Charged $65.00 for a book from the library, not happy

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I took out a interlibrary loan from the local university library and swear I turned it back in, you have to put it back in the special brown bubble envelope it came in (thats why I remember) and dropped it in the book drop outside. After the first week finding out it didn't get checked in I thought, ok, lets just give it time and it will show up. Low and behold, nothing, for weeks and weeks and many talks with the staff and calls to the university. Finally, nearly two months later I gave in when they suspended my borrowing privledges and told them I will just pay for the book--they do not allow you to just buy the book yourself and return it. The book cost 22.00 at the bookstore, regular price, and I find out that they charged me $65.00!! I was just heated by this and after talking to the library director all I get is, thats how it is and the library that you borrowed it from, the University, gets to decide the cost. Supposedly, it goes to cover "processing" along with the book but come on, do I look like an idiot. And if I stole the book would I really trying to come back to the library paying the late charges on it and then paying 65$ for it!! I love my library and I have paid so much money to the library happily but I feel this time Im getting walked on. And get this, I talked to one of the librarians and she said she has run into the same problem where she swore she turned books in and it never showed on the computer that she did. I mean its no mystery that the library system is not fool proof, for one thing, you can reach other peoples books from the book drop outside when its really full and I wonder if someone grabbed it. I wont to bang my head against the wall for leaving it in the book drop outside (after hours) for one thing, but to charge $65.00 for a book is quite another!! I paid it, what else can I do, the library to me is like what Blockbusters is to others.