Well, what it stems from is the carrier control of cellular device distribution. We don't have Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, etc stores here, we have AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Alltel, and T-Mobile stores, and carrier stores don't really offer repair services.

If we did have a cellular market more like the European market, then, yes, we'd have manufacturer stores everywhere that also offered repair services, but, alas. . . .