Wow! I normally try to stay emotionally detached when these threads heat up like this, but...remind me not to camp in Montana, where evidently it's perfectly fine to charge 7 bucks a log if you wanna. Listen, the rate for firewood in Upstate New York, where 99% of my camping has been done, has been 4 to 5 dollars for a decent-sized bundle (6-8 logs, often more.). That's our baseline. Were the price to jump 3 dollars across the state, I would chalk that up to New York's economy, suck it up and pony up. If I arrived at a CG that sold firewood at dramatically higher prices than some guy in his yard just up the road, I would likely buy at least some CG firewood just for the convenience. But for a campground owner to wrap themselves in a flawed interpretation of a state regulation is just dishonest. Do they also sell you 20 lbs. of propane, but give you 8? I have no problem with someone setting the price of goods higher than the competition. The market will accept it, or it won't. But to eliminate the competition by misquoting the state is wrong. The ball park analogy is flawed, BTW. You can't bring hot dogs to the game, you can't bring popcorn to the movies (Actually, we do...!). Buy theirs or go without. Whatever. But neither of them is twisting state regs to their own benefit. Greedy, yes. Dishonest, not so much. It's not the money, it's the principle of the thing. I'll shut up now. Carry on.
