Quote Originally Posted by erlrich View Post
This is a penalty, plain and simple. The registration/withdrawl is all done online, so the clerical work (done mostly by volunteers, right?) is minimal...the actual cost to the region for a late withdrawl can't be more than $10, and that is probably a high estimate.
I completely agree and have spoken to our R.E. about this extensively. Should he be relelected to the BoD this fall, he has promised to eradicate the these truly punative fees and make registering for WDCR events more customer-friendly.

The region pays a 3% credit card processing fee for each transaction--registration and withdrawal. That's $6.75 per road race registration (far less for solo entries) and $6.75 for each person who withdraws (if they paid by C.C.) Over the course of many road race and auto-x events that the region runs that comes to both a lot of lost good will and a lot of lost revenue each year.