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By Tammie from Auburn, GA
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06/17/2011
I do this as well. However, remember there is a cost of doing this: driving to and from the library and your time to do so is not free and is not $5.00. In addition, movies from the library are more prone to being scratched and sticking during playback, which only sometimes cleaning can alleviate. To save money, I favor borrowing TV series, which one needs a longer time to do. I supplement this with Netflix, where I can stream as many movies as I want and with my subscription have DVDs mailed to me. I choose movies and other items I can watch in one evening, returning to my office mailbox the next day, and 2 days later, a new title. This costs me less than 75 cents per title, I rarely have a defective DVD, get newer titles sooner, have no time investment to go get them, and that's far less than driving to the library to pick up and another time to drop off a title there. My library gives you a week to pick up things, so I wait until a few have accumulated to keep my "per title" cost of those titles down. I also monitor when new DVD titles are coming out, as my library orders them prior to release. This way, I'm usually not #1000 on the list (seriously, the lines get that long if you wait too long). Occasionally, I get a freebie from my cable provider or Amazon, the former requiring sending in a rebate claim (i.e., some time), the latter no time at all.
By
06/29/2010
My kids do this all the time. Once a movie is available on DVD, they request it from the library. Sometimes they need to wait a little to get the movie but it's FREE. We don't have cable TV, so my kids watch a lot of movies.
Below you can read previous posts and comments about this topic. The discussions on this page has been archived 1 time. Select a discussion and read the feedback here.
(Archived Jun 28, 2010)Request Movies from the Library
By Leslie from Brandon, MS
Feedback:
My experience has been that the library goes to extraordinary lengths to obtain a requested item. I have read books that were not merely outside my library's system but even from across the state line.
Also, you have 24/7 access to the website if that is more convenient to you to renew items, place holds, etc. The convenience of on-line library access is hard to overstate. It is a great money and time saver. (05/24/2009)
By jayhawk67
Then this spring I discovered the audio book section! I put a book CD or cassette into my portable CD or cassette player with headphones and mow the lawn. It really makes an unpleasant chore go a lot faster! And all this for the $25 annual renewal charge (since I live out of the county, and the library in my county is terrible) of a library card! (05/24/2009)
By Cricketnc
By bizzymom
I lived in Gainesville, Fl and their system was the greatest! No fees were ever charged unless something was kept for a very long time.
This library system should be a model for all libraries as they make their own money with a very nice thrift store, semi-annual book sales (that are so great they need traffic cops), and annual fund raisers. Of course, all of this has to have great working top and bottom people.
Too bad other counties and states do not have to look at a system like this. I hated to have to leave this library city. (05/25/2009)
By cybergrannie
By Amandablue
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