DJI will always send you a refurb BUT That refurb should look brand new (no blemishes) I would contact DJI and send them pics of the questionable areas. DJI does NOT repair drones they only send refurbs back as repairs. The only DJI drones that...
Removing stickers isn't going to lower the weight by 2 grams.
With everything else happening to DJI, I doubt that they would try to slip an extra 2 g by the market.
I'm hesitant to second guess the best consumer drone design engineers on the planet over a few grams of weight reduction on the Mini 5 Pro. I do believe they just may have taken a look at the options before releasing it for production.
Readers digest.
250 or over is illegal. Air Canada says no cops are packing scales.
He will fly his Mini5 as if it's under 250.
Everyone should use their own judgement.