Looking to Buy a Mac Mini But...

[JimF]

Currently got a 2012 Mac Mini that's been upgraded but its getting a bit long in the tooth now. I'd decided I was upgrading to the latest Mac Mini when they were £599 with 256gb SSD.
Now it seems as though all the £599 ones are NLA and the starting point is the £799 512gb one.
Pretty much nobody has these in stock yet, I believe they're imminent, but in the past fortnight they've shot up to £999. Is this placeholder pricing?
There's currently one on the Apple refurbished store for £649 or so. Likewise one in CEX for similar.
What would you do?
Don't need anything other than the entry level model, leaning towards the M4 chip as the M1 isn't that much cheaper second hand.

 

[daveski]

I've got one at home I want to sell. It's about 18 months old, hardly used. 16GB, 256GB and M4 chip.

I can send you some pics when I'm home or if you're close to Nottingham you're welcome to have a look?

 

[JimF]

Not near to Nottingham but could be tempted, price dependant...

 

[daveski]

eBay seems to suggest £500. I've still got the box.

 

[JimF]

I'm tempted. Let me have a figure out how I'm going to sort the money. I'd initially planned finance, but then found a purchases credit card gave better interest (i.e. 0%) so will look into one that'll do cash...