I recently bought Gerry's Purple Chili rig (at a bargain price, I'm sure he won't mind me saying). He very kindly agreed to travel to meet me for the exchange and I was was almost two hours late because of an accident on the M4! Luckily Gerry is a very pleasant and patient chap and when I finally arrived we had a good chat and I travelled straight to my for gig that evening with the amp which worked perfectly. I had to borrow a bass to play through it but that's a story for another day...
In summary, would highly recommend buying from Gerry but avoid driving through Newport to do so.