A few months back, I was in KL and was flying back by Air Asia. When I was in KL, I bought a small table from IKEA and knowing that I was flying back by Air Asia, I was very careful in making sure the weight of the table I bought (i.e. not to be over 15kg). Yeah, I looked at the weight stated on the box of the table as 11kg. So, I thought, if plus my luggage should be less than 15 kg.
And so, when I was at the LCCT, checking in, then, weighing the table, the weighing machine at LCCT stated 12kg. Then, I asked the guy at the counter, how come the machine is 12Kg, but the net weight at the box states 11kg. Now, which one is right (one can argue, well, what stated on the box maybe is wrong)? Just for the benifit of the doubt, I mean, how reliable is the weighing machine? Knowing that, 1 kg above the 15kg, would have an extra charge of RM15/kg. That’s a lot, isn’t it? Since there were a lot of people at the back of me, I didn’t want to argue too long, besides the guy just say that, the weighing machine showed 12 kg, so that’s it. So, I decided not to check in my luggage, cos’ with the luggage, it was 1 kg extra. Well, can say that, I’m too calculative, but, to me it is not really the money, but, the integrity of the system.
And so I was thinking, they can cheat on the weight, anytime … How sure are we that the weighing machine is showing the real weight? Is the reading reliable? I don’t know … or maybe, just don’t care lah …