living in vegas the gaming commission would have shut down the boat builders as this is a win-win for them and no positive outcome for the buyers.

if I was in 2in's position, I'd rather spend a grand with a lawyer to get out of a contract than pay an inflated price on a contract already written. it would feel better to me to pick up a 1 yr old used off onlyinboards helping a family out of a boat they don't want than supporting the industry currently but something tells me the buyers will bitch/gripe/complain but still write the check and boat builders will still cash.

karma isn't nice sometimes and this short sighted thinking will come back around. as russell pointed out, maybe some of the grip of covid cash they all had their hands out for last year should be used to offset this.