Get a scale that is recently certified and calibrated. Bring it with you to the store along with a video camera.
Record the scale testing & certification data... and then begin weighing products on video. You then have a basis for filing a massive class action lawsuit.
Using an uncertified scale, even if the product weights are definitely off to the point of fraud... is NOT evidence that you can present in court. If the scale has been calibrated and certified, and especially if you bring a test weight with you and show that on video verifying scale accuracy... THEN you have legal evidence that can be presented in court. In that case, go attorney shopping.
if enough people post videos of weighing items that dont match the weight on the label, it should prompt the state board of weights and measures to conduct an investigation. sadly, will that investigation be an honest one?
you dont need to open the product, if it weighs as much or less than the listed weight, there is fraud. a 12oz box of cereal should weigh 12oz PLUS the weight of the packaging. if it weighs 11 oz over all, proof there is fraud.
Get a scale that is recently certified and calibrated. Bring it with you to the store along with a video camera.
Record the scale testing & certification data... and then begin weighing products on video. You then have a basis for filing a massive class action lawsuit.
Using an uncertified scale, even if the product weights are definitely off to the point of fraud... is NOT evidence that you can present in court. If the scale has been calibrated and certified, and especially if you bring a test weight with you and show that on video verifying scale accuracy... THEN you have legal evidence that can be presented in court. In that case, go attorney shopping.
Best advice is the certified scale. Department of Weights and Messures takes this shit very seriously. Imagine if they didn't exist. Gas Pumps?
We should all do it here in this post.
if enough people post videos of weighing items that dont match the weight on the label, it should prompt the state board of weights and measures to conduct an investigation. sadly, will that investigation be an honest one?
You would have to weigh it at home, because the packaging has weight. So show your receipt and the sealed box/bag being opened and poured onto a scale
you dont need to open the product, if it weighs as much or less than the listed weight, there is fraud. a 12oz box of cereal should weigh 12oz PLUS the weight of the packaging. if it weighs 11 oz over all, proof there is fraud.
True, if the discrepancy is enough for the packaging to still keep it under the weight listed on the box