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I'll clarify--I was usually selling an excellent condition used OR new (read once by me) book and I might make BACK 40 cents or up to a dollar when I stopped bothering. So my purchase price on the book was anywhere from 4 dollars to 8 dollars (in general). When I first started reselling, I was making back as much as 3 to 4 dollars per book (minus gas). I stopped bothering when I was making back 40 cents to a dollar because it simply was not worth the trip to the post office. There was no actual "profit" involved. I was buying books and almost never made back the full purchase price. There were occasional exceptions--usually audio books. I sometimes found a good price on a used audio book and the value would, at times, increase from what I paid. Two or three technical books had the same thing happen. But for fiction, I was merely making a few dollars back on what I had already spent. It kept my bookshelves reasonable and it allowed me to put that money back into another book because I usually bought my books used anyway.
I completely understand your entertainment value. There is nothing like having good friends over for coffee and cake. We have a lovely espresso machine and my husband roasts and grinds his own coffee every week. I love to bake. And baking my own saves thousands of dollars on desserts each year. No really. I eat a LOT of desserts. :>) Okay, hundreds of dollars!
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