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I'd normally look to pay 1/2 to 2/3 of the new price for a used item in good condition. I've seen some things offered for almost the same as new (eg. used item £325 + postage, new £354 inc VAT & free postage).

Yep - despite the title of the song I previously linked, they never stood still.

Well, if it doesn’t exist then he can’t have it!

They might ask for pictures...

China must be laughing their socks off - Trump's endorsement of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Israel's decimation of Gaza is a green light for China to go ahead with their aspirations in Taiwan.

I'd suggest adding a couple of photos showing the headstock. Hipshot do loads of tuners and there can be variations in post diameter on the same base plate.

So, Meta is asking Trump to review EU regulation.

As someone who works in IT, I agree. Pattern recognition algorithms and wordings arranged according to syntactic rules but with no comprehension of the meaning. There is no intelligence in an algorithm. The big danger is if companies use "AI" output as if it were fact and without need for scrutiny. If you're going to scan the internet for the input then there's a lot of misinformation there. If you're not going to validate the training data and feedback loop then the system will likely reinforce incorrect content and conclusions. A recent example is Apple's fake BBC news story.

It doesn't see strings - it sees lines, so the binding might confuse it.

I think AI is rubbish; I commented today that it's a bit like "Military Intelligence": two words which don't belong in the same sentence.

Well - it would've been funny seeing if Trevor Horn could sing Geddy's songs! 🙂 I think his production is great, BTW. Two Tribes is a fine bass line too.

I listened to Drama the other day - I do wish they hadn't given him the microphone. Also the lyrics were like someone trying to be enigmatic but failing. There is some great musicianship though. To my ears it's a bit of a muddled digital mush; not in the same league as Moving Pictures or Clockwork Angels.

I was going to say no you don't pay VAT twice, but I'll defer to @Steve Browning! (Oops - I said it anyway...)

Reverb asking prices are always a bit "optimistic" and I'm not sure that they define "market value", as opposed to what similar items are genuinely selling for.

I've given up on eBay - I'm not going to pay them a "protection fee" when they're endorsing the sale of counterfeit items.