. >> take another company -- yorgos and thodoris koukoulas sell tires from germany.they import them in bulk. their livelihoods are now under threat. >> we can't give our customers credit anymore. they have to pay in cash. and even that's difficult. >> the koukoulas brothers supply german tires to garages all over athens and its suburbs. one of their customers is andreas akrivios. he depends on these imported goods. if he didn't get the tires he'd have to close shop. he says his customers are also worried about the future. >> anyone who was planning to buy something in the next few months is going out and buying it now while the products are still to be had. >> we find the next customer to come to the koukoulas brothers agrees. his motorbike needs special tires. there's no telling whether they'll be around in the future. so he's buying them now while he can. >> it's like the market is in a deep sleep. it'll take a miracle to bring it back to life now. and in any case things will , never be like they were. >> no one denies that more jobs are needed and the greek econom