it's the "I paid nothing but don't want to sell but don't have time to store/project" pricing structure.
mule is more like $500 trans, $500 axles, $350 tcase, and probably $300 in scrap minus a day's labor pricing structure. I would take $500 for it right now with no tires if it was going to do something more than get scrapped, or I'd take buyer's choice of the 800 I have into it, or 50% of profit, if it is being parted/scraped.