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Originally Posted by HarleyB
I had 6 books on my waitlist. I was 1st on the list for a couple but 3rd or 4th for most of them. I had been waiting since last year for some of them as I remember being 10th when I originally waitlisted them - at up to 21 days per borrower that's a long time. Then I went away for 10 days.
Incredibly 5 of the books became available while I was away from my computer and therefore unable to download them. 
Of course now that I am back home I am back on the waitlist for them all over again. |
I can't believe it but this past weekend I was away for 4 days and the last book that has been on my waitlist for months became available as well as 4 of the 5 that I relisted after my holiday! Again for some of the books I was the only person on the list so a 2 week wait was to be expected. But for at least 2 of the books I was 2nd and 3rd - I really am finding it hard to accept that they magically become available as soon as I leave my home. It's almost like someone is watching me. The first 3 emails came while I was on my 2 hour flight!
However this time I was prepared! I had a copy of all my user name logins and passwords (I belong to 4 different libraries) and so I was able to log in and checkout the books without downloading them.
Upon returning home last night I downloaded all 5 books. I've almost finished the first one (it only has a borrowing period of 7 days - 3 of which were used up while I was away) and I'm confident I will finish the others over the next couple of weeks.
My only gripe is that I have just purchased 3 books I was really keen to read but they have to go to the bottom of my reading list as I am NOT waitlisting these books again.