Well, this is kinda off the wall, but perhaps the first couple of weeks, or maybe entire, availability of the gray Matriarch should be reserved for owners of the BF Native. These are the real 'money-where-their-mouth-is' Forumites, after all, and they should get the first call.
This doesn't help me, incidently, I haven't ordered my Native yet. I've got to convince my clients to pay me, first.
Just my tuppence.
Wolf
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