It's hard for anyone to make a profit with fuel and land costs so high. But it does feel better to rail at them than sympathize!
Personally, I have no use for a product that is mostly thin-shaved wood, at any price! If they were chunks, I could use them as mulch.
My plan is to test the springs on my little Ford Escort one of these days. Lay down a tarp, fill the trunk with 5 gallon buckets, then fill the buckets with biosolids. Then learn how long the smell lingers!
I keep reading about people who can get free rotten straw, manure , wood chips and grass clippings.