Just to be totally clear here, I'm not in any way related or 'friends' with the people at my dealership. I have never had any dealings whatsoever with them before blind-calling them last March asking about buying a C8 (I don't live near that city, but my local dealer had a really long wait period and I heard theirs was shorter). I never once asked to be pulled ahead in the queue. The salesman explained from day one how the list worked, and that they don't allow anyone to jump ahead, and I accepted that (if it matters, I believe them). My only conversations during the waiting period were two calls six months apart to see how the list was progressing, and as I previously noted, it seemed to be proceeding on schedule. And then they called me in June when the allocations came up.