I have the pleasure (aka expense) of the special CSR group as I have an anchor store.
Based on my volumes I could downgrade to a lower level store, but I've made the decision to spend the extra to retain access to these folks for another year given at some point I will be "MP'd". (My store renews in a couple days).
The Anchor CSRs are awesome, the wait time is normally instant or less than a minute, they so far have been quite knowledgeable and helpful in resolving the issues.
I'm going to be spending a fair bit of $$ to retain access to them......
PS I'm "somewhat" old and I like to talk to people in person.