[Parlorman]

I don't get the problem. She said you could play if you were looking to buy which makes me think she would have been fine with you using a guitar to try out the amp - if you had asked. While many stores willingly accept the risks of letting anyone pick up and play whatever they want, smaller stores have to be more careful.

I used to work at a small, family owned music store. We had to buy or finance the instruments in the store. A ding or scratch can take hundreds of dollars off the sales price of a new guitar and that comes out of the already slim profits of the store owner.

I feel you over reacted.