Problem with my scale :(

I got a scale for $17 at a local headshop.. at first it was working fine, aside from a small problem with the LCD display (unreadable unless you look at it from an angle) but that kinda fixed itself.

Now the thing won't tare properly.. I put the weighing boat on but whenever I go to press the tare button (on the side) the scale is effected and the readout in grams spikes up, so its impossible for me to tare it to 0, as it drops into the negatives once I let go of the button.

So I decide to check it out without the boat to see what's up and throw a pill bottle on there. I try it a few times and realize that I'm not always getting the same readout. At first, it was about 8.3, but in different locations on the scale it reads a different number, varying from something like 7.5g directly below the initial spot to 22g in the top left corner.

Any recommendations? I initially thought it may have been the battery but then I found out that it reads differently depending on the location. Could it be fixed by recalibrating the scale? How would I go about doing it? Helppp :(

Well there should be instructions on how to recalibrate it on the box it came in. But if that doesnt help you should just give up on that one and go buy a new one. Maybe spend a little bit more money on a nicer one this time.

Yeah I definitely won't go cheap again. As for recalibrating, I need to order a certain weight to do so, so its not really that easy. Do you think that this problem could actually be fixed by recalibrating? I'm by no means an expert but I think I'm fucked since the readout is totally different depending on where I put the item.

you dont need to buy a weight. there are things around the house you can use. i always just use change. i think 20 nickels is like 5 grams or something like that. i dunno just look for weights u can use by using google.

each nickel is supposed to be 5g

i'll try it out, thanks.

oh yeah thats it...lol i shouldve thought about what i was saying before i said it...i use 20 nickels when it asks for me to put 100g's on the scale.

so i think i may have threw away the box with the instructions in it, guess i''m stuck buyin a new one

take it back, and get your money back

dude look at like ebay or something cuz they sell pretty nice pocket digis on there for like 30-40 bucks, my friend got one off there and he paid 45 and hes had it for like a year and a half now and no problems so far

check your battery and check that there is nothing stuck under the scale plate.