Have you ever kept a library book?

I completely forgot I had a book that I checked out in 2008. I am too afraid to go back.. Could you imagine how much those fines will be?

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Frisbee

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2 years ago

There's been times where I thought about never returning the book actually. I also thought about just telling them I lost it so that I could keep it and then just pay the price of the book. Why? Well this was before the internet happened and so looking for a certain book in a haystack would be indeed hard. Anyways, I ended up returning it...

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Frisbee

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2 years ago

I heard the library police will hunt you down..so better cough up the fines! I'm only kidding about the police but I have heard that the lost of library book actually goes on your permanent record. Is that true?

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crimson

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2 years ago

Hey... Didn't I see that on a sitcom? seinfeld perhaps?

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sharebare

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2 years ago

I hope not! I've been scared to re-apply for a library card because of that. Back in 4th grade, a friend of mine used my libary card to borrow this Madonna book and never returned it. I constantly got notices from the public library for months. I always made it a routine to check the mailbox before my mom did so my mom never knew about it. The fine accumulated to like $300 after a couple years and this was back in the early 1990's. They finally gave up on the notices but I feel that it will somehow come back to me some day. *sigh*

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nolalove89

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2 years ago

I think I will just fess up and pay the money! I am really screwed if they put this on my record!

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nana27

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2 years ago

Yes, I actually have 5 of them that i need to return since March 2009. The bill is ridiculous but they waved all of the overdue fees and just told me to bring the books in. I think i owe now like $20. I totally forgot we had them. UGH.

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