Correct, that's exactly how I wrote SBlue while his British Purist was already on the way.
And I just saw that I didn't send FedEx but UPS, which I remembered wrongly.
However, I phrased it this way because it was simply more convenient than explaining at length that I actually wanted to give him a treat to go with his amp, but unfortunately I couldn't find it in time before picking up the amp and the amp therefore will reach him without the treat.
Up to this point, SBlue had no idea that a rear grille for the British Purist even existed - and only existed because I had previously had one made for someone else at the customer's request 'and for an extra fee'.
So when SBlue ordered his British Purist he was unaware of such a grille and had never seen a photo of a British Purist on my website or anywhere else on the web until then.
He had therefore ordered a British Purist and knew that it does not have a protective grille on the back as standard.
There are some amps that don't have a protective grille for the tubes on the back. The best example would be the Trainwreck Express, but also numerous MESA/Boogie models
Knowing that the British Purist is open at the back, he ordered this amp, he had never paid for a protective grille - and he therefore has no legal claim to such a grille.
He derives his claim, which he underlines emotionally very agitated with deafening tears, solely from the fact that I wrote him something ambiguous in this email out of convenience.
But no matter so far - since I know you won't believe me again (because apparently not-believing has already become a hobby for some members here?) I offer the following to ALL OF YOU:
I will immediately pay $100 to anyone here who finds a photo on the web of a British Purist WITH this rear grille that was posted on the web PRIOR to SBlue having their British Purist shipped in February 2020.
The only exceptions to this are 2 British Purist models:
1 - the British Purist of a client known as MAI in German forums
2 - the British Purist, which was reported on in a German journal - see appendix (!)