Say what?! No way man, that's crazy. I'm a BUYER, and *I* don't think SR "SHOULD" reward long time high spending buyers. (And I might just be one myself too). That' doesn't make sense. I love what Modziw said.. the idea is a great sentiment, that should be between the vendor and buyer. Not SR.SR is a business as has been stated in the above posts.. this is not charity nor is it the Sally Struthers foundation. It's in business to do business. They've got a commission structure.. and it's meant to keep this business afloat and it's CEO/stakeholders/board compensated for being some of the most wanted person(s) in the planet. They're already "rewarding" us buyers buy allowing access to the site for free! It's not invite only, it's got no entry fee,... so techincally we're already getting a "break".Now, just like Don Modziw the Silk Road Cartel Don (old school forum users will get that.. newbies, do a search, funny times those were) has said.. vendor's usually do "reward" their loyal/VIP customers. It's like any other client/provider relationship. Every single vendor I've been loyal too and spent a sizeable chunk of money too.. have rewarded me in ways that were just beyond fucking awesome. Without fail. And I'm not some $10k at a time bulk buyer by any means! But (the good) vendors are usually badass at customer relations. That's half the game. I wont reveal which vendors, and I wont be TOO specific (lest I get a lecture for reveleaing trade secrets).. but I've had a vendor of mine be out of a certain product I needed, responded that he'll arrange it. He found me a fellow vendor who DID have it. Now, I was in the process of getting BTC and the other vendor was in a timezone and way past his cutoff. I informed my vendor that it will take me a few hours to get the BTC into my account, so basically I will be fucked all weekend. He told me to check my SR account in 3 minutes. He SENT ME the COIN for my order and a message saying "enjoy my man, payable when able!". I was able to place the order with Vendor2, beyond cutoff time cuz Vendor1 put in a good word, with funds Vendor1 took upon himself to spot me cuz he knew I'd never get the coin into SR in time! Of course when the coins came, I sent them right to Vendor1 with a giant thank you and he was like "no worries at all man. you've always been one of my best customers!" That's a "reward" if I've seen one.I've also had the standard vendor VIP treatment such as throwing in extra product (1 particular vendor of mine, god bless the guy seriously. He's the cheapest of what he sells, and one time DOUBLED my order for no reason. No other reason other then I was a consistent customer and he said he had extra stock lying around! DOUBLED. (This is very rare and you shouldn't expect this ever. Even 1 "freebie" should never be "expected" as that ruins the fuzzy warm feelings when you do receive an extra/heavy of whatever it is).Another one of my regular vendors, upon finding out that I was throwing a birthday bash for myself, not only hooked up the product with the best quality, it was overweight, AND he threw in 2 items of a product that he doesn't even technically vend (but are known to be party favors) + a VIAGRA and said "happy birthday fucker! enjoy the party favors and that other pill is a viagra. You'd better get yourself laid". Again, warm fuzzy vendor love.And then there's shipping upgrades, bending the rules of cutoff, reserving stock especially on hold, and informing me well in advance when he'll be stocked up so when to prepare to order. Etc etc. These are ALL exceptions to the "rule" and should never be expected. But if you're around long enough, spend enough, give positive vibes, respect (and are worthy of respect yourself by not begging or bitching).. your regular vendors will take care of you. Am I right on this vendors?And to the one guy who said it's not fair for affluent buyers to be rewarded buy vendors.. get real bro. Money talks and this is the FREE MARKET. Next time you see some dude driving a Maserati.. approach him at a red light and tell him it's not fair that he's driving the Maserati and has scantily clad 21 year old chick bouncing around the passenger seat. Tell him it's not fair that because he's affluent he's got an expensive car and a beautiful girl. He'll "reward" you with his middle finger!