The boat was to be shipped to Hawaii. By catching it before it shipped I saved a bunch in shipping costs. The way the local dealer works here is (he has a monopoly) you pay a non-refundable down payment, then when it ships you're charged the remainder. It had shipped but I caught it before it got put on the barge.
We couldn't work out other arrangements (him reselling it or holding it until it sells) The market here is weak, so I opted to keep it on the mainland where the chance of finding a buyer is much higher.
Sucks but that's the way things go sometimes, got to cut your losses.
EZ