Same here.
FWIW, 90% of our callers are veterans and they are pumped at the possibility of finally being able to afford triking their motorcycles.
Right before Obeyme took over, all of our calls said the same thing.
“We want to trike our bike but if *he* gets in, we won’t be able to afford it.”
And they couldn’t, so they didn’t.
We went from “too much work” to barely any.
This has been the worst 8 years of my *life*.
I hear you loud and clear-this is small and/or individually owned, operate from home business territory-when the winter snowbirds and summer tourists couldn’t afford to gas up and tow the RV down here to stay at a park or cabin for a few weeks or for the winter anymore starting 7 years ago, that trashed the economy for pretty much everyone who works for themselves.
If customers can’t make money from their RV park or repair service, snowbird cabins, tourist traps, etc then they can’t pay for that little patio, gazebo, new floor or wall tile, greenhouse/Florida room, or even new texture and faux finish paint for the dining room at their house-and means no work for me or any of the other subs I work with-all 5 are vets.
We’ve been bartering with each other for repair work on the places we live because none of us can afford to call someone we have to pay-it really sucks-I don’t know anyone who ISN’T angry, no matter their sex or ethnicity...
It has been the worst in my life, too-and I lost MrT5 in the middle of it...