Library Day
September 14th, 2007
We love the library. We are on a first name basis with the librarian. We check out our home school books for the week, a few Spanish children’s books and an appropriate DVD.
Some time ago, we checked out Rescue Heroes for our youngest. He adored it and I KNOW we returned it to the library. At least I think we did. He asks for it all the time. The library can’t find it and we have renewed it 3x hoping it would pop up. It hasn’t. We have torn the house and van apart looking for our lost item:-( So now the library said, I could pay for it with them at the cost of 24.95 with a 4.95 processing fee. WHAT…do they think it was made of gold?
So I just reordered it today on Amazon for 4.91 with 2.95 shipping. Once I receive it, with the shipping and late fees, that I can’t stop until I produce something to them, I will have about $9 in…$13 if they charge me the processing fee. Much better than $30 don’t ya think.
I guess it is bound to happen, but it irks me! I guess we do borrow hundreds of dollars of books a week from them, so one missed item isn’t a bad track record.
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4 Comments
Add your own1. randi | September 14th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I always consider our library fines to be like a donation—although I do donate more than I would like too!
Today is the last day that our favorite librarian will be at our library–she is moving away. My daughter calls her Grandma Joan and she always takes a picture or little gift for her when we go. We are off to the library to say good-bye…
2. admin | September 14th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Good way to look at it Rani. I will pray that you have a wonderful replacement librarian for you all to bond with.
Peace to you!
3. Denise | September 19th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
One of the reasons we began homeschooling was to instill in our children a passion for books and reading. It seems to be working. Library day is one of our family’s favorite days!
We’ve paid our share of late fees and replacement fees, too.
4. admin | September 19th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Being well read and well written is one of our main homeschooling goals as well. I am already seeing a change in how our children speak just with reading classics out loud daily. It is fun to see it take hold.
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