Other than Newegg/Amazon Canada, where is a good place to score a good deal on a refurbished Thinkpad or other well built notebooks?

[t33to]

I'm in the market for an older thinkpad (8th gen intel or higher) or something equivalent. My usual go to's are Newegg or Amazon but figured there must be many sellers in Canada selling off-lease notebooks and I'm looking for recommendations.

[filpo]

1 minute ago, t33to said:

I'm in the market for an older thinkpad (8th gen intel or higher) or something equivalent. My usual go to's are Newegg or Amazon but figured there must be many sellers in Canada selling off-lease notebooks and I'm looking for recommendations.

You could try ebay. But I think newegg would be the best. What's your budget?

[t33to]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

You could try ebay. But I think newegg would be the best. What's your budget?

I would like to keep it $550 or less. Newegg has some offers that meet this price point.

 

I haven't purchased from Ebay in a long time, how do returns work with Ebay? Must be unique to each seller?

[filpo]

4 minutes ago, t33to said:

how do returns work with Ebay? Must be unique to each seller?

there is buyer protection on ebay so if you think they sent you the wrong thing you can send it back. Also most refurbished items on ebay have a 1 year warranty

 

4 minutes ago, t33to said:

I would like to keep it $550 or less. Newegg has some offers that meet this price point.

for gaming or just home/office use?

[Agall]

9 minutes ago, t33to said:

I would like to keep it $550 or less. Newegg has some offers that meet this price point.

 

I haven't purchased from Ebay in a long time, how do returns work with Ebay? Must be unique to each seller?

Can always check CDW.com, bhphotovideo.com or facebook marketplace and see if a local business is selling off some older hardware.

[t33to]

5 minutes ago, filpo said:

there is buyer protection on ebay so if you think they sent you the wrong thing you can send it back. Also most refurbished items on ebay have a 1 year warranty

 

for gaming or just home/office use?

Mostly just casual use, but I also want something with a full keyboard for programming. The pointing stick is great as well, but I know that HP and Dell have those as well and it's not exclusive Lenovo thing.

[filpo]

Just now, t33to said:

Mostly just casual use, but I also want something with a full keyboard for programming. The pointing stick is great as well, but I know that HP and Dell have those as well and it's not exclusive Lenovo thing.

Try any of these 

Lenovo IdeaPad 15.6" Laptop- AMD Ryzen 7 5825U 8 Core 2 GHz - 8 GB RAM 512 GB SSD Full HD 1920 x 1080 Win11H - Abyss Blue 82SG0004US - Newegg.com

 

ASUS Vivobook 15 Laptop, 15.6” FHD Display, AMD Ryzen 5 55600H CPU, AMD Radeon GPU, 16GB RAM, 516GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Quiet Blue, M1502QA-NB54 - Newegg.com

 

MSI Modern 14 14" Ultra Thin and Light Laptop AMD Ryzen 5-7530U UMA 16GB 512GB NVMe SSD Win 11 home, C7M-049US - Newegg.com

 

Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Laptop, 14" IPS FHD Display, Intel Core i5-1235U Upto 4.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, HDMI, DisplayPort via USB-C, Card Reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Home (82RJ005BUS) - Newegg.com

[LapsedMemory]

Microcenter is where I get mine, if you can order then thru the website they usually have a good selection.

[t33to]

1 minute ago, LapsedMemory said:

Microcenter is where I get mine, if you can order then thru the website they usually have a good selection.

Microcenter is USA only isn't it?

[t33to]

3 minutes ago, filpo said:

Try any of these 

Lenovo IdeaPad 15.6" Laptop- AMD Ryzen 7 5825U 8 Core 2 GHz - 8 GB RAM 512 GB SSD Full HD 1920 x 1080 Win11H - Abyss Blue 82SG0004US - Newegg.com

 

ASUS Vivobook 15 Laptop, 15.6” FHD Display, AMD Ryzen 5 55600H CPU, AMD Radeon GPU, 16GB RAM, 516GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Quiet Blue, M1502QA-NB54 - Newegg.com

 

MSI Modern 14 14" Ultra Thin and Light Laptop AMD Ryzen 5-7530U UMA 16GB 512GB NVMe SSD Win 11 home, C7M-049US - Newegg.com

 

Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Laptop, 14" IPS FHD Display, Intel Core i5-1235U Upto 4.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, HDMI, DisplayPort via USB-C, Card Reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Home (82RJ005BUS) - Newegg.com

Those are all priced in USD and would also have to ship from America.

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, t33to said:

Those are all priced in USD and would also have to ship from America.

What's your country then?

[t33to]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

What's your country then?

Canada. like my first post and title indicate. xD

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, t33to said:

Canada. like my first post and title indicate. xD

Silly me 

Try these 

Refurbished: Lenovo ThinkPad T495s Notebook 14" FHD Touch LCD Ryzen 5 3500U 8GB 256GB W10P - Newegg.ca

 

Acer Aspire 3, 15.6" FHD Laptop, AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, Radeon™ Graphics, 8GB RAM, 128G SSD, Windows 11 Home in S Mode : Amazon.ca: Electronics

[t33to]

2 minutes ago, filpo said:

Silly me 

Try these 

Refurbished: Lenovo ThinkPad T495s Notebook 14" FHD Touch LCD Ryzen 5 3500U 8GB 256GB W10P - Newegg.ca

 

Acer Aspire 3, 15.6" FHD Laptop, AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, Radeon™ Graphics, 8GB RAM, 128G SSD, Windows 11 Home in S Mode : Amazon.ca: Electronics

Thanks for the suggestions!