[OPLINLIST] Stolen DVDs

[Cass Owens]

If I found a large number of our items at a re-sale shop, I would get 
the police involved.

Luckily I have not had that happen here, but in my previous position I 
called in the police.  When they went to retrieve the stolen property, 
it got the store owners attention.  After that the store owners are much 
more careful in what they buy!  In fact, they would call us if people 
tried to sell them library property.





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Nancy Koebel wrote:
> 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  It had no markings that we had withdrawn it, and when I checked the record, it was listed as lost on someone's card.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
>
>