Got my AWS LB-501 scale in the mail today… Long story short, it’s broken and it won’t hold zero no matter what I do. Can’t return it to amazon because I don’t have a printer to print a label…
So… What other options are out there? Won’t be able to order for at least a week or two, so I have time to browse.
I hate to do this (not really but it makes me giggle to say that)… why did you have to purchase a calibration weight prior to using the scale? Can’t you calibrate it with known weights (i.e. pennies, nickles… etc)?
at 5 grams per coin, 20 nickels weigh 100 grams… I think I would just test the scale prior to purchasing the calibration weight… g… but your right, it would take 100 nickles and they wouldn’t be sitting in one spot. I never calculated mine…
Came out to be 4.98 for a nickle… close enough for me.
Also @mediocrity you did take the plastic tray off the top of the scale right? I remember when I first got mine I kept scratching my head about the tray that was covering the top of the scale.
Amazon will actually send you a return label in the mail if needed.
Just go to the site click on the return option, it’s been awhile since I returned anything to Amazon so I am having a hard time remembering, but somewhere in the return process they give you the option of having them mail you an RA label. Of course they charge you like $2.00 to do it, but the option is there … somewhere, you just gotta find it