@Effy
First of all, sorry about your cat.
Brand new would mean something just bought the other day, like new would be something like your item, an item that has been away in storage since it was bought back in the days.
If this particular item is rare I wouldn't know of, but let's face it, the word RARE is used often. I still remember the PowerFlyer ZIV you had advertised as rare, even though it can still be bought new. Anyway, if the word RARE is used in an auction about Amiga hardware is just overlook it, and the word doesn't add any value to the item in my eyes as it would have if the item actually is rare.
