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$19.28 5-Star Hotel Room Promo Ends In Fiasco
I received one page that said all the rooms had sold out. Then I got another that stated they were unable to sell all the rooms and had to suspend the offer due to the traffic. . . FAIL!
Walmart Register Scales Off By As Much As 5 lbs
@tman996: ^tolerance at 2 lbs is one division also...
Walmart Register Scales Off By As Much As 5 lbs
@catskyfire: Exactly! Not to mention that the tolerance at 5 lbs on a 30 lb, Class III scale is one division (0.01 lb). Seems they are blowing this way out of proportion.
What Can You Do With $1,000?
The Incredible Shrinking Water Bottle
Right. Water is only very slightly compressible. So how could that bottle have shrunk that much without bursting or at least leaking out the top? And why didn't the threaded section shrink? Skeptical...
Häagen-Dazs Drink Special Costs Twice As Much With "No Ice" Thanks To Handwritten Mouseprint
Helpful handbooks that consumers (those of you on the outside ;) )can scan through for these types of situations
NIST HB130 (Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality)
NIST HB44 (Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices)
NIST SP 1020 Series (Consumer Packaging Labeling Guides)
all can be found here; [ts.nist.gov]
In addition, each state has its own Weights and Measures law that usually adopts one or all of these in some form. For example, New York's info is here; [www.agmkt.state.ny.us] and the person in charge is;
Ross J Andersen, Director
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Bureau of Weights and Measures
10B Airline Drive
Albany, NY 12235
(518) 457-3146 or FAX (518) 457-5693
He is very knowledgeable and approachable.
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GM Begs For $12 Billion, May Sacrifice Saturn, Pontiac, Saab
Why don't they drop GMC? They're the same friggin trucks that are branded in Chevrolet. Seems like a waste...