December 02, 2014 04:54:00 PM
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Stand
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Calyer St, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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4 Feet
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$40-50
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Christmas tree prices can vary significantly from block to block. Help us get a sense of the discrepancy - and whether you feel you got a fair price.
A similar sized tree down the block was going for $120. When I asked the more expensive vendor about the huge price difference he said the cheaper stand was "illegal."
Turns out the more expensive vendor was lying, under the 1938 'coniferous tree exception' law, vendors in NYC do not need a permit: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/nyregion/coping-ye-olde-coniferous-tree-exception.html
