Tempted by a refurbished UR5e for our puck-transfer test bench. Price looks decent. Advert says inspected, photos look clean, and that is apparently the entire service history. Before I pay someone to collect it, what should I ask to see?
Ask what they repaired and what they tested on this particular unit, with its serial in the report. I wouldn't pay for transport on the strength of clean paint.
Check the complete contents too, including pendant and cables; we had a cheap package that became much less cheap when somebody finally opened the accessory list.
Request an itemised list with identifiers and known omissions. It makes the inspection visit easier to plan and gives you a complete-package price to compare.
They now say cleaned and powered on, no repair work. That's a smaller word than refurbished in my book. Asked for the item list and a proper inspection visit.
Have a qualified assessor agree the visit scope with the seller. Seeing it move can be useful, but the condition review needs more than one successful demonstration.
Did they actually claim repairs in the advert, or just use refurbished? I'd keep their exact wording beside the new answer so you can ask about the difference.
And no listed repairs in the advert, Amara. Just refurbished. I've sent the two descriptions back and asked what work that word covers. Collection money is staying put.