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by NoInputSignal 2563 days ago
I've seen this with firewood in California. It probably costs the producer more to have someone there then it does losing a portion of stock to theft.
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It's very common with firewood bundles in areas of New England where, in the summer, a lot of tourists are buying firewood to burn at a campground. Quite a few houses have some bundles of firewood out that they probably cut themselves from dead trees/branches on the property along with an honor box. Very small-time supplemental income operations that aren't nearly worth someone hanging out all day for maybe only $20 or so.