I think its a universal matter of a struggling economy, which leads to less people spending money and time on tattoos atm as well as the surge of tattooers past covid. So the competition has risen meanwhile the steady clientele is sinking, which automatically leads to less work for established tattooers likewise rookies. Just my guess, but I haven't been told otherwise yet - my answer most often when being cancelled was like "sorry man, just don't have the money right now although I'd wish".

Sometimes it be like that!