How to cheat electronic scales

Outdated methods of weighing products have been replaced by electronic devices, and technological progress does not stand still. However, cunning and dishonest merchants use all kinds of mechanisms to deceive customers, and the kit in the markets and in stores still has a place to be.

Each person is trying to find the benefits of the work or activity which he is engaged in, trying in this way to get additional profit or other benefits. Being able to do tricky manipulations with scales, the seller has the opportunity to sell less and get more. To do this, it is enough to ensure that the measuring devices show the mass of the goods more than it actually is. Each employee of the store during his work develops his own tricks and tricks and applies them skillfully and mechanically. Changing the weight of products in different types of retail spaces is one of the ways to get extra money from inexperienced customers.

Standard devices are equipped with a special handle that keeps the counter in the zero position. Segments are plotted on it, corresponding to knocking down the “zero” of 100-200 and 300-500 grams. A skilled trader during the weighing of goods can reset "zero" by a predetermined amount. When removing products, the handle returns to its previous position.

IMPORTANT!In the menu settings there is a section called "Calibration", which unscrupulous sellers love so much.

Choosing it you can see the recommendation on the screen to put exactly 1 kg on the surface. The system remembers the weight and updates the settings. As an experiment, you can put apples weighing 900 grams. 1 kg is displayed on the board, as the system has already memorized this figure. The buyer pays for 1 kg, and 1 is also displayed on the board, but in fact the weight will be much less. The most unpleasant nuance is that when the mechanism is turned on, the data is at zero and it is impossible to guess that the seller was able to “tighten up” the value on the scales.

REFERENCE! Putting food on a grand scale to the surface is one of the fast, easy, and frequently used methods. Usually everyone is in a hurry and rarely wait until the arrow stops or the numbers stop flashing.

The presence of electronic scales in stores gives customers the confidence that electronics cannot be fooled and, accordingly, extra grams of products cannot be added. Consider the dealers' favorite instrument manipulations:

• Cellophane bag and other packaging wrappers. Very often on the scales you can see a plastic bag attached to them using adhesive tape. From a hygienic point of view, this is fully justified. To add weight to the product, simply pull the bag to the side, resulting in additional pressure on the scales. Tracking the seller’s dexterous hands at this point is quite difficult.
• Duct tape. You can use only one tape. In this case, the seller acts quickly and deftly. Simultaneously with the goods, he glues a small piece of adhesive tape to the scales and pulls it. When the products are weighed quickly unsticks it.
• Overlays. Special scales are located on the scales, which are an integral part of the scales. Many sellers specially calibrate them in such a way as to include this device in the weight of the goods.
• Magnet. This method is one of the easiest ways. Magnets are attached from an internal surface that customers cannot see. In appearance, it can be like a small coin or plate. Often use magnetic knives. Sometimes large and strong magnets are glued to a pack of cigarettes and placed in the immediate vicinity of the scales. Such a magnet adds up to 50 g of mass to the product.

When buying products, you need to concentrate your interest not only on the quality of the goods, but also on the behavior of the store employee. To better understand the instrument readings, wait until the arrow stops completely or until the numbers on the electronic menu stop jumping.

ATTENTION! You can buy an electronic scale specifically for domestic purposes. They are really an indispensable thing in every household, and they can double-check the severity of products. In this way, you can calculate a store in which you are deceived and no longer go there.

When going to the market, you can take a proven steelyard with you and just hold it in your hands at the time of purchase. The psychological factor may work here: seeing the experienced buyer in front of him, the seller will not have the desire to cheat or argue.

It is better to know the possible tricks and tricks of unscrupulous sellers, so as not to be deceived. We hope that this article will be useful and will help to avoid possible misunderstandings and waste of money.