In the past, you could buy things without having to trawl through previous customers' reviews. Now, it seems, just about everything is reviewed and sellers kind of expect it. In fact many businesses send out customer surveys straight after a sale has been made.
For at least twenty five years I had no idea how much I weighed - quite simply because I never weighed myself. We had an old mechanical set of scales in our bathroom but I never stood on them until very recently when I began having weight loss reduction injections. Some might say that previously I was "in denial". Maybe I was.
The old scales were a wedding present forty four years ago and it had become hard to read the little plastic dial behind a now clouded, slightly yellowing plastic window. Wanting to track my gradual weight loss pretty accurately, I decided to treat ourselves to a new set of scales.
In 1981 there were no digital scales on the market but now in 2025 most available scales are digital and some have extra features to do with body mass index calculation etc.. There are even scales that talk to you or give you printed read-offs.
I did not want any of that. I just wanted a reliable set of scales and in Great Britain the brand that people immediately think of is Salter. That company has been around since the eighteenth century.
So I go online to look at what is available and that is when I enter a reviews minefield. Eventually, I decided to purchase a Salter Max electronic scale but as for pretty much all other scales, some customer reviews suggest that they do not weigh accurately or consistently. I needed to remind myself that 89% of buyers were very happy with their purchase. It was only a measly 6% who gave the product a one star rating.
Here's a typical five star review followed by one of the one star reviews:-
I am delighted with my purchase of the Salter bathroom scales for several reasons, firstly the weight is displayed in large figures which are easy to read, secondly the scales are digital giving a more accurate reading and thirdly the figures remain on screen for a few seconds when the scales are dismounted.Brilliant.
Very disappointed with this purchase that we have returned for a refund. The scales were showing about 6lbs more than a known weight. Salter should hang their heads in shame for producing such an inaccurate item. Now looking for an alternative make.
Anyway, fingers-crossed our new scales will be just fine. I just wish that I had bought them before my weight loss journey started.
Finally, the old scales are here, captured in a photograph before they are binned. In forty three years they witnessed a hell of a lot of bathroom activity. Goodbye old but oft-neglected friend...
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