$800? They were below that on sale. I seem to recall the all time low was $400 for 16gb models of the mini at one point.
Yeah I got my M4 (I think) MacBook Air for the “Black Friday” sales last November, 16GB, for $699. From Best Buy, brand new
That was still after the RAMpocolypse had started but hadn’t hit Apple yet, I remember thinking Apple was immune