we have no understanding at all about her circumstances or her feelings on the matter

One of the best books I have read in the last five years was by Nobelprizewinner in 2015 Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus:
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
German title Secondhand-Zeit. Leben auf den Trümmern des Sozialismus.
Dutch: Het einde van de rode mens. Leven op de puinhopen van de Sovjet-Unie.
French: La Fin de l'homme rouge ou le Temps du désenchantement

Takha grew up in those years.

@TheEmu
So funny, I was heading that way when I was making it! I tried a couple of things with dream bubbles coming from his head etc,
I might have another go at it, I think you're right, it does need to go in the dream direction.

I weigh in at a not overly large 1711.

Hey, it's not the size of your collection, it's what you do with them! X)

in my personal opinion i'm ok were i'm at.👍 I can only go up from here. I worked my way to the top of my collection with the exception of 7 cards. i already get 45% discount on my shows I don't need any more privileges then what i already have.😊

We can argue about what we want to see on a site like iStripper, but without attacking the models (or the customers) directly.
So, I let this thread open, only if everybody stop to attack someone in particular.
Thank you for your cooperation.

Yep, the shot of her in doggy pose, the blonde fits quite well...

@stefnev1 - can we close this thread down as it is being very personal about one of the girls and we have no understanding at all about her circumstances or her feelings on the matter?

@stefnev1 vient de répondre ce que je pense à ce sujet, je voulais également prendre Vanessa Paradis en exemple.
Et

Dire que c'est parcequ'on vient d'un pays pauvre n'a pour moi aucun sens dans ce cas-là.

est tout à fait juste.
Et même insultant !
Je trouve Takha très excitante et elle le serait peut-être moins sans cette particularité.
Vous avez de la chance aux Pays-Bas d'être aussi bien couvert par votre assurance maladie, mais sachez que c'est loin d'être le cas dans d'autres pays d'Europe Occidentale.
Laissez les gens vivre leurs différences sans les juger. Merci.

@stefnev1 just answered my thoughts on this subject, I also wanted to take Vanessa Paradis as an example.
And
[quote] To say that it is because you come from a poor country does not make sense to me in this case. [/ quote] is quite correct.
And even insulting!
I find Takha very exciting and maybe she would be less so without this peculiarity.
You are lucky in the Netherlands to have such good health insurance coverage, but be aware that this is far from the case in other Western European countries.
Let people experience their differences without judging them. Thank you.

@Carstrip

I just had the thought that your "While You Were *****" could be modified to make the girls appear to be the sleeper's dream - like in a film's dream scene. Not sure how to go about doing that though.

Il n' y a aucun caractère obligatoire à porter un appareil dentaire. Pour citer une autre personne connue en France (après Madonna déjà évoquée plus haut), Vanessa Paradis a le même type de dentition et ses parents avaient de quoi lui payer un appareil dentaire quand elle était enfant. Dire que c'est parcequ'on vient d'un pays pauvre n'a pour moi aucun sens dans ce cas-là.

There is no obligation to wear braces. To quote another person known in France (after Madonna already mentioned above), Vanessa Paradis has the same type of teeth and her parents had enough to pay for braces when she was a *****. To say it's because you come from a poor country doesn't make sense to me in this case.

Qui dis cela ? Diastema est juste un écartement naturel des dents, principalement des incisives.
Ce type de dentition est également appelé : "dents du bonheur"!
Rien à voir avec un faible niveau de vie!Who is saying that? Diastema is just a natural gap between the teeth, mainly the incisors.
This type of dentition is also called: "teeth of happiness"!
Nothing to do with a low standard of living!
De nos jours, chaque jeune avec un diastème reçoit un appareil dentaire pour corriger cela. Il est payé par l'assurance maladie obligatoire au moins aux Pays-Bas et je pense aussi dans d'autres pays d'Europe occidentale. Takha avait 12 ans en 2003. Elle vivait en Ukraine. Pas d'argent pour les dentistes et les broches. Aux Pays-Bas, on appelle un diastème un "fietsenrek" (support à vélo). "dents du bonheur" était destiné à apaiser la douleur mentale du "fietsenrek". Je me souviens de ma jeunesse que des mots plus positifs étaient donnés pour quelque chose de négatif. À l'âge de 27 ans, Angelika Grays porte une orthèse pour corriger la position de ses dents. Alice Wonder (j'ai vu ça sur un autre site, où elle a ouvert la bouche) aurait dû avoir la même chose. Vous êtes surpris quand elle ouvre la bouche. Et une si belle femme! Malgré le diastème, j'aime beaucoup Takha.

