I think Wendy has a point in that we're not 
necessarily talking "freinds" per se, as in the 
people that you go places with and talk to all 
the time (although those people might be included 
in the situation). This isn't referring to a 
private collector who sells a couple cels once in 
a while. We're talking about the dealers who do 
this for their living (or part of their living), 
so we're really talking client favoritism.

So would I feel "betrayed" if a dealer that I 
frequented often said "sorry you didn't get cel 
X"? No, that would be ridiculous, although I 
might be upset about missing the cel. I won't 
even try to pretend that I can say about 
something I really want: I would rather lose 
fairly than win unfairly. . . But as I stated in 
my post, I think that if a cel dealer declares 
themselves first-come-first-serve then they 
should be true to that word most of the time.

Now however if you're a private collector who has 
made a deal with a *friend* in the sense of 
someone you talk to and go out with, etc. . . Then
in a way you owe them more than a dealer does to 
any particular client - as Wendy so beautifully 
stated such.

And thinking of updates. . . Who out here is the 
other Samurai Pizza Cats fan?!? ^_^  Who got that 
cute cel that Nick updated a bit ago?  ^_^

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac

(PS - I have just today listed a VCR for sale on 
Ebay. If anyone from the Forum is interested in 
buying it, I would be willing to end the auction 
and make a better deal than my listed "Buy it Now"
price. You can see the auction by my ID:
"Dracofthesharpsmiles". Write me privately if 
you're interested. ^_^)