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lost, even with a compass
For those that are brave enough to go to FRP and battle the floaters in the water and out, a little heads up to a new increased fee.
I went this weekend to see several people that were going to take part in the New Horizons treasure hunt and feast, and had a good time. I was not planning on camping like I usually do. All I paid for was the entry fee of $15. I had a little too much to drink and decided to stay at FRP since it was quiet. The next morning Joe was coming around collecting trash and I told him I owed him for camping last night. He told me, in front of Lou and Julie, that I owed him "AT LEAST $20". I asked him when he raised his price for camping to $20. He told me that he was tired of people giving him $6-$7 for camping. I handed him the $20 for some stupid reason.
The more I thought about this the more mad I was. So on the way out I stopped to ask him about this. I opened by asking him how he could sleep at night with charging people $20 to camp when it use to be $5. He said "That is just the kind of guy I am". I call that a thief!! He asked me what I thought was fair and I told him the $5 that he use to charge. He told me he couldn't stay in business charging that price anymore. So I said OK, $10 is not too bad. We had a few other words and he handed me $10 back and told me that it would be $20 next time.
Now with that in mind he charges (and the gate girls told us this just today) $35 for two days of diving and one night camping. If he charges $15 a day for diving that is $30 for 2 days and $5 for camping. Don't be surprised if the $35 price goes up because I asked him how he figured the above calculations with charging $20 for camping, he had no answer. If you use his figures then you are getting a free day of diving. He wanted to charge me $7 for just being on the property Sunday along with the $20 for camping. Can somebody explain these charges too me since nobody that works at FRP could??
I also told Joe that if he didn't want divers around to just tell us and not allow us to dive. He said that he just might do that next year. I honestly think that it would save a lot of aggravation and maybe him going to the hospital, when somebody gets enough an beats the crap out of him or worse.
I went this weekend to see several people that were going to take part in the New Horizons treasure hunt and feast, and had a good time. I was not planning on camping like I usually do. All I paid for was the entry fee of $15. I had a little too much to drink and decided to stay at FRP since it was quiet. The next morning Joe was coming around collecting trash and I told him I owed him for camping last night. He told me, in front of Lou and Julie, that I owed him "AT LEAST $20". I asked him when he raised his price for camping to $20. He told me that he was tired of people giving him $6-$7 for camping. I handed him the $20 for some stupid reason.
The more I thought about this the more mad I was. So on the way out I stopped to ask him about this. I opened by asking him how he could sleep at night with charging people $20 to camp when it use to be $5. He said "That is just the kind of guy I am". I call that a thief!! He asked me what I thought was fair and I told him the $5 that he use to charge. He told me he couldn't stay in business charging that price anymore. So I said OK, $10 is not too bad. We had a few other words and he handed me $10 back and told me that it would be $20 next time.
Now with that in mind he charges (and the gate girls told us this just today) $35 for two days of diving and one night camping. If he charges $15 a day for diving that is $30 for 2 days and $5 for camping. Don't be surprised if the $35 price goes up because I asked him how he figured the above calculations with charging $20 for camping, he had no answer. If you use his figures then you are getting a free day of diving. He wanted to charge me $7 for just being on the property Sunday along with the $20 for camping. Can somebody explain these charges too me since nobody that works at FRP could??
I also told Joe that if he didn't want divers around to just tell us and not allow us to dive. He said that he just might do that next year. I honestly think that it would save a lot of aggravation and maybe him going to the hospital, when somebody gets enough an beats the crap out of him or worse.