Nowadays every young person with a diastema gets a dental brace to correct this. It's paid by the compulsory health insurance at least in The Netherlands and I think also in other Western European countries. Takha was 12 years old in 2003. She was living in Ukraine. No money for dentists and braces. In The Netherlands they call a diastema a "fietsenrek" (bicycle stand). "teeth of happiness" was intended to soothe the mental ***** of the "fietsenrek". I remember from my youth that more positive words were given for something negative. At the age of 27 Angelika Grays wears a brace for correcting the stand of her teeths. Alice Wonder (I saw this on another site, where she opened her mouth) should have had the same. You're startled when she opens her mouth. And such a beautiful woman! Despite the diastema I like Takha very much.

Takha is one of my favorites of the latest releases. She's much underrated on this site.

Talia Mint, who was not mentioned by zzmaskers in his comment

@batavus I didn't mention Talia Mint, because her shows were preduced before the lockdown. I only took the corona-era models. Camille Wallace was the first one.
Takha is underrated, possibly because of the diastema.

Sasha Meow in blonde, what a beautiful young lady 😍😍😍

Qui dis cela ? Diastema est juste un écartement naturel des dents, principalement des incisives.
Ce type de dentition est également appelé : "dents du bonheur"!
Rien à voir avec un faible niveau de vie!

Who is saying that? Diastema is just a natural gap between the teeth, mainly the incisors.
This type of dentition is also called: "teeth of happiness"!
Nothing to do with a low standard of living!

De nos jours, chaque jeune avec un diastème reçoit un appareil dentaire pour corriger cela. Il est payé par l'assurance maladie obligatoire au moins aux Pays-Bas et je pense aussi dans d'autres pays d'Europe occidentale. Takha avait 12 ans en 2003. Elle vivait en Ukraine. Pas d'argent pour les dentistes et les broches. Aux Pays-Bas, on appelle un diastème un "fietsenrek" (support à vélo). "dents du bonheur" était destiné à apaiser la douleur mentale du "fietsenrek". Je me souviens de ma jeunesse que des mots plus positifs étaient donnés pour quelque chose de négatif. À l'âge de 27 ans, Angelika Grays porte une orthèse pour corriger la position de ses dents. Alice Wonder (j'ai vu ça sur un autre site, où elle a ouvert la bouche) aurait dû avoir la même chose. Vous êtes surpris quand elle ouvre la bouche. Et une si belle femme! Malgré le diastème, j'aime beaucoup Takha.

Nowadays every young person with a diastema gets a dental brace to correct this. It's paid by the compulsory health insurance at least in The Netherlands and I think also in other Western European countries. Takha was 12 years old in 2003. She was living in Ukraine. No money for dentists and braces. In The Netherlands they call a diastema a "fietsenrek" (bicycle stand). "teeth of happiness" was intended to soothe the mental ***** of the "fietsenrek". I remember from my youth that more positive words were given for something negative. At the age of 27 Angelika Grays wears a brace for correcting the stand of her teeths. Alice Wonder (I saw this on another site, where she opened her mouth) should have had the same. You're startled when she opens her mouth. And such a beautiful woman! Despite the diastema I like Takha very much.

We all have our preferences about women. There are two girls who are the best for me from the released cards from April on, Takha and Talia Mint, who was not mentioned by zzmaskers in his comment. In my opinion Takha is much underrated, while I'm glad Talia has a high rating. Some of these girls are overrated, but you can't like every girls in the same way.

I also think the director's comments were misinterpreted, and were probably about the pandemic & all its consequences. Being a French speaker, I think he just litterally translated the common French expression "j'avoue" by 'I admit', whereas in colloquial French it means something like "I agree" or "agreed". I guess he's agreeing with most people who say 2020 was a bad year.

@zzmaskers

4. Takha
Diastema. Typique pour les pays à faible niveau de vie; pas de bonne assurance maladie pour tout le monde.

Qui dis cela ? Diastema est juste un écartement naturel des dents, principalement des incisives.
Ce type de dentition est également appelé : "dents du bonheur"!
Rien à voir avec un faible niveau de vie!
Où alors Madonna est dans la misère.

