Yesterday we received a letter from the State of California Natural Resources Agency stating a refund was enclosed. There was check from the State Treasurer for just over $140.We very rarely cancel a reservation so we were stumped, so we started looking back at previous camping reservations. We finally found it, it was for two nights at a State campground that we had canceled back in NOVEMBER! :EI really don't know what to say, eight months seems excessively slow to me. Printing out a letter, a check and paying full postage to mail it also seems inefficient, why not just refund the credit card like everyone else does :h

I guess 8 months is better than them sending you nothing as you wouldn't have missed not getting it.

They just started doing reservations after taking over from Reserve America in August 2017 and the still havn't ironed out all of the kinks,and from what I have seen they are a long way from getting it right.:S

Ranger Smith wrote:I guess 8 months is better than them sending you nothing as you wouldn't have missed not getting it.You are right! We are usually pretty good at keeping track of that kind of stuff but this one slipped by :o

Send it back. That’ll teach ‘em.

Two Hands wrote:Send it back. That’ll teach ‘em.:B :B

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Ranger_Smith
Explorer
Jul 21, 2018
I guess 8 months is better than them sending you nothing as you wouldn't have missed not getting it.
IAMICHABOD
Explorer II
Jul 21, 2018
They just started doing reservations after taking over from Reserve America in August 2017 and the still havn't ironed out all of the kinks,and from what I have seen they are a long way from getting it right.:S
2_many_2
Explorer III
Jul 21, 2018
Ranger Smith wrote:
I guess 8 months is better than them sending you nothing as you wouldn't have missed not getting it.

You are right! We are usually pretty good at keeping track of that kind of stuff but this one slipped by :o
Two_Hands
Explorer
Jul 21, 2018
Send it back. That’ll teach ‘em.
bukhrn
Explorer III
Jul 21, 2018
Two Hands wrote:
Send it back. That’ll teach ‘em.
:B :B
toedtoes
Explorer III
Jul 21, 2018
CA State Parks just changed over to a new accounting system in January. Due to this changeover, they have been very behind in many payments across the board.

Yes, it is too long for a refund, but it wasn't just "lazy state workers" being lazy - it was a new system throwing everything off kilter and trying to get things back on track.
Yosemite_Sam1
Explorer
Jul 21, 2018
Two Hands wrote:
Send it back. That’ll teach ‘em.

And you can give me your address and I'll send you a thank you note myself -- and promptly.

State is usually efficient. I got my business license in 3 minutes and I'm 400 miles away from Sacramento, lol.
jfkmk
Explorer
Jul 21, 2018
Wow, $70 per night at a state campground??
MrWizard
Moderator
Jul 21, 2018
Calif state beach CG are expensive, and almost always full
so they no reason to lower the price
supply and demand
lampooner
Explorer
Jul 21, 2018
I think California is about broke. They needed the interest, they earned on your money. That is if they remembered to invest it. They may have earned as much as 2 -4 dollars. Now remember it is State workers who likely made the decision to switch to a new system and are implementing it!
No I have not lived in California ever. Just enjoy watching them and NY state flounder!