Why is our included UR5e adapter spare now a future purchase?

SarahBennett0763 · 8 Mar 2026, 07:22 UTC

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SarahBennett0763
The installed adapter arrived with our UR5e and matches the order. The additional spare did not. After twelve days of next-shipment replies, the seller has sent me a quotation for it. I have pointed to the included-spares line, but I would like to get beyond exchanging the same two documents.

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RaviCarter0998
Replying to SarahBennett0763

Does their quotation say replacement, or an additional adapter?

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SarahBennett0763
Replying to RaviCarter0998

Additional. Our order already says one installed and one spare. I have not asked for a third.

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IsabelAli0213
Replying to SarahBennett0763

Then don't let them charge you again while they untangle their sales notes. Send the quantity breakdown to whoever owns the order, not just the person generating another quotation. They may genuinely be reading spare as optional, but you've got an explicit line.

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RobinBennett0773
Replying to IsabelAli0213

Isabel, agreed on the quantity. I'd also check the adapter revision on that new quote. An argument won over one spare isn't much use if the spare doesn't fit.

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LinCarter0966
Replying to SarahBennett0763

Who will check the delivered spare? Stores or your installer?

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SarahBennett0763
Replying to LinCarter0966

Installer, with stores receiving it. Robin, the new quote has the same identifier but no revision. I have asked them to confirm it against the installed adapter drawing.

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RaviCarter0998
Replying to SarahBennett0763

Thanks. Keep that drawing with the receipt, not just in your email.

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SarahBennett0763
Replying to IsabelAli0213

Their order manager found the spare on the original agreement and cancelled the extra quote. They have also confirmed the drawing revision. Now they are checking whether one is actually on the shelf.

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IsabelAli0213
Replying to SarahBennett0763

Much better than another invoice. I'd still avoid giving production a replacement date until there is a real dispatch plan. We once had a promised spare treated as available stock in the maintenance plan, which was optimistic even by our standards.

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LinCarter0966
Replying to IsabelAli0213

Our stores system can show expected separately. That avoids the imaginary shelf problem.

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SarahBennett0763
Replying to LinCarter0966

It was available. We now have collection tracking for a separate parcel, addressed to our receiving contact. And it is listed as expected here, not available.

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RobinBennett0773
Replying to SarahBennett0763

Lin, I like that distinction. Sarah, make sure the person receiving it knows it's the missing order item, or finance can end up trying to pay the cancelled quote.

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SarahBennett0763
Replying to RobinBennett0773

Received and checked by the installer against the agreed drawing. Correct spare, now booked into stores. Finance has the cancelled quote and the original-order receipt. Thanks, Robin, that could easily have become another small mess.

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RaviCarter0998
Replying to SarahBennett0763

Worth that extra email, then.

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