I’ve been searching for a used Thinkpad for so long, and the shipping price from the USA is ridiculously high between 80-120$, so I’ve been looking for any European options on eBay.
I came across a Thinkpad X395 from 2019, with AMD Ryzen 5 3500U, 16GB of RAM and a measly 265GB of space. On rough estimates, thus exact build will be sold for 150-250$ in the USA, plus the shipping cost. Now, this laptop is from Slovenia, at a whopping 900£, plus the 40-60£ shipping.
Now, what’s with this ridiculous pricing for an almost 6-year-old device? Are electronics sold in Slovenia so expensive that they are barely affected by yearly depreciation?
Have you checked out any other thinkpad? I’m not in Slovenia but my local price comparison website only shows upgrades for this one in stock, and the laptop itself only from a refurbishing place. Maybe this thing is just out of stock.
Most of the Thinkpads are from the USA on eBay, so there’s really not a lot of options for used/refurbished products from European countries in general. I’d love to use any other platform that ships their products to South Asia.
I’m not saying you should buy a refurbished one, I’m saying I couldn’t buy a new one locally because it’s not in stock. Have you tried other laptops?
Not really. So far, I’ve been looking for the Thinkpad T14 (T4xx), the X13 (X3xx), the P14s, the P1 and the X1 extreme. But most of them were either out of my budget, or quite outdated