Dont feel bad about grabbing a new one. EVERY single weber was once brand new. With out new ones... we would not have old ones to hunt for.
-Jeep
Truer words were never spoken !!!!!!
In certain areas, one has to be more diligent & a bit more crafty, but there's Kettles out there everywhere.....remember, Weber has produced millions of these things over many years & even pretty beat up ones can be restored to really good condition......
Where I'm at, almost everyone's got some kind of BBQ.....many, many kettles......prior to joining here, almost all of them were free from neighborhood cleanup piles, people giving them away & field finds.......
The nicer ones were with heads-ups from members here or from checking into garage sales & thrift stores that are not C/L published things.....