Previously I have had good luck on r/homelabsales but it seems that there is not something similar on Lemmy yet. eBay has worked too but takes much more effort to find a trustworthy seller.

Lenovo and Dell have outlet stores online but the savings are not as high as a couple year old device would have but at least you have a manufacturer warranty.

I know someone who purchased several refurbished units for his start-up from Amazon and worked out well, I would just make sure to check return policy before trying Amazon.

I find buying a used higher quality laptop better than going to a new cheap one when shopping for family and friends. Often they can be found for cheaper than new cheap laptops and have far superior specs and build quality.

I get the desire for a centralized location but I was hoping Lemmy would be the spot. Forums just seen so fragmented, it’s nice to go to one place to see all the discussion instead of having several subpages which honestly have little action. https://lemmy.ml/c/jellyfin seemed like the best replacement for r/Jellyfin