binky_bass

De-blocked for you! (Was a quick type so riddled with punctuation issues! Probably still is...)

I've have no problem with selling low if I want rid of something or need quick cash knowing that someone with more time could sell it on for more, nor do I have any morale issue with buying something from someone at an agreed price and selling it on for whatever I choose to sell it on for at a later date. I assume you have a job, and that job pays you for a service you do, and that company aims to make some level of profit from whatever they do? Same game really, unfortunately the world wouldnt turn without the concept of profit and loss. Some may see you keeping half of that extra £1000 as profiteering by £500 when, by your morale code, the original seller should have been given the full amount, and some would deem it a kind gesture in a world without enough kindness. Horse for courses and all that. my position is that as long as no one is getting scammed, if I agree to buy or sell something for a particular price, what happens to that item after that mutual agreement is no one else's business but the person who owns that item legally at that moment. In a personal context, I sold a bass to someone on here years ago for £1100, which was already £300 more than I'd paid for it from eBay the year before, they then sold it for £3000 via an ad published on here shortly after. I sold it for a price that was acceptable to me, they sold it on for more as they were willing to wait for a buyer. Good for them!

It would seem to be! I think you're looking FAR too much into the reason of this post... Not everything requires over-analysis, unless of course you want to obtain a PhD in analytics that is. If you're not interested in the thread, or don't see its point, then there probably isn't a point to voicing your 'I don't see the point' point. There's a thread entirely dedicated to the discussion of tea that might be more your cup of tea, and probably a few apostrophes in the wrong place somewhere on the site (or indeed within this thread) that need you to point them out. Time might be better served in those pursuits! 😁

Greg Graffin of Bad Religion - PhD in Zoology and Professor of Evolutionary Science. Milo Aukerman of The Descendants - PhD in Molecular Genetics. Dexter Holland of The Offspring - PhD in Molecular Biology. Also aware that Brian May and Sterling Morrison also hold PhDs. Bad Religion, The Descendants and The Offspring were (and really still are) 3 of my absolute favourite bands when I was discovering music at around 13 or so. My parents never judged me in the slightest for my music choices, but there has always been a bit of a stigma around punk and punk rock. I suppose in the 80s LA days it's was justified to a degree! (No pun intended). But I do enjoy the fact that 3 of the most educated musicians out there all reside with the Punk/Punk Rock genre. I don't have a degree, certainly not a doctorate, a huge amount of respect to those that do! Anyone here, or any other musicians that have managed to not only be a musician, but somehow also earn themselves a PhD?

This chap and this chap for me.

10,000 lashes sir.

I believe mods have a little orange shield type badge on the top right of their avatar that you can see on each person's post. Appreciate that's not super obvious, but may help going forward!

Looks like a lovely beast! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176384095528?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=qnbqxc6aske&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=mojaVkKDRiC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

That sir, is a handsome rig!

Yup, couldn't resist it for £250 especially as I have the UL901 head, plus the chap kindly agreed to meet halfway. 👌🏼

Just picked up this cab today, a rather tasty Epifani UL610 1500w beast. Currently paired with my Epifani UL901 head to make quite a monster of a rig. Not disastrously heavy for a 610, about the standard weight of a 410, so a tolerable one-person move. Set it up in the studio today for our first band practice in 6 weeks, it didn't disappoint! Snagged it for a mere £250 from eBay. 👍

One for today - just won an Epifini UL610 1500w cab on eBay this morning for £250. T'will go nicely with my UL901 head. 👍

A USA Custom Shop Conklin 8 string bass with magnetic, piezo and midi pickups for £300 - bare in mind the build price of such a thing a few years ago (before Bill Conklin passed away) was $12,000. Still have it, will never sell it.