Also, pay attention to the head of the screw, HP typically uses Torx instead of Phillips and in turn if the shop mostly services HP they may default to giving you screws with Torx heads instead. This isn’t necessarily bad, just something to be aware of.
So far, the first computer shop (a mac shop) said they “didn’t have screws” which I found pretty amazing. I think he meant he didn’t have those screws, but still…
That’s my experience so far as well. Like I found this box but it’s all hex caps and may not fit right in the librem. (Same with the ones from Fastenal.) Then I found those screws that I can mail order one at a time (but that seems totally silly). Then Walmart (ugh) has this pack of 8 screws for 14$ (!) but that seems really expensive, more than a dollar per screw!!
Yeah, I think that’s what I’ll end up doing…
Yeah, I’m trying to stick with the same screwdriver pattern so this thing doesn’t become a total mess. Many heads I find are hex, which is annoying…
A cool thing with the philips head that ship with the librem is that you might be able to unscrew them with your fingernail or something. Not so with hex (let alone torx) screws. 
Thanks for the feedback!
PS: By the way, one annoying thing with this affair is that I didn’t just “lose” the screw while opening the case. I’m normally pretty diligent at collecting all the parts when I do repairs and rarely lost anything that way. I believe they just fell off somewhere later by becoming lose. I have now tightened the other bolts, and they were kind of lose so that’s something to be aware of when doing repairs on the librem…
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They don’t seem to have M2x4 screws.
I recently put an additional ssd in my Librem13v4 and compared the screws to the pictures in the wiki which are for Librem13v3. I’m pretty sure that my screws of different length were not distributed the same over the back of the notebook as shown in the wiki.
I guess I also took a picture, but can’t get to it at the moment.
Either there are some screws mixed up in my notebook - even though they fit and were easy to screw in or the pictures could need an update for the newer version Librem13v4 - maybe someone from support can shed some light on it @joao.azevedo?
You know, I think it’s fair to assume I know how to search the Amazon website, thanks. 
To quote my original post:
So yeah, there’s always the worst case scenario (Amazon or Walmart), but I’d like to figure out how to avoid that. I found a few local electronics stores I need to call, I’ll let you folks know if that’s useful. 
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shoot ! overlocked your previous statement regarding amazon. sorry !
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kinda. it confirms an experiment i did here where the laptop was able to accept a HDD screw. it’s also a M2x4, from visual inspection, but with a flat torx head, which is inconvenient, but still holds the case together.
for what it’s worth, here’s a possibly better picture of two M2x4 screws. the scale above marks milimeters.
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gave the link to acer since the Librem laptops use a moded acer laptop “body”
FWIW, I picked up this pack of M2 countersunk screws off of NewEgg and replaced all of the screws on the bottom of my two year old Librem 15 rev3. These are definitely the best replacement screws I’ve tried so far…
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I needed some M2×3 screws a while ago, and the only place I could find any was eBay. Keywords: CSK, Pozi, M2
I just came across the pictures I took to remember how to re-assemble my Librem13v4.
The screws in the picture are sorted the same way the holes in the picture of the back of my Librem13v4 are oriented.
There are three different length of screws.
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Woah, really? I had no idea that it was a modded Acer chassis! Any chance you have more info on this (Like model?)
Btw, In addition to screws, all of my rubber feet fell off within the first year of light use… Support just told me to keep an eye on their store for them, but I’m not seeing anything. I think I’ll just buy some random feet and superglue those on (since nothing seems to stick to this matte chassis). Only problem is finding them. Thankfully though, they don’t cover any screw holes like most laptops!
Sorry to read your feet fell off. Here are some replacements if you’re still interested: https://shop.puri.sm/shop/rubber-feet/
Also some links for the other two items people regularly request: https://shop.puri.sm/shop/laptop-screws-set/ & https://shop.puri.sm/shop/hdd-ssd-mounting-kit/
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i eventually found a local hardware store that could order those screws for me, which was nice. i have also just lost another screw, it seems i need to regularly tighten those darn things otherwise they just fall off…
Loctite. Found at local hardware stores and Walmarts.