Dave wrote:

Well RS is doing well financially, better than the competition. As for
what they sell, well, you have to follow the money especially with the rents
so high. Cellphones, satellite service and other modern fun things is where
the money is now. Parts make up very little of the business, even though
they make a high profit on them. The do-it-yourself market is pretty lean

I wasn't meaning to compare selling cellphone contracts with selling
parts that nobody buys anymore. What I meant to suggest is that they
are not even the best choice in the satellite tv/cellphone package
market. Sure, they get bulk deals from the main providers but so do a
lot of other people who don't have to pay mall-front rent prices and
can undercut them at their own game.

Follow the money is very appropo and will likely figure into their
ultimate demise. I'll reitirate that its the franchise owners who are
taking the beating, not the corporate entity.

-BM