{"id":135,"date":"2011-12-15T14:41:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T21:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/?p=135"},"modified":"2011-12-15T14:41:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T21:41:20","slug":"why-should-i-purchase-a-scale-that-is-legal-for-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/2011\/12\/15\/why-should-i-purchase-a-scale-that-is-legal-for-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Why should I Purchase a Scale That Is Legal-for-Trade?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>T<\/em>o begin with<em>, <\/em>defining<em> a <\/em>commercial weighing application isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t normally<em> <\/em>straightforward<em>. <\/em>Weighing scales<em> <\/em>move around<em> <\/em>and get<em> <\/em>employed for<em> things beyond our control. <\/em>Legally, a NTEP approved device is required<em> <\/em>whenever<em> money changes hands <\/em>based on a scale\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reading<em>. <\/em>Freight scales, for instance, should be NTEP approved and selling apples by the pound using the <a title=\"RS130 scale\" href=\"http:\/\/price.centralcarolinascale.com\/RS-130.htm\">RS130 scale<\/a> would be a legal for trade situation<em>.<\/em> Of these<em> situations government <\/em>mandates that<em> a scale must pass tests <\/em>put forth<em> <\/em>by the<em> National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP). These regulations <\/em>should<em> protect us, <\/em>the consumer<em>. <\/em>But here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something to consider<em>. <\/em>The majority of us buckle our seat belts right<em>? <\/em>We all do so because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s smart<em>, <\/em>not just because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what the law states<em>. <\/em>The same goes<em> for <\/em>scales<em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em>When you get<em> <\/em>down to business<em>, we <\/em>make use of a<em> scale because <\/em>we want to<em> know <\/em>a precise<em> weight and trust <\/em>the information<em> we receive. <\/em>When selecting a scale to weigh your bananas, or packages, or dose of medicine, can you select one that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been tested as accurate, or one that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never been tested at all? There may be a market for all kinds of equipment. But think about why a scale hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t passed the test. It probably costs less, and <!--more-->just how long will the load cell last? How will you know for sure it is accurate? And if you have to change it sooner than expected, just how much have you really saved when it is all said and done?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To begin with, defining a commercial weighing application isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t normally straightforward. Weighing scales move around and get employed for things beyond our control. Legally, a NTEP approved device is required whenever money changes hands based on a scale\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reading. Freight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/2011\/12\/15\/why-should-i-purchase-a-scale-that-is-legal-for-trade\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,44,46,17],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-certificate","tag-coc","tag-conformance","tag-ntep"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricecomputingscales.com\/Retail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}