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Man getting refund for over-charge on Sask. park reservation system

Man to get refund after being charged almost $5,000 while trying to buy a pass for Candle Lake Provincial Park. Global News/File

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Saskatchewan’s parks ministry says it will offer a refund after a man tried repeatedly to reserve a campsite online, and then was charged almost five-thousand dollars on his credit card.

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Jamey Person says he hoped to buy a 58-day pass at Candle Lake through the Reserve-A-Site system last week, but he says he couldn’t get confirmation and was kicked off the site as soon as he paid.

He eventually got the reservation, but each attempt cost him money.

A spokesperson for the ministry has blamed the online issues on a high demand.

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