Boy I continue to be surprised at the persistent high prices of outboard motors. I'm not necessarily talking about those giant things stacked like Chiclets on the transoms of Florida boats, I just mean little ones, like dinghy size. Decades old, "needs a new [whatever]..." in the sales listings, and they're still asking four figures sometimes. Facebook Marketplace in this area at the moment -- a cowling, just the cowling, nothing else, not the actual motor, Yamaha 9.9 -- asking $400.
We have a 4hp and I'd like to bump it up a little, maybe (6, 9, something like that, no more) so I'm frequently browsing Craigslist and FB Marketplace. Hard to find any bargains at all, unless the motor accidentally fell off the trailer and bounced down the interstate, or "hasn't run since my Uncle Fred went duck hunting in 1952."