Little Free Library thief confronted

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

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[Deuxcents]

1. What is wrong with some people?😠

[usaf-vet]

20. They feel entitled.

[BOSSHOG]

2. There are at least three of these little libraries

In our little town. The thievery is garbage selfishness. We get books, we give books, we return books. Damn. It ain’t that hard to give and take. It ain’t that hard at all to be a good citizen.

[marble falls]

3. Resellers are a pain.

[Orrex]

14. I raised that point years ago, after a book sale at a small local church

The entire sale was in the little basement of the building, tons of romance novels, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, etc. The proceeds are used to buy coffee and snacks for the weekly AA meetings and similar functions.

One year there was an influx of assholes picking up every book in the place, scanning its bar code, and either placing it in their basket or tossing it onto a table. It seemed predatory and parasitic.

When I brought this up in a certain casual discussion section of a larger online forum, I was attacked from all side by people rallying in defense of these noble entrepreneurs.

So go ahead, wise resellers! Get three bucks for that copy of A Time To Kill and pat yourself on the back for making $2.50 on your shrewd purchase.

[wryter2000]

4. LOL

When I moved about 2.5 years ago, I had a house full of books I would have given to anyone. I couldn’t give them away.

[NJCher]

17. this is why I have

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something like 700 ebooks.

I once counted and around 500 are cookbooks.

Sitting right here, in the very spot from which I am typing, I almost got clocked when a bookcase mounted to the wall collapsed. Books are very, very heavy and I think the insurance payout, even after a substantial deductible, was something like $2000. That covered the cost of a relatively new computer, printers, scanners, loss of the bookcase, and probably a few things I have forgotten.

And that's all I'm saying to add to your point, however, I will add this, which is not germane to my point:

I still go to the library. I mean, WTF! I can't stop going. We have a new library and a lot of the time I am thinking about being there. I'm addicted.

[wryter2000]

19. Thank heaven for ebooks

My husband had about 1000 music CDs. When he died, I gave them to the church to sell to make money. Then I put paperback books on the shelves.

[jimfields33]

28. I've gone to the library once in 10 years.

Weirdly it was to get a library card. But with Amazon, there is so much offered (for free and low cost) that they are the go to now.

[Marcus IM]

5. The most important question, again, not asked, no answer. What are they doing with the books they are taking?? Anyone?

Do we have a news media or are they just here to bring us nothing but questions?

Oh. That's right. They're not here to inform us of anything.

[mahina]

13. Yeesh.

Maybe she’s a hoarder. Maybe she’s broke. I think the library host offered desperation as one possibility. It was a brief and tense conversation in which taker was on the offense. Maybe they’ll find out later if she comes back again.

[Bayard]

29. I'm thinking yard sale

I quit putting clothing in the free clothing bank when I learned many of the donations were taken by people for their yard sales.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. I remember a story from a while ago

Someone was taking all the books out of Little Free Libraries and replacing them with Bibles.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. others were trashing all the LGBT related materials.

[3Hotdogs]

7. We set up a L.F.L. on the corner of our street. It gets "robbed." ( I don't know how you

steal something that's free) and the perp is the woman three houses down. She is in her late 70's.

She sends them to Nigeria. We don't say anything to her about it. Should we be pissed?

I did criticize my stepdaughter who set it up and fills it. Why don't you just walk them across the street and save "T" the trouble of carrying them home?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

10. I'd say something

[Maraya1969]

11. Boy that is a hard one. I would ask her to only take a few and leave the rest for

people to read and BRING BACK.

[wolfie001]

8. What a gem of a person to have in your neighborhood!!!

The lady with the sticky fingers, not so much.

[AverageOldGuy]

12. She is a REALLY, REALLY GOOD PERSON!!!

[Archae]

15. We have those here in Sheboygan too, many of them.

The worst part is not that people steal all the books, it's the books get faded from being out in the sun all day.

[lapfog_1]

16. someone have a link to this LFL woman

anytime she is robbed... I can easily kick in enough money to restock the thing.

[William769]

18. Was it library girl?

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21. Do you think she has time to read books?

She's so busy trolling.

[William769]

22. Who said she reads them.

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. Maybe she throws them at her enemies.

[William769]

24. You better duck!

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25. That's the reason for the tinfoil hat!

[William769]

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