Who is saying that? Diastema is just a natural gap between the teeth, mainly the incisors.
This type of dentition is also called: "teeth of happiness"!
Nothing to do with a low standard of living!
Where then Madonna is in misery.

I think that comment about 2020 being shitty was a simple remark about the year, not talent choice.

Although I do admit that for me, the talent missed the mark this year so far.

No fault of the company, but most of the French models don't work for me. It's not even about lack of nudity (I don't mind) but the fact that they're not the type I like.

@Grabandt

If Totem suddenly increased the price of all cards, 18 credits per card and no more discounts, would you still buy any card?

Probably not, but decreasing the price would not (and could not) cause me to buy more than I do. There comes a point where discounts are counter productive. As both of us get both the 45% triple diamond and are eligible for the 20% extra discount for premium membership our discount rate is already 56%, and if we take advantage of the reload bonuses when buying credits there is another 20% in terms of real world money costs bringing the effective discount up to just under 65% - and we can still often benefit from some, though not all, of the regular TGIFs. I can't see that Totem are making much profit from us (though have have obviously done so in the past) and any significant extra discount may well turn that into a loss, not just a reduction in profit.

As far as it being a habit is concerned, I doubt that an extra small discount would make it harder to break the habit. An extra large discount might do so, but by then Totem could effectively be paying me to take their cards (as outlined in the previous paragraph)

@Grabandt

The topic was, what comes after Triple Diamond Status .....!?

That is an easy Answer, the Team is thank our loyalty :)
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/45465/1?post=675899

In the end, you want every card.

Nope, i want those Cards which i really want to.

Of course, every user decides for himself whether he buys or not ...

That's right, so why to start such a Topic, when you are already aware of this.

But which member suddenly stops when they already have 500 or 1000 cards and new cards are offered every day.

I don't know, i only can speak for myself. Or can you look in every Mind of every Member here?

Then it would have been better not to have started ...

There are so many things in Life, which you can say it would have been better not to have started.
So nothing new to the West.

As with smoking cigarettes, it would be best if you hadn't even started, then you wouldn't have become *****!

I was be able to give up Smoking cigarettes in December 2014, so it's only our own will
which is holding us back to start things.
Ok i went over to the E-Cigarettes, but i also ended with Steaming over a Year ago.
But without them i think i were never be able to get away from the Smoking.
So the E-Cigarettes were helping me on my way 👍

Totem has nothing to give away and something has to flow back somehow.

That's right 😉
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/45282//1

The games of chance are mostly structured in such a way that you have to invest a lot until you win something.

I took part on three Slot Machines in the past. 750 Credits pumped in, and roundabout 620 Credits won.
When you want the exact Amount, let me know then i have to investigate my History again.
So at the end, i was loosing and decided to leave my Hands away from this.

Better the Sparrow in your Hand, than the Dove on the Roof.

So in my Opinion no need for another Level of Diamond or any other Status.

OK merci beaucoup @Amelly pour votre aide. Cela va me guider vers un futur achat. 😊

@Grabandt

Does totem know. that you will buy the tickets until the end of your life?

But you can anytime at any point say NO to the Product and Face your Attention to another
important thing in your Life.

@Wyldanimal

Maybe at 4500 cards
And at that level then you always have access to the Megabuy pack of Credits, 1100 credits for 99.99

Why does it make sense to Buy more Credits, when you already have every Show.
There are 35 Shows released per Month, 13,75 Credits (for triple Diamond) per Card x 35 = 481,25 Credits.
At the end you will have more Credits, as you can Buy Cards, the rest could be for Gambling if there is the
Attention to a Gambling Game.

@Wyldanimal and everyone thanks for the Help and I just look at my account and i t is there.

Non, tu ne devrais pas avoir à changer de carte graphique vu qu'elle réponds au minimum requis.
Cela va dépendre de l'utilisation que tu vas en faire après.
Ta carte graphique est déjà au format PCI Express 16x alors que la carte qui te permet de rajouter des ports USB 3 supplémentaires est au formati PCI Express 4x.
Quelle différence en 16x et 4x ?
C'est vitesse de la bande passante du bus PCI Express.
Quand à savoir si tu va devoir acheter une carte supplémentaire, je ne peux pas te répondre aujourd'hui.
Cela va dépendre de ce que tu vas acheter comme casque VR, si les ports USB 3 vont être ou pas reconnus par le casque.
Quelles différences avec HTC Vive ? Je ne sais pas, à toi de chercher sur le net.
Les plus ou les moins de l'un et l'autre système ? Je ne sais pas, à toi de chercher.

