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?

  • LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.mlEnglish
    16·
    5 months ago

    Electronics in Eastern Europe are generally more expensive than Western Europe or the USA since the supply chains are longer. You can find stuff in Germany at 60-80% of what it costs in my country, but your price is outrageous and most likely some sort of scam

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 months ago

    I’ve found lots of cheap stuff on eBay in Germany. Maybe but quite as cheap as in the US but definitely nowhere near as bad as this.

    • velox_vulnus@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      5 months ago

      Are European eBay sellers blocked in Asia? For some reason, all I can see are USA-only laptops. Maybe a few Italian and Slovakian ones, which are again, priced ridiculously. So far, I’ve not come across even a single seller from German.

  • Moghul@lemmy.world
    3·
    5 months ago

    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.

    • velox_vulnus@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      5 months ago

      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.

      • Moghul@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        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?

        • velox_vulnus@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          5 months ago

          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

    • velox_vulnus@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      5 months ago

      I’ve messaged them, and the least they’re willing to go down is 760£, which is still quite a lot for a 1st gen Ryzen mobile processor.