Wow that's a great deal. Via some discount coupons or was it second hand?

You can do the following:

TicketsatWork: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/ticketsatwork/pc (Passcode: TICKETSatWK)

Replying to my own. I don't affiliate or whatever. I just help people.

Does such a thing exist for the EU?

Unfortunately not, maybe through student discounts.

Lenovo Discounts

Use the links below to get a good discount on Lenovo systems.

Germany (Students only, I never tested if it worked for other countries. but... it ships all over EU)

ok1: https://ok1.de/ThinkPads:::6.html?MODsid=ea0ejr7mhrhhmjc47kk... LapStars: https://www.lapstars.de/thinkpad-campus.html (offers multiple keyboard language choices) notebooksbilliger: https://www.notebooksbilliger.de/studentenprogramm/lenovo+ca...

When I got my T450s some years ago, I just put a call out on the thinkpad subreddit asking for coupons. A lenovo rep sent me a coupon that made the purchase worth it.

As it was for my daughter, there was a 10% student discount but there were other discounts, too.