to check out anything if you owe them more than $20 at one time, but after 30 days they hand the debt to a collection agency and then collection agents start harassing you for the money instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>it's gotten worse as far as I can tell but it puts the irate people in front of collection agencies instead of the Librarian.</p><p><br /></p><p>My really local library has fines still, 25 cents a day for books and CDs, $1.00 a day for games and Movies and such. They also charge a $1 a day if you place a hold on an item that's out and you take longer than 5 days to pick it up after you've been notified it's available. they will keep it on hold for you, but it's racking up $1.00 a day until you get it or cancel the hold. </p><p><br /></p><p>....And you can pay your fees online, there's a $2.00 transaction fee for each payment. ..Some racket they got going right there. </p><p><br /></p><p>All they've done really is changed how the game works.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7810559, member: 105098"]Libraries in my area got rid of late fees (except on video games) but if a book or game or movie is overdue by 10 days, they send you an invoice for the replacement cost of the item, and if that's not paid within 30 days they send the debt to a collection agency and charge you a $10 fee for the collection agency process they went through. I guess every places policy is different, but here, all they have done is stop the daily fees racking up, and given a grace period of 10 days after due date to return it, or they bill you for replacement cost and don't want the book back anymore, you bought it. And if you don't pay that within 30 days, then they hit you for another $10, all of this tracked on the library card and they will cancel privileges to check out anything if you owe them more than $20 at one time, but after 30 days they hand the debt to a collection agency and then collection agents start harassing you for the money instead. it's gotten worse as far as I can tell but it puts the irate people in front of collection agencies instead of the Librarian. My really local library has fines still, 25 cents a day for books and CDs, $1.00 a day for games and Movies and such. They also charge a $1 a day if you place a hold on an item that's out and you take longer than 5 days to pick it up after you've been notified it's available. they will keep it on hold for you, but it's racking up $1.00 a day until you get it or cancel the hold. ....And you can pay your fees online, there's a $2.00 transaction fee for each payment. ..Some racket they got going right there. All they've done really is changed how the game works.[/QUOTE]
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