Perhaps you could have made your point in a less inflamatory/more constructive way Mrs Lime.
As a moderator of this forum I didn't take kindly to your opening line.
"The blondepoker forum is riddled with this kind of chaff"
You are perfectly entitled to your opinion, but please don't resort to defamation when expressing it.
Ok, I understand what you are saying, but I don't think I have been defamatory. 'Chaff' is hardly a rude or offensive word; rather, I think it describes mad's post quite well. I don't know if Nemesis is kidding when he asks what 'chaff' means... "when you separate the wheat from the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless" (from usingenglish.com). Blondepoker is an amazing and unique resource BUT let's be honest there is a lot of sifting to do.
The original poster is just trying to sell a guitar amp. If you have nothing relevant to contribute, leave him alone! Bona fide replies might consist of questions such as "What is the model of amp" / "What speakers are installed", stuff like that; or if you want to have a discussion, then maybe such comments as "Those Marshalls are real workhorses" would be appropriate.
What is completely useless is to have people log onto the forum and, with absolutely no grounds, accuse the guy of being a rip-off merchant. (For the record, I neither know the seller nor know what his amp is worth.)
Claw75 said, referring to my post: "surely anyone who might genuinely be interested in buying would know the value? Why the need to come on here and stir things up?". Thank you: that was my point exactly!
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