Lockdowns crippled his ‘bouncy house’ business. Nearly bankrupt, he’s pushing back

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Jim Edmonds' party rental business was hit when gatherings were restricted to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. With no relief in site, he's turned to protests.

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He kept making sales calls, sending emails, trying to come up with alternative business plans. He pushed the “wacky wavy” balloon men used to lure customers into stores, but little was open. He offered up tents for drive-through medical clinics. Nothing helped. He tried to hide it on the side of his real house, but it didn’t work. His wife, Becky, he said, was not happy with the $3,000 bill.

In 2008, his vending business popped with the tech bubble. “You go back to fill the machines and the whole company is gone,” he recalled.

 

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Is this a parody account?

I really hope he bounces back

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Poor WoodyHarrelson 😢

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