One company's death rattle can be your profit.

When The Sharper Image was founded, it was a store designed for the cutting-edge. It spoke to the robber barons and '80s investors who scrambled up the ladder by shutting down companies and selling them to complex groups of bankers and lawyers who didn't care about anything but the name.

Ironic, huh?

Anyway, focus past that Greek tragedy level of comeuppance and stare at what this actually is: an opportunity for you. That's right. You're going to be taking advantage of the slow collapse of The Sharper Image's name to get some pretty decent luggage. You'll take it places and people will say "The Sharper Image! Whoa! I remember them when they were so cool!" and you'll bask in that wave of nostalgia in their eyes. You'll be lifting your somewhat-small boat with their nothing-to-do-but-rise tide.

Don't feel bad for The Sharper Image. Be happy! Because in the end, capitalism won out. That's really all that matters in the world of investor groups. You just gotta pack up your luggage and move on.

But before you can do that? You've gotta buy the luggage.

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