I am really happy with the result as are all my customers, however the loss of earnings bit does confuse me, the only thing that would make this feasible is the lack of stock available at the time, in November / December we all saw our order books fill to capacity and we all were able to fit whate would be 4 months worth of usual installs into 6 weeks.
Loss of earnings due to the new tarrif I can understand (post march 3rd), I can understand the loss of earnings to those that could not get stock and had to close their doors, not only did they loose earnings they lost their business.
I cannot understand loss of earning where people had the advantage of installing more than they thought possible in a short period of time, not once, not twice but now 3 times. The fact that production from fixings companies and other manufacturers ramped up pre 03/03 and now pre 31/03 means that installs are more controlled and any business you lost post 03/31 you probably got now.
Economics is a fragile thing, I would assume most have had a greater turnover between October and Now compared to the whol prior year, possibly with bigger profits.
Fingers crossed they'll feel so good they'll tell their friends and family to come to us!
