I have also experienced slower times recently. But they sorta came at a time where I was trying to slow down and take a break just a bit, so its not really all that troubling at the moment. And as hippo gear and others have said, expand, or change the way you do things. Scrap hauling is an ever changing business you have to adapt to or fail. Just recently the townships have started going with these giant single stream recycling cans and only allowing one trash can per house hold with all sorts of extra charges if you can't get your trash to fit nicely inside the cans they provide so curb shopping has really been hard hit here. Thats how I got into doing all the other stuff I'm doing now. adapt or fail. and on a side note, if you got a smart phone (I don't) I here this LetGo app is starting to replace craigslist in some cases. Its really hard to navigate the LetGo website though so I haven't had much luck with that.