The most suspicious thing is the short timeframe between the bass going AWOL and it being put up for auction.
I wonder if the auction house works with Porcel Farce directly of if there's a 3rd party buying unclaimed/lost goods?
That's bizarre.
If you have a good reason to believe you've handled stolen property why would you hand the item back to the person/company you got it from, especially if the police are involved?
Not sure why ibanez chose those fret markers instead of proper Lumunlays which do appear on other Cort builds at that price point. The ones on my Modern 5 stay bright for ages.
Their engineers are superb as well, bands usually sound at their best on KEXP. The Mannequin Pussy set sounds incredible, better than the studio albums.
Intrigued by their fret filing/crowning gadget. One thing I don't have is a good set of files and I'd only be using them for sorting rogue high frets anyway.
I nicked one of my daughter's hair bands, attached it to my strap (threaded it through one of the spare adjustment holes to secure it) and just hook my Lekato wireless bug over that. Have an extension cable obvs.
There's an Elf 110 combo in the classifieds for £340:
Bassbros have a 110 extension cab for £199:
https://bassbros.co.uk/product/trace-elliot-elf-1x10/
Great little modular, tiny and lightweight rig you can gig with for under your budget.