[Koha-bugs] [Bug 7639] system preference to forgive fines on lost items

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7639

--- Comment #31 from Melia Meggs <melia at bywatersolutions.com> ---
I think they are two different things - one is concerned with overdue fines
only, and the other is concerned with paying/refunding the replacement price.

ForgiveFineWhenLost - an item goes overdue and starts to accrue fines. 
Eventually, it goes to lost status but has maybe accrued $300 in overdue fines
already.  Now that the item is lost, the library wants to charge the
replacement price for the lost item but is not concerned about collecting the
$300 in overdue fines.  So this sys pref lets you forgive all of the overdue
fines when the item goes to lost.

RefundLostItemFeeOnReturn - an item goes to lost, and the replacement price is
charged.  But then later the patron finds the lost item and returns it.  Right
now, I think Koha refunds the replacement price to the patron.  Some libraries
aren't allowed to refund money that patrons have already paid them, so this sys
pref makes it so that you can choose whether the replacement price is refunded
to the patron or not.  ('He found the book, so he is not required to pay the
replacement price any more and gets a refund' versus 'He kept the book for so
long that we thought it was lost, so now he must pay regardless').

At least I think that's the idea...  Kyle, please correct me if I got any of
that is wrong!

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