So next week I'm ordering my new Bird, the dealer I'm dealing with is very nice and I'm going to make the drive. My last Bird I was able to buy in New York because in 2012 they allowed what Phoenix called "non stocking dealers" sell their boats. Now I am forced to drive about 200 miles minimum to the closest dealer to buy a bird. It amazes me that there are no New York state Phoenix dealers especially where I live "CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE".
To give a idea we are 15 minutes drive from Oneida Lake, 2hours drive to the north to the Thousand Islands, 3 hours drive to the west to ERIE, 1 hour drive to CAYUGA lake and about 3 hours drive to Champlain. All bodies of water that I mentioned are stops on BASS ELITE, FLW tour, COST, BASS OPEN, and many BFL or ABA RAM SERIES not just once and a while but every year!!!! In fact the 1000 Islands Elite has broke every attendance record ever set 2 years in a row and there is a reason Champlain is called the Champions choice.
The thing that amazes me the most is that if you drive to Pennsylvania where you are no where close to any tournament caliber body of water you can buy any brand of Boat you want.
So please someone open a Bird store dead center of NYS................
The intersection of interstate 81 and interstate 90 "NYS thru way" would get lots of bass angler traffic