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In response to "Iowa woman arrested for theft after failing to return library book -- (link)" by Beaker

I hope nobody finds this surprising. My library loses thousands of dollars worth of materials every month. -- nm

Posted by mara Jan 24 '09, 07:58

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How much do you spend on recovery? Or is there insurance? -- nm - nubby si Jan 24, 08:09 3
- I don't know. And I should add that that's all types of loss -- not just items checked out and not returend. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 08:16 1
  - (That is, a lot of it is stuff that isn't where it's supposed to be and may be stolen.) -- nm - mara Jan 24, 08:16
- sfan -- nm - CovingtonCat Jan 24, 08:10
I wonder what the Indy library system loses. -- nm - Remlik Jan 24, 08:08
I am extremely surprsed, actually. - kelly Jan 24, 08:02 2
- You'd be surprised at the number of people who are okay with letting small debts sit on their credit report for years and years. -- nm - mara Jan 24, 08:09 1
  - The local library here required credit card information in order to get a library card. - kelly Jan 24, 08:11

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