Are electronics in Slovenia super-expensive? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month 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.ml 4 points 1 month 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.

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2024

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