I'm going to remain anonymous for this one too, 
since it is a touchy subject.  I, like Pale, can 
understand that dealers will show preferential 
treatment to customers who buy from them a lot. I 
have received advance notice from a dealer for 
cels he was placing for sale.  It was still a 
first come, first serve basis but there have been 
2 or 3 times that he emailed me to let me know. 
And I do appreciate him doing so because I was 
able to get a few cels that I cherish.  Does he 
do this all the time?  Not hardly. :) Nor would I 
expect him to.  Maybe I am a little biased in my 
feelings since I've been lucky enough to receive 
this priviledge, but I knew that this happened 
long before I ever got that first email. :)  It 
just makes sense in helping to build good 
customer relations.