I believe there's but one major floor planner left in GE, and they re-engineered the rates last year to make it excruciatingly painful to continue. You need big bucks and capital to floor plan anything now, which is why so many boat dealers are to order mostly. Formula is building to order as well, and not exactly producing in large volumes.
For the customer, this means large down payments, and less selection on the floor for sure. The old days are gone.
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