Well, I've known that there are dealers who do 
this. To an extent it's understandable, especially
for an expensive cel - I can see why a dealer 
would rather deal with someone they know is 
reliable instead of someone who they've never 
seen before (or worse, someone they've had 
problems with in the past).

I can also see why a dealer might like to once in 
a while favor someone who hasn't gotten something 
for a bit - either from being late, broke, or 
just not seeing anything interesting lately. 
Orders are a good way to reinforce a dealer/client
relationship.

On the other hand. . . . . A dealer who saves ALL 
the best cels from an update for his/her buddies 
isn't someone of which I would think too highly. 
There's no point in being a public dealer if you 
don't want to sell to anyone else. Besides, how 
can a dealer find other great new customers if 
he/she leans too heavily towards favoring older 
customers? ^_^

Basically, a dealer should try to be as true to 
his/her stated rules as possible. If a dealer 
claims to be first come, first serve, then that 
is how they should truly operate most of the time.

Keep in mind that cels offered *privately* for 
sale are something else entirely! If a dealer 
wants to privately offer the best of the best to 
his/her clients that they're most familiar with, 
before putting those cels in a normal update, I 
have little problem with that. It's too bad that 
the rest of us don't get a chance, but I'm sure 
that everyone here has dealers who privately 
offer them things. ^_^

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac