If you take a look at the current new mini offerings, the little DB30/MM80/CT100, etc. type bikes are going for $500, and the bigger CT200U-EX type bikes are $800-900 (if you can find them in stock). Then you have sales tax, and often shipping charges... Call it inflation or whatever, but combine that with a thin supply, and of course used prices will rise. Think you can’t sell a MM80 you got on sale for $250 for more than you got it for? If it’s in nice shape, you sure can. I’m not saying everyone is justified in asking a Hail Mary price or anything, but there’s plenty of evidence that a strong price might just pay off.