[OPLINLIST] Stolen DVDs

[Nancy Koebel]

I just had a call from a patron who bought a book at the local Goodwill store that had our label on it.  It had no markings that we had withdrawn it, and when I checked the record, it was listed as lost on someone's card.  I will give the patron the benefit of the doubt who donated it to Goodwill, but it does happen even to books.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lindy Sleasman" <sleasmli at oplin.org>
To: "Kathy Pape" <papeka at oplin.org>, oplinlist at oplin.org
Sent: Monday, April 5, 2010 3:21:29 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [OPLINLIST] Stolen DVDs

Dear Kathy, a couple of years ago, we had two patrons who checked out a lot
of dvds/cds in a couple of days.  We suspected something shady might be
happening (and it was) so I contacted the mgrs of four local places that
sell these items.  Three were very helpful and assured me that they didn't
buy anything with library or video store markings on them.  Our markings are
difficult to remove or cover without damaging the items.  The fourth company
refused to share any info with me.  Suffice it to say, we lost quite a bit
of material which prompted our current limits.

Lindy Sleasman, Circ. Mgr.
Amherst Public Library
221 Spring St.
Amherst, OH  44001
440-988-4230

-----Original Message-----
From: oplinlist-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplinlist-bounces at oplin.org] On
Behalf Of Kathy Pape
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:56 AM
To: oplinlist at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINLIST] Stolen DVDs

Just wanted to share a story with the library community.  I paid a visit 
to a local media "buy back" store and was shocked to find several DVDs 
that they had purchased from individuals and put on their shelves to 
sell.  They were clearly marked with all library processing.  They let 
me have them back free of charge.  When I checked them in my system, 
they were either still checked out to a patron or marked as lost in the 
system.  Could this be happening in your community?

Kathy Pape

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Kathy Pape
Executive Director
Conneaut Public Library
304 Buffalo Street
Conneaut, OH 44030
440-593-1608

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Nancy Koebel
Birchard Library of Sandusky County
423 Croghan St.
Fremont, OH  43420