Wow, this is a bummer! I bought my first (and only, at this point) tube amp from Chris, an Almarro. Great service, great product. He also seemed really helpful on the boards, especially here in the playback area.
I also never understood the high -T count he had. I don't post that much, and I'll see my meager T count go down one or two, and it *is* a little disturbing. Can't imagine what it would be like to have the forums built-in "popularity" indicator be negative! Yeah, yeah, they don't mean anything, blah, blah, blah, but still....