Originally Posted by
elvisahmed
I think most of my experience has been not great (but I guess its the norm in NA) so I try to make my interaction with the the staff as little as possible. Most recent example was my trip from YYZ to YVR. I precisely packed and weighed two bags (on a digital scale) so they were under 50 Lbs. Somehow I could check in online had to do it manually and when I put my bag on the AC scale it showed the weight on one bag at 58 lbs I was taken aback as I had check it on two scales (one digital one at home and one old school at the gym in the building I live in) so I said I will repack and moved aside. Opened the bag and I decided to giver it another try on the empty machine next to me and behold it showed the weight exact 50 lbs. What an easy way to swindle money!! I bet half of the people there paid because there machine was conveniently off by 8 lbs and the gov supports this monster by our tax payers money! tsk tsk.
Federal law regulates measurement devices including scales used in trade. You should have reported this to
Measurement Canada.
It's most likely a technical problem with the scale anyway, at least I hope so.