japerton
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posted on October 8, 2004 12:45:07 PM
I am going to buy a postal scale, my methodology of gauging postage is really quite amateur hour when it doesn't fit in a flat rate shipping envelope.
There are a maaaaasssssss of scales on ebage.
What to do sifting the good from the garbage?
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jvj24601
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posted on October 8, 2004 12:47:47 PM
I have an ULTRASHIP Ultra30 (weighs packages up to 30lbs). Had it for a year or so. No problems so far.
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Reamond
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posted on October 8, 2004 01:14:22 PM
How big is the stuff you sell ?
I like my electronic scales, but you need to know which one to buy based on weight ranges of the stuff you sell.
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toasted36
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posted on October 8, 2004 01:55:50 PM
If you sell small, medium and large items I'd go with at least one that weighs up to 30 lbs. If you sell jewelry make sure it does grams also.Compare shipping cost also ...sheesh some sellers must think they are shipping a 50lb item. Good luck in your quest ! It took me about 3 days to find a good seller that didn't charge a arm and a leg for shipping .
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sparkz
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posted on October 8, 2004 02:24:18 PM
Check with Tomwiii when he gets back. He's the resident expert on scales. He sells all kinds of them.
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glassgrl
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posted on October 8, 2004 02:41:22 PM
ouch. I thought about tomwiii also but I just looked and his shipping scales are almost $70.00!
hmmm. I think ltray has a scale she might want to sell.....I'll pem her and ask.
I have a Sunbeam scale which is made by
pelouze (not too many people know this)
And I have a generic UPS bathroom looking scale which I picked up at an office sell off.
What one doesn't weigh, the other does.
My Sunbeam scale (from Ebay of course) weighs exactly on the money. I weighed something and then took it to the PO and compared and they were the same - to the ounce.
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pmelcher
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posted on October 8, 2004 02:50:56 PM
I have a very old Postal scale that I got at an auction that works up to 2 pounds just great. How old is it? The postage rate was 5 cents! My other scale is an old Montgomery Ward family scale, also purchased at an auction that weighs up to 25 pounds. Both of those scales do the job, in fact on the little one we have had the Post Office zero out their scales when ours is really close to a pound and they say it is over...we are always correct after they recalibrate. I would like a fancy one with all the bells and whistles but when it comes down to it, if the weight matches the Post Office, it doesn't matter what the scale looks like or how old it is.
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max40
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posted on October 8, 2004 03:26:05 PM
I've been using a baby scale. It goes to 30 lbs. I think it's time for a new one though, as it doesn't always go back to zero.
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jwwrs
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posted on October 8, 2004 03:37:11 PM
I bought one from the guy below about a year ago and am still very happy with it.
Every now and then, I take a package to the PO without the postage on it. Just to verify my scale's accuracy. It's never been off a cent yet.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58269&item=3844861754&rd=1
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tomwiii
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posted on October 8, 2004 06:49:17 PM
For myself, the most important feature is a HOLD button -- thus, if yer packie obscures the dial, you can save the reading!
Most scales sold in this country are manufactured out of the same 3 Chinese factories -- thus, for scales in the $25 - $75 range, BRAND NAME donna mean much -- buy by PRICE as long as ya get that HOLD button 
http://tinyurl.com/5ayln
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stonecold613
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posted on October 8, 2004 09:14:28 PM
How do the prices in the scales you have been looking at on ebay compare to the prices of the electronic scales you can buy right off of the USPS site?
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on October 9, 2004 07:59:44 AM
I purchased a small scale with a tare button on it. It is a Pelouze and is accurate. I only needed a small one as I only ship envelopes. I was using a postal scale, but that just wasn't accurate and I was losing money when I quoted shipping.
Diane
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jvj24601
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posted on October 9, 2004 12:13:09 PM
Stone, the scales on eBay compare favorably (price wise) with those at USPS:
USPS shipping 10lb scale:
$39.95 + $3.95 shipping = $43.90
Ebay auction 3844512838 for 10lb scale (accurate to 1/10th of an oz)
BIN $17.95 + $7.95 shipping = $25.90
10# Scale on eBay
OR
eBay auction 3844970689 31# postal scale
BIN $23.88 + $12.95 shipping $36.86
31# Scale on eBay
Haven't tried to put a clickable link in here before -- hope they work. I purchased my scale from the seller in the above links. He seemed very conscientious and shipped very fast, even apologized for not being able to get it out the same day it was ordered.
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I finally got the links clickable. Couldn't figure out why the html wasn't working. <smacking self in head> I'm UBB challenged. Gee, that's pretty sad, isn't it? 
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Japerton
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posted on October 9, 2004 02:56:53 PM
Thanks so much!!!!!
You folks rock!
My ol' iMac is in the shop...sniffle.
I miss this place!
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glassgrl
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posted on October 9, 2004 03:28:27 PM
http://stores.ebay.com/OLDWILLKNOTT-com_W0QQsspagenameZl2QQtZkm
this guy looks like he has some seriously good prices..........
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jwpc
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posted on October 11, 2004 08:20:20 AM
Japerton We use an electronic scale we picked up at Sam's for about $50, and it works very well.
For really large items, and we have many such items, we just use a bathroom scale.
We ship both USPS and UPS, and have not had any problem using such over the last 8 years.
In the last 6 months I moved us to almost totally shipping UPS for many reasons, but our scales work for both.
NOW you must go to this link as I left something special there for you!!
http://www.vendio.com/mesg/read.html?num=2&thread=584404
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rosycat
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posted on October 11, 2004 03:23:26 PM
I just bought a scale from OLDWILLKNOT. It is a 50lb scale and the front portion detaches so I can see the weight if a box is too large. Price was good, shipping was very fast and I love the scale.
Good Luck!
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It's just a Perk of Being Middle-Class and Educated..." Mark Schultz (songwriter/singer)
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rozrr
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posted on October 12, 2004 09:30:55 AM
Japerton,
I bought this scale from this seller in 2002, and it's been amazingly accurate, right to the penny.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58269&item=3456868332
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