library fines

Beekay

hey, can anyone tell me how much they charge for late books in the library in bolton st.?

Binomate

Beekay wrote:

hey, can anyone tell me how much they charge for late books in the library in bolton st.?

Think it's about €25 per week overdue for a month, untill they carge you €100 a week. Eventually, they charge you for the book and you get kicked out of DIT, a jail sentance and get banned from every third level institution in Ireland. I could be wrong though.

In reality, I think it's only about €5 per week overdue for three or four weeks untill they charge you for the book.

Tricity Bendix

Beekay wrote:

hey, can anyone tell me how much they charge for late books in the library in bolton st.?

30 cent per day.

You won't get charged for the price of a book unless it is never returned.

melekalikimaka

i've had one out since 02,,,chuckles, i buy my books now out of fear

ditpaintball

Short Loan items may be borrowed for 24 hours and overdue fines are 50cent per hour €1.60; If borrowed on a friday they are due back by 10.30am on a monday.

Week Loans are for 7 days and the overdue fines are €1.50 per day.

Normal loans are €0.3 a day

Max fine is €30

So you technically you can borrow a €100 book, 'lose' it and only pay €30 for it after a few months.

Tricity Bendix

ditpaintball wrote:

Short Loan items may be borrowed for 24 hours and overdue fines are 50cent per hour €1.60; If borrowed on a friday they are due back by 10.30am on a monday.

Week Loans are for 7 days and the overdue fines are €1.50 per day.

Normal loans are €0.3 a day

Max fine is €30

So you technically you can borrow a €100 book, 'lose' it and only pay €30 for it after a few months.

Not so. If you lose it or 'lose' it you will be made pay for the full price of replacing the book.

Mellor

so, if you never return it you wont have to pay more than €30

Tricity Bendix

Mellor wrote:

so, if you never return it you wont have to pay more than €30

No. If you never return it you have to pay for a replacement book.

boffin

Hi just wondering if anyone could let me know - I found four or five books the other day when I was cleaning that are from the library - Yikes :eek: - and they were meant to be returned in October!! Thought I had returned them but I obviously didn't!! Now I am going to be charged a small fortune if I return them??? Or will I just pay €30 per book - it was an honest mistake - I really wish they would go back to the old system of sending you out a letter!!!

Frankiestylee

I thought they sent out reminder emails?

boffin

well i don't know what address they send mine to but I have never received an email yet...

Rowley Birkin QC

I somehow built up a €75 fine on a book in UL a few years back, the librarian took one look at me, realised I wasn't going to pay it and cancelled it there and then!! I have yet to test the mettle of the Bolton St. librarians though.

Beekay

it ended up only costing €2.70 to keep three books an extra two weeks...