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Library Book Problem

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  • 20-01-2010 6:09pm
    #1
    KeyLimePie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 861 ✭✭✭


    So I'm after leaving my library book down in cork and my mother for the life of her cannot find it and i won't be back home for 6 weeks, annnd I haven't said this to the library cause I can't find my student card so I can't get in there......however just found it there so how understand would the library be ? Or should I just said I lost it and pay 5 euro or something


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    Dinkie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭Dinkie


    Can you renew it online? I thats what I do. You can renew via the ucd library page


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    KeyLimePie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 861 ✭✭✭KeyLimePie


    Dinkie wrote: »
    Can you renew it online? I thats what I do. You can renew via the ucd library page

    Tried that , it says i have two renews on it but the date never changed


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    convert
    Registered Users Posts: 9,338 ✭✭✭convert


    Are there any recalls on it? If so, then the due date may have changed, regardless of renewals.

    Not sure that the library will be 'understanding' re. extending the due date especially if you knew it was due back by a certain date.

    And I'm pretty sure you'd have to pay a lot more than €5 for a 'lost' book. It would probably be cheaper to go back home, find the book and drop it back to the library and pay the fine.

    You could always try querying the due date and why it hadn't changed when you renewed it.


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    KeyLimePie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 861 ✭✭✭KeyLimePie


    I've decided that I'm just gonna have to go home :\ it kinda sucks but that's the way it is, sigh.


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    insert-gear
    Registered Users Posts: 686 ✭✭✭insert-gear


    Get the book posted up...


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    3DataModem
    Registered Users Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    Er.... Post?


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    Seifer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭Seifer


    insert-gear wrote: »
    Get the book posted up...
    3DataModem wrote: »
    Er.... Post?
    KeyLimePie wrote: »
    So I'm after leaving my library book down in cork and my mother for the life of her cannot find it

    How does one post that which cannot be found?


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    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    Seifer wrote: »
    How does one post that which cannot be found?

    It was found...
    KeyLimePie wrote: »
    however just found it there so how understand would the library be ? Or should I just said I lost it and pay 5 euro or something


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    Seifer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭Seifer


    parker kent wrote: »
    It was found...
    I thought he was referring to his student card.


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    fillefatale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,225 ✭✭✭fillefatale


    call them. thats what i did over the break... given i can't find the book yet and i'm praying i do..


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    mk1600
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭mk1600


    Just say you lost the book what's the worst that can happen. As far as i know they can't make you pay.


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    Seifer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭Seifer


    mk1600 wrote: »
    Just say you lost the book what's the worst that can happen. As far as i know they can't make you pay.
    You pay the fee for losing a book.
    You can't graduate until you clear your library debts.


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    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    mk1600 wrote: »
    Just say you lost the book what's the worst that can happen. As far as i know they can't make you pay.

    Of course they can make you pay. Any library I'v ever worked in has that rule. If that was the case nobody would pay fines for late books, they would "lose" them.

    As for the not graduating before you pay fines, thats not necessarily true. I know plenty who have graduated. If you owed major fines or had lost several books, perhaps. but not over something like a fine of a couple of euro.


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    Ever2010
    Registered Users Posts: 166 ✭✭Ever2010


    mk1600 wrote: »
    Just say you lost the book what's the worst that can happen. As far as i know they can't make you pay.

    Yes they can. If the book is lost they'll send you a bill for replacement, if you don't pay this it goes to a debt collection agency.

    Go into the library - be honest, they can renew it for you (unless someone else wants it or it's a short loan) to give you some time to look for it. If you can't find it either buy them a new one or pay the bill.


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