Qu'est-ce qui m'a décidé d'aller vers Oculus ? Le prix !!!
Le prix moyen en France d'un Oculus Rift S est d'environ 449€, celui d'un HTC Vive peut monter à plus de 1000€ sur certains sites.
Pourquoi cet écart de prix aussi important ? Il semble que les stocks concernant les HTC soient très faibles et donc plus difficiles à trouver.
Sont-ils meilleurs ? Pas sûr d'après les quelques commentaires que j'ai pu lire...

I'm for a new Level above Triple Diamond.
Maybe at 4500 cards
And at that level then you always have access to the Megabuy pack of Credits, 1100 credits for 99.99

👍👍👍

I'm for a new Level above Triple Diamond.
Maybe at 4500 cards
And at that level then you always have access to the Megabuy pack of Credits, 1100 credits for 99.99

If there is a new level introduced, I would surely hope that this would be one of the perks with it.

@Wyldanimal 👍

I'm for a new Level above Triple Diamond.
Maybe at 4500 cards
And at that level then you always have access to the Megabuy pack of Credits, 1100 credits for 99.99

@JuicEeLM

Don't give up on Kitana Lure, she is fast becoming one of my favorites. Her first card was actually Red Spinning Lure and is NOT XXX. "How Ya'll Doin'" Is not really a card I like, although I like the fact that she used her tube top as a mini-skirt for a bit. Beyond that, I just wasn't into it.

She is an excellent dancer! Sometimes when there are only 8 clips, those clips maybe longer than a show with lower ammount of clips. Also, in many non-XXX cards, there are swing and glass shows, which I don't personally like, so I turn those off as well. I figure it the card is a bit longer than a normal card, then you are probably going to get plenty of dancing. Some of those cards are better performances on than the non-XXX cards. One great card that is an example of this is: Elis, Feel Me Up. I'm not certain if I've ever watched her XXX clips in this, but there is plenty of dancing in this show. It basically cuts out standing clips but you get a lot more pole clips and it is a progressive striptease on the pole, so each clip leads into the next, so all-in-all a really long and sexy pole dance. Probably my favorite of hers, even if I don't like the XXX.

Kitana is a very sensual dancer as well as a bit on the raunchy side, but very graceful and sexy in her movements. She isn't a speed demon, but tends to be far more sensual and does quite a few pole tricks during her routines. Granted, a lot don't like her fake breasts, but I don't care, Kitana can dance! :)

@Grabandt

I think that you may be misunderstanding the purpose of offering discounts and their effects on those of us such as you and I that have very large collections.

As I see it the purpose of offering a discount, by any normal business, is to encourage their customers to buy, or rather to spend, more than they otherwise would (or to do so earlier than they otherwise would).

However, if we already have over 4500 cards, as both of us do, then we are already essentially buying every card as it is released or shortly thereafter. Increasing the discount even to 90% or more will not have any noticable effect on our buying habits and would only decrease Totem's income from us.

This was the whole qoute by @Ethan :
"Super pretty french girl , flexible, busty, Valentine is a pro dancer in gentlemen's clubs, smiling and, cherry on top, she can twerk, and has a lovely natural bush. Yes guys, I admit 2020 was a pretty shitty year but thanks to Valentine, it's Christmas time in the middle of summer !"
My first reaction reading this was that it referred to the model choice during the corona-lockdown.
I had also the thought that it could refer to corona in general, but that was not clearly stated.
@orclover interpreted it this way:

There may be some translation issues between different languages but this statement sums up the talent we have been offered in 2020.

Happy Friday iStrippers 😉 (lol its Monday!!)

Scene today is a Police Lineup inspired by Clara's show released today.
2 scenes, Standing shows and pole shows.
See how tall the girls are, and whos guilty of turning us on hahahaha

Enjoy 👍

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u09oGiIlN2OQUnaMeeUOMLZjUoKMxBJz/view?usp=sharing

Change that to bars and you could have the iStripper version of the Cellblock Tango from the play/movie Chicago.

