Indeed a sign of the times in the US. I've ordered from Tim a few times since he stocks the full line of SKFiber shafts. Very friendly and great service. Everyone is using Tim's name in the past tense like he bought the farm or something! He will still be online, just that he won't actually be making clubs while he is on his contract. He (they) will continue to do drop ship sales from manufacturers who will support the new model. Hopefully things will improve enough in the future so he can get back to what we know he would rather be doing.