^ this is why I bought a digital luggage scale.

Helpful when we're hauling maximum loads via airlines to our new home. Um, the bag weighs 49.8 lbs.

Equally useful when servicing or building a road bike. Customer: "My go-fast bike weighs 16 pounds (proudly)." Me: "Here, let's hang it from my scale...and...um, it's more like 18.7 pounds." Customer: [crickets]