Merci pour les infos.

Ce qui n'est pas clair, est, de savoir si je vais devoir changer ma carte graphique pour une carte PCI Express, si je choisi ce casque VR Oculus, ou si c'est une carte supplémentaire à poser dans mon ordinateur ? Car ce n'est pas clair, si j'ai cette prise USB ?

Autre chose, c'est quoi les différences avec HTV Vive ?

Les plus et les moins de choisir un ou l'autre des systèmes.

Qu'est qui vous a décidé @Amelly d'aller plus vers Oculus ?

Yes everything is smaller now full screen looks like mobile so I'm wondering if that is the new issue half of my screen is nothing but white space

Quote from Ethan in Valentine's first card, "yes guys, I admit 2020 was a pretty shitty year."

This a director never should have commented. He undermines his boss's choice of models

I doubt very much if the quote was referring in any way to the choice of models, just to the more general aspects of life this year. The use of the word "admit" may be leading to some misundertanding, but I ascribe its use as arising from the comment having been made by a non-native speaker of English.

Quote from Ethan in Valentine's first card, "yes guys, I admit 2020 was a pretty shitty year."

This a director never should have commented. He undermines his boss's choice of models and should get a reprimande for this by his superiors! He also undermines himself, because the staff always consults the directors of the production of the shows about possible models, who sent a video of themselves for giving an impression of their skills.
No blind choices by the team! He should keep his personal vision for himself.

An overwiew of the lockdown models in 2020 so far and a remark.
1. Camille Wallace
A Dutchman wrote in a comment he didn’t like her face. Camille’s face is very expressive and her Secretary card is one of the best striptease shows of this year; striptease like it’s meant to be with great facial expressions! Underrated.
2. Eva Colombus
People ***** about her very small breasts. Eva has a very beautiful face and has a great body, when one looks further than just the breasts. I liked her shows and have bought all her six cards. Has a fair rating.
3. Kitana Lure
Enhanced breasts. Great performer, but enhanced breasts too distracting. Only one card. Has a fair rating.
4. Takha
Diastema. Typical for countries with low standard of living; no good health insurance for everyone. Her body is well proportioned, but some ***** about small breasts. She moves very well. I like her. Underrated.
5. Verona Sky
Her face is not easy on the eye and the two sleeves (tattoo world jargon) on her arm are distracting. When you want something else than just a sweet, bright smiling model, than one can like her. Her shows are okay and the Explicit clips are of high level. She’s a pornstar. Very much underrated.
6. Polly Pons
Many tattoo’s. Not my type. Won’t buy shows of her. Fair rating.
7. Melody Clark
Short hair à la Zizi Jeanmaire. Not everybody likes short hair, but she looks good (also with the black hair wig, not the orange one). Her shows are good, but a bit underrated.
8. Irina Gubeva
Doesn’t show pussy. Very beautiful model and good shows. Should learn to use the Hand in a more creative way. Very much underrated.
9. Stella
Many tattoo’s. For several reasons not 100% my type. The rating of her cards is fair according to the previews. Maybe I buy later depending on her outfit one or more cards of her.
10. Jade
She misses dance skills. I saw that in the previews and later read in the comments. No cards of her at this moment. She looks good. Will not buy many cards of her.
11. Celia Clay
Enhanced breasts and pussy shy. Maybe I buy a card of her later with an outfit I really like.
12. Valentina
Hairy also on the lips. Breasts not 100% firm. In the preview she shows her skills. I will buy shows of her despite the bush on the lips.
13. Clara Rene
Shows not much pussy. Very beautiful and great performer.

During the corona-lockdown iStripper/Totem turned out to have an extensive network of contacts. Thus we did get models, which we otherwise shouldn’t have seen. There was something to criticize about every model, but were their shows of less quality less than those of Nici or Agatha Vega? As far as I can judge only Jade is less. And were they less beautiful???

@pickle1 my problem actually started after I re-installed after update did a clen install
Thanks for trying though hopefully it fixes itself.

Out of interest, have you found that the whole image seems to have got smaller except for the carousels that seem to have got bigger - that is what I saw.

@pickle1 my problem actually started after I re-installed after update did a clen install
Thanks for trying though hopefully it fixes itself.

Is there an option for the font to go bigger this version made the font super smal on my screen ... IT SUCKS BIG TIME... not ***** just stating a fact.

