Im in the early process of oppening up a coffeeshop and came across used strada ep from a local roaster who is also an officaial distributor of la marzocco here. In all honesty wasnt planning to buy a used one but i am tempted considering the amount of money i will be saving (40% discount of retail price or about $6750). So im very tempted but i would really like to get some pointers on what questions i need to ask about the machine and what kind of inspection i should be doing.
i will be definately investiogation the following:
- corrosion and internal damage
- scal build up, plugged tubbing and sightglasses
- flow meters malfunction, and automatic water fill control unit failures
- external water pump (if it comes with one)
- portafilters
So i would deeply appreciate it if you guys can point me to whta other thing i should be inspection and what are your thoughts in general of buying a used espresso machine for a coffee startup.