Yosemite National Park Strikes Back Against Campsite Scalping

Although I agree with JohnBoy about Destin023 or any other totally self serving jerks that scalp camping sites like this, I just got off the government site for making reservations and there is still no prohibition listed in the rules (and I read them all) against reselling or any requirement that the name on the reservation must match the occupant of the site. What if a grandfather made a reservation for some of his children or grandchildren for the purpose of an extended family camping together. They absolutely must stop the scalping, but not at the cost of spoiling somebody’s vacation. If it were a football ticket, you always let the person in the game but go after the scalper. Don't get it bassawkwards.

I totally agree that the website needs to be secured so that bulk sites cannot be bought for the purpose of reselling. That part is a "no-brainer". But I totally disagree that the people who bought the sites "second hand" should be punished. Until the web site is updated, what difference does it make if you allow the current "second hand" purchasers to camp in a camp site that has been paid for. The only people being punished are those that legitimately desire to camp with their family. Bad form!

It is quite clear that "destin023" is in the campsite scam business. This address is what the Park Service should be investigating.

Trace this entire process down:
Park Service enters tickets to be bought online "with no stipulations" as to the amount of tickets purchased or secondary sales being prohibited.
Park Service "admits" the tickets were purchased abnormally quick but they didn't do a followup to see who purchased the tickets in bulk.
Now Park Service is taking a justice stance by trying without due cause the secondary purchase of these tickets when they never stipulated otherwise.
I'd say the original purchaser plus the secondary purchasers all have legal claims against the Park Service for a conflict of interest of improper distribution & refusal of redemption to those purchased tickets.

I hope the Park Service is forced to honor the redemption either through threat of lawsuit or the general principle of being idiotic/relaxed on how they chose to distribute the tickets in the first place..

MY GOD!!! From the title, I thought people were being scalped...as in the old Cowboy and Indian movies! Still, I guess this is newsworthy as well....

Kinda the same as Oil prices. I'm waiting to hear some Republican scream about the "Free Market Economy" and this is the price we pay. Ironic how the GOP wants to regulate People but hands off regulating business.

Campergate...is nothing sacred? I refuse to pay scalper prices for concerts and events. I'm sure as Hell not going to pay scalper prices for a campsite.

Crooks will always be crooks Just watch your back at any thing now a days. no morals left.

To stop the scalping sell campsite tickets at the park entrance. They did that 40 years ago and it worked, why not now?

I picked up the Yosemite Tracks, Trees & Wildflower app before I went there a couple weeks back. Great app for id'ing nature stuff.