@JonnBGood - for a while I also had this super small font versioin on 1.2.264 - in my case it was after the team linked onto my machine to investigate and fix the synchronisation issue.

It suddenly all went back to normal when I simply re-installed 1.2.264 (or 1.2.266). Have you tried a re-install?

Is there an option for the font to go bigger this version made the font super smal on my screen ... IT SUCKS BIG TIME... not ***** just stating a fact.

Hi again iStrippers 😉

Another scene I made today.
I call this one "While you were *****"
Table clips only. Works brilliantly with Duos.
Wake up bro!!! You're missing all the good stuff going on!!! lol

Enjoy 👍

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gZTn5rutz85rS2cmnjuzqkYMojKpLqoC/view?usp=sharing

I agree with JayZ above. I don't think there will be any further benefit to bing a veteran member, instead I'd sooner see something like a premium plus with a different set of benefits.The veterancy levels are good for the customers, but not necessarily bring anything to the company.
I too agree with @JayZ971 and @Alkasyn. I have just recently moved into triple diamond status and I can safely say the extra 5% discount has not made a jot of difference to my buying habits. I am grateful for the extra saving but I'm not going to rush out and buy cards I don't necessarily want just because I will get an extra 1 credit off the price.

It's also worth understanding how the discounts came about historically.

At some point way back when, there was a 100% (If I recal correctly) increase in the price of a single card (might have been when we moved to this iteration of the software that allows us to ***** girls around etc., I can't really remember but it'd make sense).

I think that happened at the same time where your credit balance was multiplied by 10, as was the price of a card (so if you had 10 credits you now had 100, but with the same purchasing power).

The price of a card before the change used to be 2 credits, I think(?), so that'd translate to 20 credits today, but since by then the prices had been kept at the same level for a long, long time, the price for a single card was justifiably increased. The loyalty bonus was introduced to soften the blow to veterans who were used to a different pricing structure.

Clara Rene. Completely fallen for: not on the outfit, but on the Mademoiselle. Great dancer, great show, great eye contact!
Totally natural and without any hesitation she moves from the posture to the other.

Sounds good but if it did come out would a refund be applied retroactively to those already Triple Diamond?

I see no reason why it should be retroactive - you don't go to a shop and say that because they now have some special offer on new putchases that you should get a refund for something you bought last week, or last year. Anyway, I doubt that the idea will be used.

Happy Friday iStrippers 😉 (lol its Monday!!)

Scene today is a Police Lineup inspired by Clara's show released today.
2 scenes, Standing shows and pole shows.
See how tall the girls are, and whos guilty of turning us on hahahaha

Enjoy 👍

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u09oGiIlN2OQUnaMeeUOMLZjUoKMxBJz/view?usp=sharing

You guys: I have made a special scene that I think turned out really nice, but I'm not going to share it here. If you're a scifi fan and you would like to check out my "Orions" scene, PM me and I'll send you the link.

Happy monday with Stella Cardo :)


Added on August 17th !

@Carstrip

The new discount is greatly appreciated, and I thank iStripper for acknowledging my patronage and loyalty
with a further discount.

Nothing to expand on this Statement, and i will leave also these two Links here.
https://www.istripper.com/forum/search?s=triple+diamond
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/45282/1

Sandy

I became a 3diamond last night! Purely reached it by the shows I wanted, not by the status. The new discount is greatly appreciated, and I thank iStripper for acknowledging my patronage and loyalty with a further discount.
But as a new member I will never buy all 4500+ shows because the quality of the shows under 3k look terrible on my screen. So my next 500 shows will take a very long time, and I think Totem understand this and have structured it that way on purpose.
My incentive to purchase more shows is driven by the quality of the performer in the new shows and the quality of the show, not driven to have as many shows as I can get on my hardrive lol. Achievements have never been an incentive for me.

I agree with JayZ above. I don't think there will be any further benefit to bing a veteran member, instead I'd sooner see something like a premium plus with a different set of benefits.The veterancy levels are good for the customers, but not necessarily bring anything to the company.

I too agree with @JayZ971 and @Alkasyn. I have just recently moved into triple diamond status and I can safely say the extra 5% discount has not made a jot of difference to my buying habits. I am grateful for the extra saving but I'm not going to rush out and buy cards I don't necessarily want just because I will get an extra 1 credit off the price.