Under ISP some will prosper some will perserve and some will become impoverished. It would be unwise simply to believe that you will be safe by " getting up to scale" and procuring some more routes because in this case as we all know the same unpleasant realities are not going away.You have in no way shape or form the contract language required to preserve your equity. Futhermore, you are only as economically viable as the strength of the local economy you are serving and your ability to find somebody willing to go out there every day and perform at a level that matches or betters what a UPS driver does for half what a UPS driver gets paid. Now I know that many of you multi routes are basing everything you do or about to do on wealth accumulation expectations but the aforementioned facts combined with the real prospects for the creation of an annual pattern of shrinking margins thanks to the impossible task of negotiating a balanced deal in an unbalanced negotiating environment will be value depreciating facts that will be impossible to hide from any qualified prospective buyer.