I agree if you got a few dollars back for canceling, more people would do it.
I didn't get a permit through the lottery. I just went to recreation.gov three weeks ago, and there were still lots of mid-week dates available, as well as a few weekends. That seemed odd, since I'd heard that basically 100% of the permits are doled out in the pre-season lottery, but I wasn't about to complain. :-)
