Bazaar Avenger: Blogger with a Weight Checks Market Scales

A Russian blogger known as @adam_doma555 is gaining popularity on social media for his unusual role as a "bazaar avenger." He visits markets carrying a weight to check if sellers are cheating customers, as reported by infohub.kz.

The blogger brings a weight that is exactly 1 kg 250 g and places it on sellers' scales. If the scales show a higher weight, he records it on camera.

In one video, the discrepancy was particularly noticeable: the weight gradually "grew heavier" on different scales, from two to three kilograms. According to the blogger, he notices such overcharging at most of the markets he checks.

In one video posted on his page, he shows how at the Kolkhozny Market in Ufa, sellers use special scales with a button that increases the weight by 300 grams to a kilogram. The blogger claims he has detected and recorded violations and intends to hand over the materials to the relevant authorities. He also notes that the market administration is inactive, and the raid is carried out with the support of the Russian community of Ufa, although he is not a member of it, but interacts with it on a case-by-case basis within the law.

The man does not limit his checks to social media posts. He sends the recordings to the prosecutor's office, after which sellers may be officially inspected. If a violation is confirmed, they are fined and required to calibrate their scales.

Perhaps Kazakhstani markets could also use such a "bazaar avenger." Sometimes it seems that an ordinary buyer can only hope that the numbers on the scales actually match what they are buying.

However, it is not necessary to walk around the market with your own weight. Trading facilities should have control scales that customers can use for free to verify the weight of purchased goods. If the numbers on the seller's scales and the control scales differ, that is a reason to investigate.

Earlier, Kursiv LifeStyle reported that Almaty will soon open its first modernized municipal market. It will be located in the "Kazakhfilm" microdistrict and will have about 100 trading places.