I was responding to your reasoning mostly.

"Great hat." (Your opinion.)

"No it's not." (I'm responding with my opinion.)

"Hasn't been updated in 4 months."

"Okay."

"First link shows lower tier getting 1.5."

"Irrelevant."

"so steaming min should be 1.5 - 1.6."

"Nope."

"2nd link is 4days old and already 1.5 - 1.8 offer."

"No it didn't."

"Most B/o's are 2bud +."

"Irrelevant."

Of course that trade is important! It's one of those ones with a buy-out price of two Earbuds. While I realise that you're not increasing it significantly (only slightly), you are, by "re-confirming the old price," removing the red mark that screams out to people, "This price is old and probably inaccurate!" This prevents some (but doesn't entirely stop) people from realising that it has actually dropped in value (which is why you can't find evidence supporting your proposal):

[url]http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/6293029[/url] This one is a bit old for a low-value hat. The best offers that I can see there are $55 and 50 keys, but that was a month ago. Fair enough, it may have gone close to 1.7/1.8 back then, but I do wonder why that never happened?

[url]http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/7783587[/url] Wants two. Bought a week ago for 1.5 at most. [url]http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/7778265[/url]

[url]http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/7768608[/url] "B/O Promos: 1 bud and 16 keys "

[url]http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/7439400[/url] Wants two. He has been trying to sell it for at least two months. [url]http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/5916950[/url] In all of his trades no one has actually visited to verify that offer of 1.5.

I can't find any trades where it sold for more than 1.5.