Weird Polk Audio Society

So, I thought I might share my weird experience with the Polk Audio forum.
I go on the site to look into purchasing some cables and proceed to contact the seller and then I’m told I’m not family and I shouldn’t be asking..blah blah, then the seller proceeds to tell me to call him like I am family and tells me still no go on selling cables to me. Best part is he then goes on his for sale ad and wants to make a mack of me and call me a newb and treat me like I just walked into this hobby from a foreign country.
Now, I don’t complain much but for god sake can someone explain to me what the hell is going on over in that forum of cult members. I just wanted to reach out as a fellow audio hobbyist and make a clean buy with no added antics.
Any thoughts?