Even Head Surfer said he has loading issues and has looked into it extensively. So I doubt it is member status. If it is, then either he is lying (which I doubt) or, that's just dumb.Let's say you are selling shoes that are popular and you have one clerk on duty at the shop and the line is halfway around the block. The clerk does his best to serve the customers as fast as he can, but sometimes he just gets overwhelmed and to keep his sanity, he closes the door for 5-minutes and deals with the last three people who are in the store. Then he opens the door again and the line moves again and the shoe selling resumes its normal pace. The shoe store also puts ads in the local newspaper and some people in line are carrying the ad sheets and when they get in the store, it takes an extra few minutes to figure out the proper discount because the discount relies on a server located in China. Those customers who don't want the China discount ads get better service. : )