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Brisbane City Council Library Amnesty - Fees Waived in Exchange for a Can of Food

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Brisbane City Council Library Amnesty - Fees Waived in Exchange for a Can of Food
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michael_123 on 06/12/2016 - 09:51 brisbane.qld.gov.au (244 clicks)

The Brisbane library amnesty is back on for the month of December.

Donate a can of food and you will have any library fees on your account waived (except fees associated with lost items).

Yes, you could donate a single can for $20+ worth of fines but it has been good to see in previous years that people usually see the importance of the cause behind it and donate according to their balance. I have even seen people who don't have outstanding fines donate.

Do you, or any of your family and friends have outstanding library fees?

Council's libraries are getting into the spirit of Christmas by offering to
waive outstanding library fees and fines between 1-31 December 2016.

Customers who return their overdue books to a library during December 2016 or
have existing overdue fines, processing fees and/or holds fees will have these
fees waived in exchange for a can of food. Please note that perishable food
items cannot be accepted.

Lost library items are not covered by the amnesty.

If you don't have any fees or overdue items but would like to help people who
are doing it tough this Christmas, Council will gladly accept your donation of
canned food.

This year, Council's library amnesty will donate all food to Foodbank Queensland
, an organisation that distributes food to charities and community organisations
who assist those in need.

To take part in the 2016 library amnesty, visit your local Brisbane City
Council library.

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    • [Deactivated] on 06/12/2016 - 09:58
      +26

      Looks as though Grinch has come early this year

      • jv on 06/12/2016 - 10:07
        -8

        Looks as though someone doesn't know what OzBargain is for…

        Charities are not bargains, read the posting rule…

        • chewbot on 06/12/2016 - 10:21
          +4

          The bargain is not a charity. The bargain is that people who have fines can for a limited time pay those fines off for a greatly reduced price.

          How is that not a bargain?

        • jv on 06/12/2016 - 10:25
          -3

          @chewbot:

          The bargain is not a charity.

          A donation is a charity.

        • chewbot on 06/12/2016 - 10:40
          +2

          @jv:

          Actually I'm pretty sure a donation is something you GIVE to a charity but that's not really relevant.

          The council are the ones doing the donating to a charity. They also offering the following bargain:

          "Customers who return their overdue books to a library during December 2016 or
          have existing overdue fines, processing fees and/or holds fees will have these
          fees waived in exchange for a can of food"

          Whereby we get to EXCHANGE something worth for example 50 cents for something that may usually cost for example $50.

          It is an opportunity for the ozbargain community in Brisbane to SAVE MONEY.

        • shoppingbag on 06/12/2016 - 10:42

          @jv:

          Yes jv.. maybe chewbot means "the bargain is not the charity." We all aren't godly gramma master like u are. then both ur statement & his does both apply.

        • Miss B on 06/12/2016 - 12:06
          +2

          Read the posting guideline. I've quoted the relevant part here for your convenience:

          Charity deals where the user receives nothing in return are not a bargain

          The user gets their fees waived in return for their donation.

      • apptrack on 06/12/2016 - 11:32
        +1

        Jvinch

        • jv on 06/12/2016 - 13:54

          Only on a very COLD day…

        • nocure on 06/12/2016 - 13:55

          @jv:

          i was in the pool

    • INFIDEL on 06/12/2016 - 13:06

      Accepted as a deal when posted previous years, despite this debate.

      Staff at my local library commented in previous years that most donating food did not have outstanding library fees.

      It's a handy Christmas bonus for BCC library users to wipe administration fees like holds (used to transfer an item to your closest library so you can borrow it, which means less copies of books needed on shelves of each library), not just fines. (That's what I have used this amnesty for in the past.)

      Late fees are likely to be reduced this year as BCC have introduced a 14 day grace period before fines apply. 35c/item/day penalty previously applied from first day overdue. (Not all councils penalise late returns.)

      Penalties for non-returned items are primarily to encourage return. Amnesty is only on returned items.

      That food goes to those in need is another Christmas bonus of this deal.

    • payton on 24/12/2016 - 11:23

      I have 10+ loans which someone I managed to forget to return in time last month, 10x $3.5 in overdue fees. It is a bargain damnit.

  • [Deactivated] on 06/12/2016 - 09:55
    +1

    Be sure to ask for Mr. Bookman.

    • MMM on 06/12/2016 - 11:56
      +1

      Cantstandya for coming up with this first:)

  • jjcf on 06/12/2016 - 09:56
    +12

    Great deal for both Queenslanders who can read.

    • jv on 06/12/2016 - 10:26
      -1

      Pauline's in Canberra, who's the other one?

  • Japius on 06/12/2016 - 10:04
    +2

    Thanks OP, Missed the email about this, I am sure the kids have racked up some fees which I can now wipe with some food and its for a good cause

  • tightwod on 06/12/2016 - 10:07
    +17

    Waiting for the ATO to adopt this scheme

    • Japius on 06/12/2016 - 10:12
      +1

      Council should at least expand it to rates :)

  • Stopback on 06/12/2016 - 10:27
    -2

    can food is bad for shelters, storage, then administration,

    a donation would be much more beneficial

    • shoppingbag on 06/12/2016 - 10:44
      +4

      While money is more desirable for the charity… u alway got to wonder who's pocket it really goes to.

      • jv on 06/12/2016 - 11:31
        -1

        Same goes with food…

    • tsunamisurfer on 06/12/2016 - 11:39

      Dafuq?

      Charity organisations that provide this type of assistance are geared for distribution of foodstuffs, they have warehouses and volunteers manning them.

