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those are handled by the waste and agriculture waste and measure section. you could be getting charged a higher fee because of the scale that s why scales are weight tested to see if they correctly measure things big and small. errors could end up costing you or airlines. they do have problems once in awhile. reporter: those problems are considered violations. the ones that matter to you the most involve tolerance, whether the scale is on the money if it adds weight, you could pay the price. that happens rarely, but it s one of many reasons a scale can be rejected for repairs. if it is really off, inspectors macon democrat it. it s a problem that we feel would effect the cost of it, so, that s why we remove it. scales can be flagged for a s do other violations, too and it happens more than you think. we looked at checks done on 548 scales since 2004. in that time, 195, more than a third, were he rejected for repair. 31 condemned and taken out of ser ....