Doug Dotson wrote:

Jere,

We just reopened our business in a marina and are being charged for trash
removal. Turns out that it costs $80 each time our dumpster is emptied and
that's is twice a week. I have no problem if a marina charges a buck or two
for trash disposal. On a busy weekend, anchored out boats can easily fill
a dumpster. Why should the marina bear the cost? Same thing with water
as long as the rate is fair.

Doug

"...as long as the rate is fair." is the operative phrase. When they try
to charge $1 for a shopping bag of trash, though?..... Or $5 to fill up
our 25 gallons of water? or $5 or more to charge our batteries?
(absolute max we could accept over 24 hours would be 3 kwh...) That gets
annoying pretty quickly.

As to why the marina should bear the cost: business! I won't go to a
marina that has such policies except as a last resort and will buy only
the absolute minimum if I have to go there. For instance, when we visit
the Oxford area, we save our shopping & such for Cambridge. That's
typically $1-200 that we don't contribute to Oxford's economy.

--
Jere Lull
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