>I'm faced with a need to communicate with a SCALE that will send transactions to a PC via Serial Port. It will be a direct connection between the device (scale) and the PC COM Port. Are there any products available to help with that communication? I am not a serial communications oficionado, by any means...

There are two samples of using MSCOMM in the UT KnowledgeBase. Very stable and easy to use and best of all free.