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Sticker shock at the Shore: ‘There’s nothing that didn’t go up.’

Who's going to pay $60 for a beach chair? “I bought a lot of towels this year thinking people were going to say, I’ll just take a towel,” said Surf Mall owner Wes Kazmarck in Ocean City.

Jarrett Gibbs, of Long Island, N.Y., munches on a gelato he purchased at the Polish Water Ice store on the boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J., Thursday, May 12, 2022. Gibbs said he paid $6.50 for the small-size portion.
Jarrett Gibbs, of Long Island, N.Y., munches on a gelato he purchased at the Polish Water Ice store on the boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J., Thursday, May 12, 2022. Gibbs said he paid $6.50 for the small-size portion.Read moreVERNON OGRODNEK