Looking for relief at the pump? Try a scooter
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With gas prices at an all-time high, Dale Meadors expected to do very well this year.
The 69-year-old owner of Illini Scooters, 221 S. Locust St., said his store was so full of scooters at the beginning of the year he had to climb over the inventory to get to the back of his store. He doubled the inventory in his quaint store from about 30 to 60 scooters.
Now, Meadors is struggling to keep scooters in the store with only fourteen in stock Tuesday.
“Most of the industry I think geared up for double the sales,” Meadors said. “Well, we’re well above that. But that’s the problem; I have no supply.”
Many businesses are seeing hits to their bottom lines because of high fuel prices. But with many motorists turning to alternative modes of transportation to save money, the scooter industry is thriving.
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