Buying a sencond hand iPad

Dear all,
I am love iproduct but cant afford for them. My economical conditions dont allow me and so, i decided to buy a second hand iPad.
The problem is I have no knowdlge about them. I need to know what do i have to do before paying for it.
May you guys help me?
What should I check when buying it, such as code(where) product id (where) ect.
Many thanks to those who spent time and read this discussion.
Thank you

where can i get its serial number?
is it just what i need to do:
- ask him to erase anything by going to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings.
- ask him to unregister ipad at http://supportprofile.apple.com
- then register it with serial number in my apple id
is it safe? do i need to do anything alse to verify it, or like steve395 said, meet at apple center and ask them check it for me (fee charged?)

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