Over the last three years the UK has been flooded with a variety of cheap floor scales from the Far East.
We are constantly bombarded with emails offering cheap platform and floor scales. It’s very surprising at how little these units cost. I recently saw one seller on ebay offering a floor scale including delivery and VAT for £349.00. Whilst the cost of labour is a lot lower in the Far East the cost of materials and components is relatively comparable. The cost of materials and components (less VAT) that go …

Numerous times a week I pick up the phone and speak to customers who ask for ‘cheap scales’, my reply is simple;
“we don’t sell cheap scales…”
This is true; we don’t,  however we do supply a range of cost effective scales that fit even the tightest budget. If I have learnt one thing working within the weighing trade it has to be buy cheap pay at least twice and there are a lot of cheap scales on the UK market.

Several years ago Scalesmart decided to stop selling cheap crane scales manufactured in the far east.
The simple reason is quality. Would you really like 20 tonnes of steel attached to a cheap import swinging above your head? I know i wouldn’t.