      • Stopback on 06/12/2016 - 14:56

        random canned food is really not great, also all that extra admin could be used in a different manner

  • decr on 06/12/2016 - 11:47

    This seems like a great idea. I didn't really use the library while living in bris, but as late fees are more like a motivation to return the items on time I think this is great, especially as it is going towards a cause. Just don't abuse it (and return your items in time!)

    • INFIDEL on 06/12/2016 - 13:26

      Now, BCC Libraries first send reminder notices & then a 14 day grace period before fines apply. Fines used to apply from first day overdue.

      Reminder Notice
      Your record shows the items below will be due within the next three days.
      Items not returned within 14 days after the due date attract an overdue fee of 35 cents per item per day.

      • jubified on 06/12/2016 - 13:32

        35 cents per day? Far out, my uni charges $10 per item per day for a recalled item.

        • INFIDEL on 06/12/2016 - 13:40

          Big difference between an academic work necessary for assignment or research required asap against a children's book, magazine or CD purely for pleasure. That's why penalties are that high in academic institutions - especially on items recalled for others to use almost immediately.

          Besides some students have been known to withhold library material necessary for others' assignments to give themselves an academic advantage & many other reasons. I used to write about Uni student lifestyles…

          And some libraries have no late penalties.

  • cheepwun on 06/12/2016 - 12:19
    -7
    • Nearly all charities are scams (token amounts going where they should, mostly for PR reasons. The rest in the pockets of directors of the 'not-for-profits').
    • All governments are scams. (nothing more needs to be said)
    • for the amount of taxes that go to libraries, everyone could have their own copies of the books they need
    • inefficiency, waste, bureaucratic corruption, fat cats feeding off the masses & stupid 'feel good' PR stunts like this sending the false image that the parasites care, deceiving the gullible masses who believe they got another 'freebie' from a cold-blooded creature
    • libraries: just another state tool to profile you, which you kindly paid for. One of the oldest methods.

    Reduce the taxes fatcats. Bet that won't happen.
    Feel-good PR stunts for idiots. With the money we pay these crooks, that they siphon from us daily, every REAL problem can be solved without PR STUNTS designed to make the thieves look like they care.

    cheepwun on 06/12/2016 - 12:19 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • mecind on 06/12/2016 - 12:57
      +1

      (gasp) you spoke things that i am dare not. hope you will not get knock on your door.

      • cheepwun on 06/12/2016 - 12:59

        Anybody can knock on my door mate…why should I hide the truth. WE PAY THESE CROOKS.

        Marketing / image-making operations like this disgust me, while the real money gets siphoned off without a care & the crimes continue unrestricted using OUR MONEY. Pathetic little paper-shufflers.

    • cheepwun on 06/12/2016 - 13:23
      -3

      Hide the comment, bury it deep!

      Just as I expect from government drones, ignorant tools & associated suck-ups who benefit from silly little meaningless PR stunts while they rape the masses dry daily & do nothing to 'help' anything or anyone (if it isn't for their own PR reasons so they can continue milking you dry & come out looking like they care to the gullible taxpaying masses).

      The only charity I would offer support to is where I can see - first-hand - how my support is helping. Everything else is deception and fraud with directors raking in big bikkies while their slave minions collect. I certainly wouldn't lend any support to a charity with tight gov links engaging in silly PR stunts like this. In fact I'd treat them extremely suspiciously.

    • INFIDEL on 06/12/2016 - 13:54

      Again with this type of view.
      You seem to take on these ad your fundamentalist mission.

      On Sunday you wanted WiFi banned. - Negged & marked off- topic.

      Sounds like a troll to me.
      Marked your comments as 'hidden' as not worth wasting my time on.

      • cheepwun on 06/12/2016 - 14:00

        Alternative views apparently cannot be aired without being called a troll today. Plus, can you specifically point out where I said I wanted it banned? I bet you can't. Is that all for today?

        Sounds like a troll to me.
        Marked your comments as 'hidden' as not worth wasting my time on.

        Thanks, because I feel like you like calling people names more than saying anything worthwhile. Saves me time answering name-callers with nothing useful to say.

        • INFIDEL on 06/12/2016 - 14:08

          So you went on so long about the heath risks of WiFi, provided a link to a group circulating letters to stop WiFi from being introduced in schools which you insisted others read, called others who expressed a different view ignorant, asked for us to consider the effect on children…
          And now you don't want WiFi restricted or removed around children after arguing that point in a deal about a WiFi operated light bulb??

          Sounds exactly like a troll.

          Alternative views are not the issue here. Sounds like deliberate provocation.

          Reported as off-topic.
          Now hidden for me. Your comments are not worth reading - bye.

        • [Deactivated] on 06/12/2016 - 18:28

          Not a troll, just a jackass with what appears to be a drug affected view of the world…

        • cheepwun on 13/12/2016 - 00:18

          @Sir Casm:
          yes, that's exactly it…

        • cheepwun on 13/12/2016 - 00:19

          @Infidel:

          Reported as off-topic.
          Now hidden for me. Your comments are not worth reading - bye.

          Actually I'd say you get lots of satisfaction from them. Reported as off-topic? Really? That's big of you.

  • Katie2014 on 06/12/2016 - 13:35
    +6

    Thanks for posting OP.

    I noticed a couple of other libraries are running the program too at the moment:

    In VIC:

    In NSW:

    • Goulburn Mulwaree Library are running the program until 13th December. ( 1 item can waive up to $5 worth of fines)
    • Riverina Regional Library are running the program until 24th December
  • bargainess on 06/12/2016 - 17:58

    Does anybody have a can opener?

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