Think inflation/ gas/ groceries bad? Try pricing used pickups!!

I went down the rabbit hole on these a while back. I was devastated by how high the prices were. I was looking for a beater to fix up with my stepson to give him as a first vehicle and couldn’t find anything newer than a 2004, under 200k miles (yeah, really), or without a rusted out frame for under $2000. Blew my mind. Took my time and found a 2000 Ram, 4x4, 360 with 79k miles for $2500. Took a while to find that one and I put about $500 into it for some brakes and transfer case issues, but it’s since moved my entire house and taken countless loads of **** to the dump without issue. Deals are around, but hard to come by.