I tend to do quite well during recessions. My chosen profession is rather obscure, but I sell at the lower end of the market. In the boom times, customers deciding they want one just head for the nearest massive showroom with a load of new ones in stock, and fork out four or five grand. When times are tight, the same type of client will look around a bit more, realise they can buy a secondhand one from someone like me for £500 - £1000, and go that route. The private maintenance work goes down the toilet in the slow times, but the sales make up for it. I've been run off my feet with sales, over the last few months in particular, in fact we're just off out to deliver one I sold half an hour ago.